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| neil-flynn Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5959 days ago 116 posts - 117 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2, Mandarin | Message 25 of 54 02 November 2008 at 7:39am | IP Logged |
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Progress Update:
I am just starting lesson 5. Im finding that each lesson easy to remember, and they are only taking me 30 minutes to do. I've just noticed that i never finished lesson 8, but i will do that today anyway. For those of you who aren't familiar with Chinese In Steps, each lesson has 20 or so words & characters, and then shows two conversations using the new words, written completely in Hanzi. What i'm doing is reading the conversations, and then writing my own conversation based on them. I am making my conversations more complex and i use more words from previous lessons in order to refresh my memory. Ive realised that my previous technique of learning each lesson was flawed, because i was taking too long, which made me lose interest a bit. I would do each lesson, whilst on msn and watching tv, so it wasn't efficient. But overall, im really going to put the effort into learning chinese, and if i can maintain the learning spark, i see no reason why i will stop. Ill update you all either tonight or tomorrow about finishing this goal and setting a new goal. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| neil-flynn Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5959 days ago 116 posts - 117 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2, Mandarin | Message 26 of 54 03 November 2008 at 1:54pm | IP Logged |
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Goal Completed:
Lessons 1-8 have been reviewed. It feels great to get back into learning Mandarin! Goal: Complete Lesson 9 by tomorrow 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| neil-flynn Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5959 days ago 116 posts - 117 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2, Mandarin | Message 27 of 54 05 November 2008 at 11:37am | IP Logged |
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Goal Completed:
Lesson 9 was fine. It took a bit longer than the chapters that i reviewed, but thats natural Goal: Lesson 10 by Wednesday Goal Completed: Lesson 10 was also fine. Ill move onto the next book in the series, which is in the uni library. Its a great feeling to have finished Chinese In Steps 1 Goal: Complete Chinese In Steps 2 Lesson 1 by Thursday 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| neil-flynn Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5959 days ago 116 posts - 117 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2, Mandarin | Message 28 of 54 06 November 2008 at 11:34am | IP Logged |
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Goal Completed:
Chinese In Steps 2 Lesson 1 was fine. It's certainly a great feeling to move onto the next stage of my learning. Goal: Review what i've done over the past 8 days. I won't have access to the university language learning centre and consequently the Chinese In Steps 2 book, so that will have to wait until monday. In the mean time, i will also do some podcasts and try to get Pimsleur. I've also seen a Hanzi book in borders which im very tempted to buy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| neil-flynn Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5959 days ago 116 posts - 117 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2, Mandarin | Message 29 of 54 07 November 2008 at 8:21pm | IP Logged |
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Update:
Im just reviewing the past week's work this weekend. Ill will probably buy a hanzi book tomorrow, so that will give me some other work to do. Ill report back tomorrow to let you all know what ive been doing. But i will just mention that i have two essays to write this weekend, so you'll understand why i might not do much work this weekend compared to what ive done previously 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| neil-flynn Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5959 days ago 116 posts - 117 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2, Mandarin | Message 30 of 54 08 November 2008 at 7:06am | IP Logged |
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Update:
I bought Learning Chinese Characters by Alison & Laurence Matthews. It's a book that ive wanted for a couple of weeks, and it is designed to take you to HSK Level A standard, as well as explaining radicals. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| neil-flynn Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5959 days ago 116 posts - 117 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2, Mandarin | Message 31 of 54 11 November 2008 at 9:07am | IP Logged |
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Goal Completed:
Ive completed the review of what ive done so far, and i completed lessons 1 and 2 of Learning Chinese Characters. Its helpful because it gives a story behind each character, so i find that i remember them easier than i do when i study Chinese In Steps. I think that i will give Chinese In Steps a break for a bit whilst i concentrate on my new book. Also, because the only copy of Chinese In Steps 2 available to me is in the uni library, so its easier for me to use my new book for the time being. Goal: Complete Learning Chinese Characters lessons 3 and 4 by Wednesday 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| AlexL Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7082 days ago 197 posts - 277 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 32 of 54 11 November 2008 at 7:25pm | IP Logged |
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just wanted to say great job! It's great that you are dedicated enough to keep it up day after day. Keep on going! (or as the Chinese would say: jia1 you2, jia1 you2!)
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