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| Newty Newbie United States Joined 4862 days ago 19 posts - 22 votes Studies: Mandarin, English* Studies: Vietnamese | Message 1 of 16 26 January 2011 at 6:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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REASONING
After reading all these logs, I've gained inspiration to start my own. I figured having a log to organize my thoughts and document the journey would keep me motivated throughout the process. I've always wanted to learn both Mandarin and Korean, but have never truly committed myself. I've decided, the commitment starts today. PLAN OF ATTACK Pimsleur Mandarin - One lesson per day FSI - One lesson per day Chinese Pod - Use to make ANKI audio flashcards and flash whenever possible Find a native speaker through Conversation Exchange or My Language Exchange and converse with them for one to two hours per week. COMMENTS If you have any recommendations on additional materials that I will need or methods to use, please feel free to comment. Let's do it! REVISIONS/NEW IDEAS Just did some review of Irrational's log and am planning to add NPCR (New Practical Chinese Reader) to the coursework. StreetWise Mandarin 1400+ Conversational Mandarin 5000 word frequency dictionary Edited by Newty on 28 January 2011 at 12:29am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Newty Newbie United States Joined 4862 days ago 19 posts - 22 votes Studies: Mandarin, English* Studies: Vietnamese | Message 3 of 16 26 January 2011 at 9:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Paranday, I realize it is a long road, but will take it one day at a time.
Your advice is solid and I will try my best to enjoy the "view at each greater elevation." Tencent QQ is something I will look into. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Newty Newbie United States Joined 4862 days ago 19 posts - 22 votes Studies: Mandarin, English* Studies: Vietnamese | Message 4 of 16 26 January 2011 at 11:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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As for immersion material.
There's not a lot of mainland China dramas or shows out there, but there's a lot of Taiwanese ones. I understand that those use Mandarin, but will the Tawainese accent create any issues? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Newty Newbie United States Joined 4862 days ago 19 posts - 22 votes Studies: Mandarin, English* Studies: Vietnamese | Message 5 of 16 27 January 2011 at 5:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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Day 1
Pimsleur lessons 1 through 5 FSI Module One, Unit 1, Tape 1C-1 I really like Pimsleur thus far, I know people say that it doesn't teach proper sentence structure and grammar, but I think it does so implicitly. Instead of explaining it outright, it forces the learner to think about it and piece it together on their own. For me it was fairly fluid so far, so I really like it. FSI is a lot more dry. I have only been through one tape, but so far it does seem to explain things with more detail in a cut and dry way (basically lays it all out there for you). However it seems to be a nice compliment to fill in the "gaps" that Pimsleur has. I think going with both at the same time will be really helpful as they seem to synergize and compliment eachother. Edited by Newty on 27 January 2011 at 10:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Newty Newbie United States Joined 4862 days ago 19 posts - 22 votes Studies: Mandarin, English* Studies: Vietnamese | Message 6 of 16 28 January 2011 at 12:33am | IP Logged | ||
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Day 1.5
I'm pretty excited so I couldn't wait another day to post. I did a couple of "newbie" lessons in ChinesePod, specifically the "Greeting" and "Good Morning" lessons. What got me excited was that I could immediately understand a majority of these lessons based upon what I already studied in Pimsleur and FSI. I also learned couple of new words. Awesome. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5770 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes  Studies: Mandarin | Message 7 of 16 28 January 2011 at 3:15am | IP Logged | ||
1...Depends on how strong the accent is and the vocabulary used 2...Depends on what you consider to be an "issue". At the end of the day, it's still Mandarin as people actually speak it. So it's a matter of how you'd like to approach the variation. There is actually a lot of mainland materials, the thing is you usually have to be able to read Chinese to find those. Good luck! Edited by Snowflake on 28 January 2011 at 4:43am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Matty Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5105 days ago 31 posts - 35 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 8 of 16 28 January 2011 at 4:35am | IP Logged | ||
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Good luck! I felt a similar sense of excitement when I started Spanish about a month ago. The feeling must be that much more powerful for Mandarin.
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