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| dcbaok Groupie United States Joined 4481 days ago 46 posts - 63 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 9 of 18 22 January 2013 at 3:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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New PCR videos can be found on YouTube.
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| aldrin Newbie United States Joined 4326 days ago 10 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 10 of 18 22 January 2013 at 7:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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That's great news!
Revised list of materials: Listening: Assimil Speaking: Skype or italki Reading: Practical Chinese Reader Writing: Frequency list of characters Vocabulary: hsk levels 1-6 Anki Pleco I spent the day today practicing pinyin pronunciation. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Toffeeliz Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5679 days ago 116 posts - 130 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Russian | Message 11 of 18 23 January 2013 at 7:19am | IP Logged | ||
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NPCR isn't just for reading despite the title. It's a full coursebook that goes up to Upper-Intermediate. I don't think Assimil Chinses is worth the money but if you can get it cheap there's no harm in using it. I just think that NPCR is where you should put your money here. The assimil course if far too slow.
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| aldrin Newbie United States Joined 4326 days ago 10 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 12 of 18 25 January 2013 at 11:19am | IP Logged | ||
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Judging from this website's use of the European language classifications, does anyone know where NPCR will take you to if you study all of the material? A1 - C2?
-- A second question for experienced, non-native Chinese speakers: how much time did it take you to reach C1 status? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Toffeeliz Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5679 days ago 116 posts - 130 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Russian | Message 13 of 18 26 January 2013 at 4:37am | IP Logged | ||
It took me 4 years of study with a native speaker, two hours a week, to reach B2. Since then I've just practised when I can. I'm by no means an efficient learner so don't see that as something to discourage you. It takes as long as it takes. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| aldrin Newbie United States Joined 4326 days ago 10 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 14 of 18 26 January 2013 at 8:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Today was more of an organizational day.
I received a copy of New Practical Chinese Reader. I studied 25 汉字。 I bought a pinyin training book. I watched an hour of "quantum of solace" in Mandarin Chinese. Unfortunately, I could only understand 1%, if that. I did some research on how memory champions remember long lists of items, with the actual goal of memorizing and being able to use my new language. All told, I spent about 90 minutes of studying. The rest of my time was gathering my tools. I need to increase my actual study time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| js6426 Diglot Senior Member Cambodia Joined 4519 days ago 277 posts - 349 votes Speaks: English*, Khmer Studies: Mandarin | Message 15 of 18 27 January 2013 at 2:34am | IP Logged | ||
Any words of wisdom to impart here on how to increase efficiency in memorizing words? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| aldrin Newbie United States Joined 4326 days ago 10 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin | Message 16 of 18 27 January 2013 at 6:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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As soon as I troubleshoot it and see how effective it is, I'll love to share what I find.
Basically, it's applying the memory palace method of memory champions to learning vocabulary but I have my doubts about how efficient it is for being able to USE new language, rather than just memorizing word lists and their definitions. Stay tuned... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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