If I Studied Chinese With A Full-Time Job, I'd Do This

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Are you struggling to find time to learn Chinese with your busy full-time job? In this video, we reveal three powerful hacks to help you master Mandarin without sacrificing your career or personal life. Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to improve your skills, these tips will make your Chinese learning journey easier and more efficient.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Hack #1
01:46 Hack #2
03:54 Hack #3
05:44 Outro

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[willhartmandarin]

How do you balance full-time work/study with language learning?

[DanielLeoSimpson]

I’m busy all day long so what I do is flip back-and-forth to composing then Chinese composing and Chinese composing and Chinese… So the secret for me is to make sure I go to the Chinese when I’m taking those small breaks …so even if I go to the kitchen to get something to drink or eat I will start naming all the the nouns I see… water, sink, floor ceiling, etc. and put these words in short sentences for context… so these strategies are super important that you’ve listed here. Thanks Wil for another great video. 😊

[liyuqi]

I have everything digital now. On my commute to work (light rail) I read my Chinese novel 《十宗罪》 and because I arrive to work at least 30 minutes early, I can do some exercises on my iPad since my textbook is digital during my lunch break. While I’m sitting at my computer I review my glossika and get my daily reps in. On the way home I basically do the same thing. I also have 3 different tutors about 4 times a week after work and before bed.

[RXH]

Thank you Will!! More videos like this please!!

[KangQingXu]

Hey, Thank you Will!

Nowadays I'm studying mandarin while having a job and studying engineering at college, some days is hard to find time but almost everyday you can find at least a moment to review some flashcards and/or watch a podcast (while commuting for example). Also having a clear study objective helped me a lot to stay focused.

[ChrisBadges]

This is exactly my situation, thank you for the useful advice👍😊

[anxiu]

Great video! thanks for discussing this topic 😊I would love to hear your thoughts on self-talk as a language technique and if you use or have used it when learning Mandarin.

[Goodman._]

Imo, language is just a tool, specifically a tool used to convey the thoughts from one person to another (can even across space and time), meaning you don't have to learn a language if you don't ever need to use it. But if you do, that also indicates you should never LEARN a language, but USE it. For instance, you can replace your native language to the language you want to learn on part of your daily study and work whenever possible, like study a book of your profession or do online searches in another language, things like that.

[張玉珍-od]

Are you from the UK ? I'm Chinese native speaker

[zlla]

you look like the manly version of nick white on youtube and kick

[DanielLeoSimpson]

I’m busy all day long so what I do is flip back-and-forth to composing then Chinese composing and Chinese composing and Chinese… So the secret for me is to make sure I go to the Chinese when I’m taking those small breaks …so even if I go to the kitchen to get something to drink or eat I will start naming all the the nouns I see… water, sink, floor ceiling, etc. and put these words in short sentences for context… so these strategies are super important that you’ve listed here. Thanks Wil for another great video. 😊