every single resource i've ever used to learn chinese

Did you use the Hsk workbooks?

I don't get it, there has always been art in any Little Prince book because it was written that way.

3 year Japanese learner here. Fully agree on resources: some things pan out, others don’t, some we are just not ready for them yet. Lot of trial and error. We just need to remember that even if we feel we’re not making progress, actually we are. I am able to do job interviews in Japanese now. Not just 3 months ago, I never would have thought I would be able to by this point.

One important thing about resources for beginner to intermediate: it is MUCH EASIER to get something out of the material if you already know what it’s about. So don’t be afraid to "spoil" you’re brain by first understanding what the story is about in your mothertongue. By far the hardest for me is to understand content that I absolutely cannot relate to.

For listening, i am a crazy beginner for actually choosing mao er fm 😂🤣 i guess i can suggest this to advance chinese learners. It's actually an app full of audio dramas. There are also people doing audio streaming there. It's a very cute app.

yes! i love a good book tour!

Is it okay to go through the HSK1 textbook + workbook in 15 days if I already know the words? Or will I forget it all? (Doing a chapter every day)

spoiler: the chinese learning curve is a cliff. you will eventually get to a point wher you will know all the characters and can listen to complex speech without subtitles.
after you beat yiur skull into that cliff so hard and often you dont notice that each bang was mario.
and there it is 黄金的硬币！

Hello and thank you for all the great videos, they have been a huge help and eye opener when it comes to how I approach learning. One question I have is, how much did you focus on writing characters when it comes to learning? I know you mentioned you did write them but not obsessively, so did you just write to assist in learning but not to memorize how to write the actual character? I finished HSK1 around 3 months ago by using anki to memorize all of them as well as how they are used, and also didn't consider a character "learned" until I could write it from memory. I started school and had no time to study and when I finished and came back to Chinese, I found I remember all the characters and can recognize them, but could only write maybe 20 of the characters. I think this is a debate that is very widely talked about in Chinese as to whether characters are worth learning to write or not as some say it's good for memorizing but both sides agree writing isn't prevalent for most people in 2022. Writing seems to help me memorize it easier sure, but it slows the process down drastically. Just wanted to know what you think :)

i found your channel a couple weeks ago and I have been powering through all your videos. I love your editing, your video aesthetics, and your teaching style! I got the HSK 1 this week and downloaded your anki deck. I want to get good enough where I can understand content and talk to other users on douyin 🕺

Bianca, did you say Book Club? That would be so awesome! I watched so many of your videos, you are so honest and analitycal; love your approach. I never write comments, but here i just wanted to show you that the interest for Book Club would be there, i'd love to join such group for sure.

When it comes to my level - i do not practice talking (yet!), Rather i have focused on reading and am trying with listening. I also went through all breakthrough and level 1 of Mandarin Companion, and high comprehension of last 3-4 books from L1 encouraged me to start with level 2 (i have just started with Great Expectations). For me the graded readers seem like a good path for now (following completion of highly interesting MC series and having read a lot on DuChinese - i also recommend this source - Iwanted to try other more advanced graded readers). So please reach out once you have an idea on Book Club, I'd love to help on it :)

Bianca you should check out the Rainbow Bridge Graded Readers too. They have many different levels from beginner to HSK 6. I think all of their graded readers come with the audio book for free that can be downloaded. Plus they are usually pretty cheap.

Hey. I got Hsk 4 but I can’t speak Chinese. What can I do to improve my speaking. I couldn’t find any resource for speaking🙁

A Chinese book club - YES!

Would you reccomend i make my own deck as a beginner if I feel overwhelmed with not knowing majority of the hsk 1 words I come across?

(...)Hua ma is great :D

I’m wearing my blue version of your sweater while watching this video in solidarity! 😆 Thanks for the content 👍🏾
PS. I have Lil Prince and Old Man & The Sea in my target language (2 of my all time fav books, i will be joining your Book Club for those def). Hopefully you will consider getting The Alchemist as well- which I compare to a young adult version of the Lil Prince. Same feels, same vibe, so good. ⚡️

Thank you so much for this video!! I'm a beginner in Chinese and I'm going to look into all of these :)

I really like this channel 💞 .it's like a Oxygen for language learner . I have really been with you from starting.noe I'm really good at Chinese now .and btw I'm preparing for medical exam

Alll the best💞

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