普通话

I started taking Mandarin classes about a month ago. We do like 4-5 hours every week, plus the time each person spends studying at home, which, in my case, isn't a lot (Law books are time suckers).

However, my classmates seem to be very obtuse, and our teacher has decided to adapt to their dumbness and slow down her rhythm until a point I feel like I'm wasting my time.

I'd like to make some progress by myself, but I'm really lost as to what should I do from now. Yes, I could study hanzi like a madman, but I don't think learning random words would be useful at all. What about grammar, for example? Common phrases? Well, hopefully you'll be able to give me a hand.

Also, if, by coincidence, any Chinese student is learning Spanish as well and needs some help with the language of Cervantes, this native speaker will be more than glad to help him/her (wait... no girls, internet, etc) out.

Cheers.

>>6
我是西班牙人，住在巴塞罗那。我以及学习英语和日文。

Don't worry, my Chinese is even worse or, shall we say, "more basic". Other than introducing myself, asking for directions and some random vocab, I can't say I know much.

>>5
I tried friendsabroad but it seems Spanish and/or Catalan are not that popular among Chinese people. I suppose I could always pretend I'm American, or a girl.