As usual, another consistent and good language-learning month for me. However, I have decided to make some drastic changes to my language-learning routine & study I will explain later.
As expected, I have studied both languages Mandarin & Cantonese this month. I have decided however to make Mandarin my focus language spending 80% of my time on Mandarin Chinese and 20% of my time on Cantonese.
I aimed for 1 hour a day. However, I found this was too much as 1 hour a day of active study and being able to use Cantonese throughout the day for learning & entertainment purposes was too much to process and I found myself to be quite drained by it, so I decided to cut it down to half an hour a day.
Overall, I study Mandarin Chinese for half an hour five times a week and for 15 mins once a week. For Cantonese Chinese, I study for half an hour once a week and 15 mins once a week. I find this to be a good balance.
Mandarin Chinese active study:
I feel I am progressing well and learning more interesting words, such as words relating to food and there was even a lesson recently about utility bills!
Also, I did quite a few of the side lessons now. I want to complete all the side lessons and the main pathway before I move onto the beginner level.
Lessons completed: 73
Flashcards studied: 534
Time studied: 9 hours and 13 minutes
Cantonese Chinese active study:
My Cantonese is basically my maintenance language at this point. I hope to improve it in the future but I am definitely happy at my current level in this language. As a result, I am only studying this language for 1-2 days a week maximum. The focus these days is to review flashcards, intensive reading and learn more Chinese characters.
Lessons completed: 4
Flashcards studied: 668
Time studied: 3 hours and 53 minutes
Cantonese Chinese exposure:
As usual; I have been using my Cantonese daily to help improve it and use it more. As usual I have focused on all 4 areas of my language skills which are reading, writing, listening & speaking. I feel like I’m making progress which is good.
Conclusion:
Overall, I’m happy with my language learning progress this month and I hope to continue it next month too. What about you guys? Are you guys enjoying language learning still? Let me know in the comments below.
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