I can’t imagine I’d have gotten even as far as I have in Chinese if I’d been dutifully reading graded readers, instead of watching dramas and the farming show and reading fics and the occasional article about Zhu Yilong. It only makes sense. Or am I biased? What do you think?

Hah, well, I think you know I agree with you. ;) I mean, I also agree that whatever keeps you motivated is what works best! But yeah... I'm usually either bored or actively irritated by graded readers, textbook dialogues, or children's media, which are all things a lot of people recommend. I'm sure they're very helpful if you enjoy them or can make yourself sit through them, but it's just not sustainable for me, since I don't like doing it. Whereas, by contrast, I'm fine with looking up a zillion words in order to read or watch something I'm actually excited about.

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