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| BobbyE Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5239 days ago 226 posts - 331 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 1 of 107 26 November 2011 at 5:18am | IP Logged |
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I began Assimil, Chinese With Ease the other day. I'm on lesson 4 right now. So far,
i think this program could work. I think my pronunciation of tones might be a little bit shaky at times, but I think I am honing in on the sound of the speakers in the lessons. I'll just update this page with any milestones or anything I think is worthy. My goal - To pass the HSK Advanced test within 3 years. My plan - Complete Assimil in 150 days. Take mandarin classes at college indefinitely. After Assimil, supplement college course work with NCPR. In 7 weeks, I start taking Mandarin in school. I hope Assimil's passive phase gives me a head start and is a good supplement to my classwork. I'm thankful that I will have a teacher to talk to that can help me with pronunciation. My college uses Integrated Chinese for its text. After Assimil, I hope to be able to use IC for school, and NCPR for home-study. Edited by BobbyE on 05 July 2014 at 7:51pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5721 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 2 of 107 26 November 2011 at 3:34pm | IP Logged |
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Good luck. I received my own copy of Assimil Chinese yesterday, although I'm just curious about the language and don't have your lofty aspirations.
Good luck on reaching your goals. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| BobbyE Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5239 days ago 226 posts - 331 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 3 of 107 27 November 2011 at 11:13pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks Michael, good luck to you with your other languages too.
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| BobbyE Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5239 days ago 226 posts - 331 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 4 of 107 08 December 2011 at 2:56am | IP Logged |
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Just finished lesson 11. Assimil is so much more enjoyable than FSI drills. I'm really
liking it. The strength of my process with Assimil, I believe, is that I am actually relying on my ear to understand the dialogue and exercises, as opposed to in platiquemos with Spanish when I would rely on the fact that I had already referred to the transcription. Also, the target language-only audio is really sweet because it allows me to focus on the words being spoken, and really try to understand them by ear. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| BobbyE Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5239 days ago 226 posts - 331 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 5 of 107 19 December 2011 at 12:17am | IP Logged |
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Assimil is nice, an hour of study flies by like nothing.
A word of advice from my interpal language exchange buddy, utilize pinyin for pronunciation. So, I'm using the pinyin pronunciation guide at the beginning of the book to really double check my ear for pronunciation and tones. She said though, even with my pronunciation, she knows exactly what I'm saying. Just finished lesson 19. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Homogenik Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4816 days ago 314 posts - 407 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Polish, Mandarin | Message 6 of 107 21 December 2011 at 4:22pm | IP Logged |
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What's weird about Assimil Chinese is every line ends with an exclamation point... I wonder why that is, do Chinese
people tend to be overly enthusiastic? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| BobbyE Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5239 days ago 226 posts - 331 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 7 of 107 23 December 2011 at 4:25am | IP Logged |
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Homogenik, that may be weird, but it doesn't matter at all. I practice my Assimil with
native Mandarin speakers on Skype and I haven't had any problems so far. Lesson 23. Assimil is great so far, I love studying and it's not a drag. Also, my listening is improving dramatically faster than it ever did in Spanish. I can't wait for the active phase, and to begin using Assimil Writing Chinese. I'm putting in about an hour a day, and working on opening up my ear. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| BobbyE Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5239 days ago 226 posts - 331 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 8 of 107 23 December 2011 at 10:35am | IP Logged |
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Mandarin is such a challenge for me right now. I am going to just work patiently.
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