Mandarin - need help with a plan of attack
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:00 am
I have ZERO history with Mandarin. I'm starting from absolute beginner here. I've been trying to pull together a study plan, but pulling together a study plan in just another method of procrastination. So is collecting all kinds of study materials. It's time to get serious. I will be touching down in Beijing in 40 weeks and 5 days. I set a start date for myself at exactly the 40 week mark.
However, something has come up.....doesn't it always? I will be leaving on Friday, two days from now, driving 8ish hours, taking care of my grandmother, which isn't involved at all. She has a nurse, so I'm just there to...I don't know what, but I'm not imagining it will be much. Then on Sunday mid morning I'll be driving back home so another 8ish more hours in the car. That's a lot of time in the car, and a lot of time doing nothing. So...with so much time, what would you do, how would you start?
I'm starting from zero here (except for a few videos on YouTube) and have a short amount of time to pull it together. I'd given myself the deadline of coming up with a plan so I could start on day 1 of 40 weeks to go. But now with travel and grandma sitting, I don't want those 16 hours of car time - plus all that other sitting around time to go to waste.
I'm currently at work, 1/4 of the way through a 16 hour shift. So I have PLENTY of time to pull this together. I wanted to throw this question out into the either and let it roll around for a bit. I'll be back to list my current collection of materials as soon as I finish some work tasks.
TIA!
However, something has come up.....doesn't it always? I will be leaving on Friday, two days from now, driving 8ish hours, taking care of my grandmother, which isn't involved at all. She has a nurse, so I'm just there to...I don't know what, but I'm not imagining it will be much. Then on Sunday mid morning I'll be driving back home so another 8ish more hours in the car. That's a lot of time in the car, and a lot of time doing nothing. So...with so much time, what would you do, how would you start?
I'm starting from zero here (except for a few videos on YouTube) and have a short amount of time to pull it together. I'd given myself the deadline of coming up with a plan so I could start on day 1 of 40 weeks to go. But now with travel and grandma sitting, I don't want those 16 hours of car time - plus all that other sitting around time to go to waste.
I'm currently at work, 1/4 of the way through a 16 hour shift. So I have PLENTY of time to pull this together. I wanted to throw this question out into the either and let it roll around for a bit. I'll be back to list my current collection of materials as soon as I finish some work tasks.
TIA!