Purpose
This homework trains your reaction time, so you can understand Mandarin immediately in real conversation without freezing or overthinking.
How to do it (exactly):
Listen while doing something else:
driving, walking, exercising, cooking, or washing dishes
Do not sit down to study
Do not repeat out loud
Do not pause or analyze
Just let the audio play in the background.
How much to listen:
There is no required number of times.
10 times, 20 times, or 100 times is not the goal.
How to know you’re done:
When you hear the sentences and immediately know what they mean, without translating or thinking, that’s enough.
What to expect:
This may feel boring. That boredom is normal and expected.
The result will not show up during listening — it will show up in our next class, when responding feels faster and easier.
