Hey!
TLDR: looking for ways to improve my speaking skills by December as someone who has a hard time creating sentences and has a HSK3 level of vocabulary.
I have been studying Chinese for 7 months and just finished HSK3 (not the actual test, just the vocabulary). Even though I am quite proud of my current progress (doing this next to working full time and studying for my bachelor full time) I do feel like I came to the point where I'd like some guidance. My problem is that, even though I feel like I'm quite good in memorising characters (mainly using Anki and a piece of paper), I don't feel like I'm actually progressing. I am very bad in writing full sentences, understanding and producing spoken Chinese.
Steps I've taken:
- Took a Du Chinese subscription. I play a lesson without reading (just hearing) and try to reproduce it (either by speaking or writing). This does seem to help but it doesn't give me this "breakthrough" I'm looking for.
- I am taking 1on1 classes to improve my pronunciation. I do feel like this is actually helping me but since I can't really form sentences yet I can't integrate what I've learned.
- Get a few Chinese friends. I've found Chinese people, both online as in my city, to practice with. My problem is that I always seem to shift to English because I'm afraid to make mistakes. Stupid I know, but it just... argh. I lack the confidence to speak. Even though my friends really do their best to communicate as much as possible in Chinese, it's always me who shifts to English.
My study recourses:
- Du Chinese
- Anki (HSK, SpoonFedChinese, recognizing isolated sounds)
- Chinese friends
- Remembering the Hanzi (didn't start these yet since I don't feel like they will improve my speaking)
- NPCR1 (didn't really do much with these yet)
- Chinese grammer book (AllSet Learning)
Even though I will now continue with studying for HSK4, I really want to improve my speaking. I've booked a flight to go to China in December just to put some pressure on myself and give me the opportunity to speak Chinese. I would like to be able to have very basic conversations by then.
Does anyone recognise this situation I'm in? Could anyone give me some guidance?
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