Methods of Mandarin

I got pretty good in Mandarin within 12 months of rigorous part-time study. I'm not even close to perfectly fluent, but I got far into intermediate fluency. Read my personal story of learning Mandarin here: isaak.net/mandarin This post on my Methods of Mandarin (MoM) is for fellow language

I got pretty good in Mandarin within 12 months of rigorous part-time study. I'm not even close to perfectly fluent, but I got far into intermediate fluency. Read my personal story of learning Mandarin here: isaak.net/mandarin This post on my Methods of Mandarin (MoM) is for fellow language learners and autodidacts. This isn't a thorough how-to guide. I won't be holding your hand. It's more like a personal notebook of what worked for me. I'm sharing my personal Anki deck and then I'll describe all my methods and tips. People's styles and methods differ. Bookmark the post, skip through it as nee

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