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| OneEye Diglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6856 days ago 518 posts - 784 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, Taiwanese, German, French | Message 9 of 15 01 November 2008 at 5:50pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Actually, between Practical Chinese Reader and New Practical Chinese Reader, I prefer the old one. Still not the best thing out there, but pretty decent.
My recommendation would be to follow the AJATT method, adapted for Chinese. If that isn't do-able (time constraints or whatever), I'd go with ChinesePod, Remembering the Hanzi, and as much input from native material as you can get (movies, music, podcasts, etc.). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6445 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 10 of 15 01 November 2008 at 5:57pm | IP Logged | |||||
I'd definitely recommend "Cracking the Chinese Puzzles" over "Remembering the Hanzi"; they fill similar niches, but "Cracking the Chinese Puzzles" is more engaging, more suited to Chinese, has more depth, etc. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Emerald Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom languagedabbler.blog Joined 6251 days ago 316 posts - 340 votes Speaks: Hindi, Gujarati*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 11 of 15 01 November 2008 at 6:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I went to The Language Show in London today, and saw a presentation by a company called IQChinese about their software.
I really liked the method, which includes ability to learn writing and speech with correct intonation. Of course I have not tried it, but I certainly plan to use it when I learn Chinese. You can do the free trial for 14 days. http://www.iqchinese.com/store/Scripts/default.asp 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| OneEye Diglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6856 days ago 518 posts - 784 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, Taiwanese, German, French | Message 12 of 15 01 November 2008 at 11:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
It depends on preferences. Plus, RTH is more readily available, and costs less. I haven't seen Cracking Chinese Puzzles, but from what I've heard it does sound like a fantastic resource. I'm either way on it I guess. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| irrationale Tetraglot Senior Member China Joined 6056 days ago 669 posts - 1023 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog Studies: Ancient Greek, Japanese | Message 13 of 15 02 November 2008 at 1:08am | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks to all of you.
As of now, I am going through Pimsleur Mandarin series (I am on II), using RWC to learn the characters, www.yellowbridge.com, and Anki for my SRS. It is working out pretty well so far for the first month and a week; I have learned 200 characters, have a BASIC (very basic) reading ability, and everything you get with Pimsleur (basic convo ability). My jumpoff point to the the next level will be during Pimsleur III, because I know that Pimsleur III is basically practice and a vocab builder, and where returns start to diminish. Sometime during Pimsleur III, I will start either New Practical Chinese Reader, or FSI. I am leaning toward FSI because it seems it has more, but New Practical Chinese Reader is tempting because it provides me with all the characters, and is more up-to-date. Still trying to decide between those two right now. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6445 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 14 of 15 02 November 2008 at 3:32am | IP Logged | |||||
Well, getting it isn't hard: Grant and Cutler stocks it, and you can order it online from them.. I admit it's much pricier than RTH, though. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| TheElvenLord Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6086 days ago 915 posts - 927 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Cornish, English* Studies: Spanish, French, German Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 15 of 15 02 November 2008 at 7:35am | IP Logged | |||||
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I have just bought NPCR, and will tell you what I think of it as soon as I get it.
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