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Language learning method: Part IV of V
You will want to control the quantity of material that you're working with at any given time. Four lines of dialogue, perhaps, three to five new vocabulary words. One grammar rule. You'll develop a sense of how much you can comfortably work with in one session, and how quickly you are able to absorb new material at various quantities. Obviously, the more you study, the more you'll learn, at the lower end of the spectrum. But once you cross the capacity of your mind to work with new material, that will drop off really sharply. Suddenly you'll find that the more words you add, the less you retain. It's not hard at all to study so much in a session that you don't learn anything at all. Keep your volume down low where you can see fairly consistent progress most of the time. Of course you'll have bad days where it feels like the lights are on and nobody's home, and you wonder why you even bother. But those should be the exception and not the rule.
Your familiarity with the material, too, will have a huge impact on how much you can put into a lesson. You can handle a whole lot more in a review study than you can when all of the material is brand new. This is something you'll get a feel for as you go.
I have been spending most of my time studying Spanish, which is among the more popular languages to study, and has tons of support available. I have been finding amazing resources on the net to help me improve my Spanish. Cantonese is not so easy to work with. It's not even as widely spoken as Mandarin, and I have great difficulties finding good resources for Mandarin on-line. Mostly, I get the best support out of the textbooks I used when I studied Mandarin in College. The best suggestion I can offer is search ye the web and see what you can find. I've never studied Cantonese, so I know nothing. Perhaps there will be others on MLE who have some knowledge there.
Continued: See Part V of V
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