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| CashMoney22 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6206 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes | Message 1 of 5 11 December 2007 at 1:32pm | IP Logged |
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I wrote a post about two months ago asking about whether I should learn Mandarin or Japanese as my second language to French. I decided on Mandarin, and after doing a ton of research and reading (a lot on this site actually), I decided on the following plan. I will first review where I am in the process and then explain where I am going:
1. I purchased the Pimsleur Mandarin I tapes from Amazon.com. I am going slow, so I am only on the 12th disc. I love the practice with tones and understanding native speakers. 2. I purchased RTK (I know its for Japanese, but I wanted to learn the model and understand all the hype so to speak). I am up to character 900 in this book, and I do about 10-20 kanjis per day. That said, I simply can't wait until RTH comes out. I will be all over that. I know it's not Hanzi, but I enjoy it anyway. Hopefully there will be SOME carryover to RTH. If not, I still enjoy practicing the method and writing the beautiful characters. 3. I borrowed RS Mandarin from the library and I am going to start that up next week. 4. I downloaded all the FSI material for Mandarin from the web. I am still thinking about working that material into my routine. My routine: 1-2 hours per day, one day off per week 30 mins on pimsleur 30 mins on RTK (hopefully soon RTH) 30 mins on RS 15-30 mins on FSI if I have time. I also have some interest in utlizing an SRS because everyone seems to like them for long-term memory. I may start importing stuff from RS into an SRS along with phrases I am learning from Pimsleur. (I know this is the expensive option, but I like the linear progression it gives me) Edited by CashMoney22 on 11 December 2007 at 2:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| CashMoney22 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6206 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes | Message 2 of 5 18 March 2008 at 12:51pm | IP Logged |
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I doubt anyone read this, but I have in fact kept up with my plan of study.
I alternate between RS and Pimsleur, both of which are excellent tools. I used the Kanji book to familiarize myself with the characters, and as a result, RS is much easier to understand when I'm in character mode. Once I'm done with Pimsleur, I'm going to move onto round 2 This is very addictive stuff! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rekunoto Senior Member United States Joined 6118 days ago 104 posts - 105 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Mandarin | Message 3 of 5 18 March 2008 at 2:11pm | IP Logged |
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Great job! I look forward to reading your posts in the future!
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| Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6509 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 4 of 5 18 March 2008 at 3:12pm | IP Logged |
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Good job on keeping to your plan of study. It's not easy to do.
What do you plan to do for round 2? Are you continuing with Pimsleur II and III? Looking forward to reading about your progress!! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| CashMoney22 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6206 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes | Message 5 of 5 27 March 2008 at 1:25pm | IP Logged |
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Yes, I plan on getting my hands on Pimsleur 2 and 3, but maybe this time I'll find a library.
From here on out, my hope is to continue RS, Pimsluer, and hopefully go to China for some practice. I hear Assimil is good (on this forum) along with some of the other lesser-known texts... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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