If I had to start learning Mandarin again from zero, and I only had 6 months, this is exactly how I’d do it. In this video, I break down the approach I would use now — after more than 10 years of learning and teaching Mandarin — to start speaking confidently, without overwhelm. This video is for you if: -You want to hold real conversations in Mandarin -You feel stuck memorising words but can’t build sentences -You want a clear, simple structure for learning -Your main goal is speaking, not writing characters What you’ll learn in this video: -Why sentence building matters more than random vocabulary -The 7 Power Verbs that unlock thousands of conversations -How to use shadowing (listen + repeat) to improve pronunciation -Why feedback and speaking with others is essential How to make progress with little daily practice, even if you’re busy.T his video focuses on spoken Mandarin and communication, not reading or writing characters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XWc3lOrDDo

I’ve discovered the app Hanly, and it’s excellent for learning and practicing characters. I love it

Hi everyone! I’ve been working on something really valuable that will help everyone with their learning. I have created a ‘Mandarin Weekly Focus Checklist.’ 👉 https://trusty-weekly-flow.lovable.app It's a Weekly Checklist that gives Mandarin learners a clear process to work toward fluency, one week at a time. This will help people with busy lives, who don't feel they have enough time to make the progress they want with learning Mandarin. The Checklist is something you can go back to weekly, and update. Making sure that even the smallest amount of practice daily is all it takes to make progress, week on week. The Checklist will also help you keep up good habits, and build consistency. Please take a look and let me know your thoughts, I think this will be really helpful for a lot of you! If you have any questions please just ask :) P.S - You can also find it in the "classroom" section tab, at the top. This is where it will stay so you can find it.

I find it interesting and most effective till now to download the audio of Natasha daily work and ask notebook LM to make flashcards and infographics for me and practice. Thank you Nat..✌️

I bought these flashcards long time ago. Only now I start to look them through. Now I thought about how to use them for knowing the tones better. So I had the idea to order them in a square 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 one syllable at the bottom line above that two syllables. Three syllable expressions aside.