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| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6287 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 145 of 149 17 October 2011 at 4:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Watch more Chinese TV with Chinese subtitles. You'd be amazed at how much your character recognition improves.
Good for listening comprehension too. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jondesousa Tetraglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/Zgg3nRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6257 days ago 227 posts - 297 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Mandarin, Spanish | Message 146 of 149 17 October 2011 at 8:21pm | IP Logged | ||
I would second aerozeplyn's suggestion. I have been studying on my own for about 5 months now and have a 1 hour study session with a tutor on Skype once per week. She lives in Beijing and uses almost no English with me and I feel like I am progressing very rapidly. During our last session last Wednesday there was only 2-3 minutes of English in the 1 hour session and I was extremely proud to think I understood about 90% of everything that she said and that she understood about 70% of everything I said the first time around. It's a bit intimidating at first, but sometimes you just have to jump in the deep end and keep kicking. I love reading your updates and look forward to seeing more. Best of luck. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5116 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 147 of 149 20 October 2011 at 12:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you for all the encouragement! Aero, it's good to know that there are others blundering along with
occasional low scores, and yes, I'm sure my score would've been even lower earlier in my studies. Jimbo: you're right, I do need to watch more Chinese TV, and that's something I might be able to do even when I'm too brain-dead to do anything else. Jondesousa, wow, five months in and you're having successful conversations--that's impressive! Where did you find your skype tutor? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jondesousa Tetraglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/Zgg3nRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6257 days ago 227 posts - 297 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Mandarin, Spanish | Message 148 of 149 20 October 2011 at 2:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi Li Fei,
I found my skype tutor on edufire.com. I was originally going to sign up for her class on there (her name is Sunny Dang) but she recommended separate skype study since I was the only student. It's 15USD for a 1 hour class so I meet with her for 1 hour a week. She is very skilled and has great English for the start of the tutoring, but tries to minimize it quickly. She works out of several texts and lets the student select the one they are most comfortable with. I work through NPCR (currently at lesson 20 in book 2) and we review during class and have conversation. I'd highly recommend her if you have the time. I can send you her e-mail by PM if you like. Best wishes, Jon 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5116 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 149 of 149 12 December 2011 at 2:47am | IP Logged | ||
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Finally finished my semester from hell, a hell that included Chinese 205. I really botched the course, but
learned a fair amount. Right now I am burned out. Not sure if I am burned out on Chinese, or just on a class taught at the wrong pace for me. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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