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| Djoko Newbie Yugoslavia Joined 3969 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Studies: English, Albanian | Message 1 of 8 04 January 2014 at 9:25am | IP Logged | ||
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Hello everyone, I'm interested in learning standard Chinese. I've come up to two courses:
DLI and FSI. What do you think which one is better or is there any better one? Thanks 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6900 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 8 04 January 2014 at 11:50am | IP Logged | ||
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I've had a look at FSI. It has nine (!) modules which will keep you busy for months even if you study full-time, and I have yet to see any other free resource that can take you further.
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| Djoko Newbie Yugoslavia Joined 3969 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Studies: English, Albanian | Message 3 of 8 04 January 2014 at 7:53pm | IP Logged | ||
What is your opinion about Chinese mandarin DLI courses? http://fsi- dli.yojik.eu/DLI/Chinese%20Mandarin/ 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5950 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 4 of 8 04 January 2014 at 8:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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The older DLI course teaches simplified characters and has more material than the FSI version. I did the initial portions of the DLI CBT course which seemed quite good. That said, everyone has their personal preferences so you may have to try different materials before settling on one.
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| jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6900 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 8 05 January 2014 at 1:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't had a look at DLI, but if it's true that it also teaches simplified characters, that could very well be a good alternative to the regular FSI. I'm all for exploring several courses and methods, so if you have the time and patience you could do both (at the same time or in sequence).
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5157 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 6 of 8 06 January 2014 at 8:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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So, DLI has hanzi all the way and FSI has no hanzi at all?
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4698 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 7 of 8 07 January 2014 at 9:45am | IP Logged | ||
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I think it might have traditional characters instead.
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5157 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 8 of 8 07 January 2014 at 11:13am | IP Logged | ||
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No, it doesn't; just checked it.
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