chinese beginner to intermediate in 6months. a non polyglot's journey to adequate language learning.

is learning chinese impossible? i'm not fluent yet, and i'm not a polyglot but i've gone from beginner to intermediate in 6 months. if you want to see how i've learned a language efficiently, stick around! thank you ‪@mattvsjapan‬ and ‪@Refold‬ for starting me on the right foot! this video is not sponsored by any brands or items listed in my kits. the links provided are affiliate links, so I may make a small percentage off the sale of qualifying items at no extra cost to you :) how I shoot my videos: https://kit.co/bianca.learns/bianca-s... favorite textbooks: https://kit.co/bianca.learns/bianca-s... favorite graded readers: https://kit.co/bianca.learns/bianca-s... stationary (lefty friendly heh): https://kit.co/bianca.learns/bianca-s... check out my socials! patreon:   / biancalearns   website: https://biancalearns.wordpress.com/ instagram: @bianca.learns tiktok: @bianca.learns timestamps c: 0:00 who am I? 0:29 is this clickbait :o 1:39 6 month progress! 2:13 standard vs expedited learning timelines 4:07 why don't I speak in mandarin? 5:56 listening skills? 6:43 disclaimer - goals? 7:37 my method! 8:54 refold! language acquisition in an nutshell 11:28 textbooks? 12:43 srs active recall ft anki 13:21 acquisition tldr 13:50 byebye ~