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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 ...

Do you know GoldList?

What is a language but a bunch of words and meanings? This is a right question but not a correct answer. Vocabulary is a main part of a language of course (the word, its meaning and pronunciation), but it does not represent the whole thing a language is. Anyway, if you don't have a solid and vast vocabulary I'm not sure you really can speak a language.

This is the reason I started GoldList method. Seriously, I am not sure if it really increases the known vocabulary more than any others traditional methods, but is certainly a funny and easy way to study a language (I'm doing this with English and French, and also thinking to do the same with Spanish, Swedish and Papiamento).

The unique problem is maybe how much money I'll spend (with note books and pens). This is a kind of problem when you have a family to feed and live in a country with so many social and economic distortions. But we can always improvise with used sheets of paper.

If you don't know (anything) about GoldList method, I think this video is very comprehensible:

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