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| JayR9 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4700 days ago 155 posts - 162 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 4 14 January 2014 at 2:31pm | IP Logged |
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Hello, I am starting to learn Mandarin after a long break from here.
I have got lots of programs such as Pimsleur, MT, NPCR, Assimil, ChinesePod, FSI and a few others but where do I start? Do I concentrate on one program or use a few? Is there any sites that you recommend with resources, dictionary's and other things I will need for my journey? Should I start meeting language exchange students now or wait? Should I use a tutor as well to help? Thank you again Jay 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ElComadreja Senior Member Philippines bibletranslatio Joined 7238 days ago 683 posts - 757 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Cebuano, French, Tagalog | Message 2 of 4 14 January 2014 at 3:12pm | IP Logged |
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That's going to depend on your tastes. Some people like talking right away, and some like
to focus on just understanding the language first. The first thing that I would do is go look at and listen to the (excellent) FSI explanations of the Chinese tones and things like the "sh" sound, at least to get an idea of what going on. Then go through maybe the first 10 lessons of Pimsleur to get pronunciation practice and to make some grammar points automatic. Edited by ElComadreja on 14 January 2014 at 3:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tlanguell Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4039 days ago 24 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Vietnamese | Message 3 of 4 14 January 2014 at 4:37pm | IP Logged |
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I started with MT then FSI then ChinesePod. Both MT and FSI teach the tones but FSI is
better. ChinesePod really helped with me "everyday" language while FSI's Resource Modules helped with practical vocab. I didn't use Pimsleur but a friend of mine in China used it and he speaks Mandarin very well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4444 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 4 of 4 15 January 2014 at 7:01pm | IP Logged |
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The 1 polyglot who studied all sorts of languages is Moses McCormick from Akron Ohio. The way he would
approach language learning is to use phrase books as well as software like Assimil for a few months. And then go into popular shopping areas looking for native speakers to strike a conversation. For Chinese you can find Mandarin-speakers in a food court or in a restaurant somewhere in Chinatown. He would try to order food in Mandarin and then explain to them that he is interested in learning Mandarin and ask if they want to learn English and exchange phone # and E-mail addresses. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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