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| ihoop Newbie United States Joined 4421 days ago 29 posts - 66 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 1 of 3 25 September 2012 at 5:54pm | IP Logged |
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Hi all,
I am studying Mandarin right now. I just began module 2 of FSI. I just discovered the DLI materials....I had no idea that they even existed. Has anyone tried the DLI course for Mandarin (basic)? How did you like it? How does it compare to FSI in terms of vocabulary, etc ? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| liddytime Pentaglot Senior Member United States mainlymagyar.wordpre Joined 6040 days ago 693 posts - 1328 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Galician Studies: Hungarian, Vietnamese, Modern Hebrew, Norwegian, Persian, Arabic (Written) | Message 2 of 3 26 September 2012 at 5:52am | IP Logged |
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Very, very similar.
The FSI course is actually a joint FSI/DLI project so you will find a great deal of overlap in the initial vocabulary. One benefit to the DLI course is that it teaches writing from the beginning. So if characters are important to you, you may be better off with the DLI course. Both are very monotonous and slow ( in true FSI/ DLI fashion). The DLI course offers much less hand-holding so it may be better used in conjunction with a tutor. Of the two, I chose FSI and I must admit, I only made it through Module 2 of the course before I gave up out of boredom! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| ihoop Newbie United States Joined 4421 days ago 29 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 3 of 3 26 September 2012 at 11:16am | IP Logged |
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Hey, Thanks for the insight!
I know that the Standard Chinese course by DLI is basically the same as FSI standard Chinese....It appears that the Basic Chinese course is quite different. The first module follows the same pattern as FSI, but after that it is completely different. I am wondering if anyone has any experience with the Basic Chinese course. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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