400 Characters a Day
The other day I observed a friend studying chinese writing 400 characters a day for his introductory class. Rewriting words like 好，去，你，我，过 (the most basic) over and over.
Because my handwritten Chinese is something I'm always working on, I've decided to give this routine a shot. Until now I've been writing down new words as I learn them or as I look them up - there isn't a lot of structure to this system. I have a notebook filled with chinese I've learned from the last few years, pieces of conversations written down, things other people have taught me, and so on. Here's a photo of it, click to enlarge:
I'll try 400 characters a day for a few weeks and see how it works out for me. I'm continuing to use nciku.com and a few ipod touch study aids as well, of these I highly recommend this flashcard application.
