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Mandarin A-level help

One of the subjects i am studying is A-level Mandarin and i am finding it really hard, I currently have a grade D in it.
I did Mandarin for scenes as well and got a grade 7 so i thought that i could handle it but i am currently struggling with it a lot.
I have to write essays on a book and a film, do speaking and reading and listening.
I struggle the most with the speaking, listening and the writing and i need some tips on how i could improve on them. For the listening and writing i struggle with writing the characters and grammar structures for writing. With speaking is similar but i cant really form sentences on the spot and i often cant remember important terminology or cant under stand what the teacher is saying fully.
I know its a lot of problems but i dont really see how i can solve it with just revision since i have revised plenty for a lot of these aspects and i just need some help and tips to allow me to get better.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you
Original post by Ripley_Kaegonni
One of the subjects i am studying is A-level Mandarin and i am finding it really hard, I currently have a grade D in it.
I did Mandarin for scenes as well and got a grade 7 so i thought that i could handle it but i am currently struggling with it a lot.
I have to write essays on a book and a film, do speaking and reading and listening.
I struggle the most with the speaking, listening and the writing and i need some tips on how i could improve on them. For the listening and writing i struggle with writing the characters and grammar structures for writing. With speaking is similar but i cant really form sentences on the spot and i often cant remember important terminology or cant under stand what the teacher is saying fully.
I know its a lot of problems but i dont really see how i can solve it with just revision since i have revised plenty for a lot of these aspects and i just need some help and tips to allow me to get better.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you

When you learn a language, live with it. Use it actively every day. Associate the terminology you learn with an image in your mind
For example, if you learnt the colour ‘red’ in mandarin, speak it whenever you see something red.
Being able to speak, and come up with sentences, comes with lots of practice speaking your thoughts.

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