Best Time of Day and Lesson Plan

There are two schools of thought. Many people say you should learn information when you first wake up because your mind is rested and ready for new input. The other school says learn before you go to sleep because you will dream it into your mind while you sleep. Both sound like good advice. So I have combined them into studying Chinese when I first wake up and also before I go to sleep. The problem with this is the fact that I have made no clear distinction between when I first wake up and when I am about to sleep. So I have been just learning Chinese for hours and hours each day.

I am still working with Rxsetta Stxne and have complete about half of the first Unit. The way RS is broke down is as follows. Levels, Units and Lessons. Each Unit has 4 Lessons. Each Level has 4 Units. The Chinese language has 3 Levels. So the math comes out to 48 Lessons. I am on Lesson 2.

My plan is to do 2 Units a month. That is 8 Lessons - 30 minutes each - and 60 Sub-Lessons - 10 minutes each - which include Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading, Writing and Reviews. That is a total of 4 hours worth of Lessons and 10 hours worth of Sub-Lessons. I am not just going to study 14 hours for the whole month though. I will be drilling atleast 1 hour a day.

I have currently been learning for 5 hours a day which I am going to ease back on, or atleast have "heavy" and "light" days so I am not overwhelmed. I could learn 1 hour every other day, but then I wouldn't be able to redo each lesson multiple times. However, a positive about Rxsetta Stxne is the fact that you never really "ditch" old grammar and vocabulary. As each Lesson progresses you simply continue to add to what you already know. So technically each Lesson I do I WILL be redoing and relearning.