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| Vegemighty Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4489 days ago 45 posts - 67 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 1 of 21 29 August 2012 at 5:46am | IP Logged |
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I am currently in Chengdu, China. I am an English teacher here. So I hope to capitalize on this opportunity to master Mandarin.
I read irrationale's log on this forum where he managed to master Mandarin in 2 years in America. My goal is to be at least that good in two years. This is my plan. Materials
I am going to start over Pimsleur from unit 2. I've done it previously, but I got diverted from it mid way. So I'm going to start over from unit 2 and focus on learning the characters, inputting into anki. Around the same time I will begin the FSI modules. I'll use Audacity to copy audio samples into anki. I'll have a lot of time spent on the buses here, and between classes, so I want to find some podcasts of Chinese talk radio to listen to. If anyone knows any resources for that, let me know. I want to put in at least 3 formal hours of study and review a day. All advice, questions and comments are welcome and encouraged. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| yuhakko Tetraglot Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4633 days ago 414 posts - 582 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishB2, EnglishC2, Spanish, Japanese Studies: Korean, Norwegian, Mandarin | Message 2 of 21 29 August 2012 at 9:41am | IP Logged |
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Happy to see that you are starting a log too. I'll be looking forward to seeing your
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| ZombieKing Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4528 days ago 247 posts - 324 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin* | Message 3 of 21 29 August 2012 at 10:33am | IP Logged |
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Good luck! I will also follow your progress :)
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| Vegemighty Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4489 days ago 45 posts - 67 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 4 of 21 03 September 2012 at 1:34pm | IP Logged |
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Well I'm up to Pimsleur II.6 now. Its a good program, and its a good thing I restarted this far back because I forgot a lot.
Today I also finished my first ESL classes. Its quite a bit different than what I imagined. I think my Chinese might be better than their English. Thats not very good. I need to seize more opportunities to speak though. Moving to another country doesn't force you to learn or use the language as much as I thought. My own shyness gets in the way as well. Today I had spent like 20 minutes in traffic with a Chinese, and I barely spoke. A combination of not having anything to say, and not having any way to say it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Vegemighty Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4489 days ago 45 posts - 67 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 5 of 21 06 September 2012 at 12:31pm | IP Logged |
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Today I made a video in Mandarin. It is scripted. And I already noticed several mistakes. But what does everyone think of my progress, and where do I need improvements?
http://youtu.be/ooZJnlZ_eeY Edited by Vegemighty on 06 September 2012 at 12:32pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Vegemighty Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4489 days ago 45 posts - 67 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 6 of 21 10 September 2012 at 2:14pm | IP Logged |
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I started FSI today. Started with the Module 2 BIO since I looked over the orientation module and there wasn't much substance there. Mod 2 Unit 1 was simple.
One minor point of frustration though is that terms like comrade aren't used anymore. Also the recordings aren't very good quality. My speaking is getting better, I had some good conversations with my students today in Mandarin. It felt like I was speaking, which is good. 学习，学习，在学习！ 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jraglin Newbie United States Joined 4462 days ago 17 posts - 17 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 7 of 21 12 September 2012 at 10:08pm | IP Logged |
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I noticed you are going to be utilizing some of the same resources I plan on using, were
you looking at Irrationale's log as well? I just started my studies a couple days ago with Pimsleur and will definitely be following your progress. good luck and stick with it :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Vegemighty Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4489 days ago 45 posts - 67 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 8 of 21 16 September 2012 at 12:52pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks. I'll be watching your progress too.
Christmas came early this year. Look at what came in the mail! 
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