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Keeping what your tutor teaches you
Practical notes on retention, audio-first practice, and studying with a tutor in the AI era.
Why you forget the words your tutor taught you (and the 15-minute fix)
The forgetting-curve math behind the between-lessons memory hole, and the daily routine that closes it.
Audio-first practice: why your eyes are lying to you about your language level
Reading-based study builds a skill you can't use in conversation. How to flip the default — in any language.
How to drill Chinese numbers, clock times, and tones until they're automatic
两 vs 二, the 零 rule, 半 and 刻 — and why tones are a listening problem before they're a speaking problem.
Your tutor teaches, AI drills: the workflow that finally makes sense
A realistic division of labor between human teaching and AI-powered practice.