[freshfey]

Very interesting article. I'm trying to learn Mandarin with a focus on speaking and conversating (using Memrise 2x per day for 15min). Would this help as well? Reading seems to me like a much more difficult project to tackle.

[KerrickStaley]

I've always been a visual learner and listening and speaking never really did it for me. Reading, though harder because of the character system, has helped cement vocabulary and grammar in a way that speaking and listening didn't. My speaking and listening are getting better by osmosis too.