Languages jester

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[languagesjester]

If you're into audio methods, libro.fm is having a sale on several complete language courses of the Paul Noble method: French, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, German and Italian

As usual one single method won't make you fluent but I personnally like the laid-back no-stress feel of those methods (and the sale is consequent 80+% off): here

They also have "fluent in 3 months" and books about writing in English or about the English language right now: all the language sales

(Also not sponsored or whatever but libro.fm is a no DRM alternative to Audible and you actually own your audiobooks and can have them in mp3)

[languagesjester]

starting to learn to write Mandarin by hand: "all those characters are so different!"

knows a few characters: "that's wonderful! once I know how to write a component in a character, it's easier to write other characters with the same component! So much easier than I thought!"

learning many more characters: "wait a minute, is that the right component or am I writing a similar character that isn't the actual character I want to write because I mixed up the components again?"