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Master Mandarin Fast: A Simple, Effective Method Using Duolingo, Anki, and Essential Vocabulary

Are you ready to start learning Mandarin but feeling overwhelmed by where to begin? Don’t worry—I’ve got you covered! After experimenting with various methods, I’ve developed a straightforward and efficient approach that combines the power of Duolingo, Anki, and essential vocabulary to help you start speaking and understanding Mandarin quickly. Here’s how it works and why it’s effective: 1. Why Start with Duolingo? Duolingo is a fantastic tool for beginners. It’s free, easy to use, and provides a structured way to learn basic vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structures. The gamified approach keeps you motivated, and the bite-sized lessons make it easy to fit learning into your daily routine. While Duolingo alone won’t make you fluent, it’s an excellent starting point to build a foundation in Mandarin. 2. Supercharge Your Learning with Anki Once you’ve started learning with Duolingo, the next step is to reinforce and retain what you’ve learned. This is where Anki comes in. Anki is ...

Extensive and Intensive Reading

Well, since my propose to write some paragraphs every day, which was (and is) very difficult to accomplish, considering my spare time, now I've been engaged in an extensive and intensive readings. I am going to read a lot of book (as much as possible), and I will chose some of them to read intensively (studying the vocabulary and interesting collocations), the intensive reading will focus on books that I have an audio version, in order to also study the pronunciation.
I intend to repeat this approach with French, but I am concerned about time which will be necessary to have all it done.
In addtion, I'm trying to write an article per week about some chosen issue, and explain it here, first in English and subsequently in French. Let's see if I will do it.

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