Suggestions And Advice On How To Remember And Memorize Characters? It's The Part I'm Finding The Most

suggestions and advice on how to remember and memorize characters? it's the part I'm finding the most difficult

i struggle w this too rn bc of the pace my professor has been going at. if you dont have a practice workbook i def recommend those bc they show the stroke order and just give space for you to write repetitively. otherwise just try and write sentences using the characters/words you know or generally practice writing/reading as much as possible.

i like skritter a lot for practicing characters or learning new vocabulary related to things im actually interested in and would talk about in real life rather than a lot of the stuff ill learn in class.

because of the lack of alphabet a lot of people (me included) tend to rely heavily on pinyin but since ive started learning zhuyin i’ve definitely felt it helps. not having romanization means i have to actually try and cant just fall back and give up like i would if something was shown only in characters + pinyin.

i specifically like using my ipad or an external monitor when im studying characters so i can blow up the characters and look at them like an image rather than a letter (im learning traditional these little things have so many strokes i like to make sure i can see/recognize all of them) then also i feel like it stays better as a visual in my brain.

im still taking elementary level mandarin so realistically i dont know all that much, only what ive been trying and what works for me if anyone else has tips pls feel free to reply

I have changed this updated post coming soon!

REGISTRATION DAYYYY

here are the classes i registered for fall sem (might change september is far away)

- Ballet 1

- Hip-Hop

- Anthropology of Mass Violence

- Archaeological Myth & Mystery

this was a struggle to decide on. my summer study abroad program will make me take a placement test before i can register in courses and im slightly worried bc ive been behind on chinese this semester. ill be taking two levels on the program so i am not sure if ill be placed in 102-201 or 201-202. if its the latter id need to take 301 in fall BUTTT 301 is at the same time as hip-hop and if i dont get into 301 theres no chance there will be any places left in the dance class. hoping chinese doesnt fill up in the case i do get placed in the higher level, otherwise i cant take my last chinese class till next fall 😬

is social anthropology different from just anthropology because im thinking about doing a joint honours that has social anthropology in it but im super confused😭😭

as far as im aware social anthropology typically refers to cultural anthropology, which is one of the four main branches of anthro. so yes kinda?

the 4 areas are cultural, biological, linguistic and archaeology so ‘just anthropology’ encompasses all of those whereas social anth would be more specifically about cultures & societies

HIII im back fr this time lol here are updates on life and my studies

- did not get enough funding for my planned study abroad in taiwan sadly, BUTTTT i last second was able to get into a summer program at korea university in seoul!! (will post summer + fall schedule after this)

- ended up failing a class this semester because the listed grading system on the syllabus was apparently not what was used but its fine ill live, just need to do reallly good in the fall to bring my gpa back up (it went from 3.425 -> 3.0)

- im either switching my minor to east asian languages or dropping it all together and focusing on anthropology/archaeology in school and languages in my own time :) i already dropped the chinese minor as i dont want to continue taking courses with the single professor at my uni but still want my credits for the mandarin and japanese courses ive taken to count towards my degree if possible

- currently trying to rest during my short summer break before i go to korea so im not burnt out there or in the fall but also starting to read ahead on the classes im taking there when i have the energy

i want to make videos while im in taiwan studying abroad, is there anything people would want me to cover about studying abroad or studying in taipei specifically?

none of my professors this term have uploaded a single grade and i cant decide which class to take pass/fail