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Lingomi for Mandarin Tones?
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arashikat
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26 February 2012 at 9:20pm | IP Logged

I was searching for a program that focuses on training the ear for Mandarin tones, and I found a site called Lingomi.

Has anyone ever tried it?

I signed up for the free trial, and what it does is it trains you to listen to the tones one syllable at a time, then in combinations. There's no actual vocabulary or grammar taught--just focused on tones.

Thoughts?
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03 March 2012 at 5:10am | IP Logged

I just signed up for the trial as well (thanks for pointing me to it) and I've tried it a little. It seems pretty good, but I'm a *true* beginner in Mandarin, as I have only been studying it for literally a few days now, so I can't really comment on how useful it might be in the longer run.
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04 March 2012 at 2:41am | IP Logged

Thank you so much for sharing! I'm going to check it out.

Before I was just using the tone drill thing on this website:
http://www.shufawest.us/language/dual-tonedrill.html

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04 March 2012 at 4:12am | IP Logged

Bryos wrote:

Before I was just using the tone drill thing on this website:
http://www.shufawest.us/language/dual-tonedrill.html

I think this is only good to frustrate someone. It almost seems like it was made to persuade you that tones are hard. You shold train to recognize words, not number the tones.
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04 March 2012 at 3:14pm | IP Logged

LaughingChimp wrote:

I think this is only good to frustrate someone.

I see nothing wrong with using this. You may not like it, but some find it useful.
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Wulfgar wrote:

LaughingChimp wrote:

I think this is only good to frustrate someone.

I see nothing wrong with using this. You may not like it, but some find it useful.

I think it makes tones seem more difficult than they actually are. Training to distinguish words that differ in tones would be much more useful.

Pick a song or melody you know very well, one that you could recognize any time.

Now write musical notes for it.

Edited by LaughingChimp on 04 March 2012 at 4:23pm

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