The best way to learn Chinese

The best way to learn Chinese, Mandarin and to progress further and further

3 words:

Keep at it.

It may sound simple and something that before you learn a language, something that you’d easily do, but learning a new language, especially a difficult one, can often cause you to lose some motivation for it, especially if you find some aspects of it difficult, it’s the same with any language!

So to really develop your skills and to learn Mandarin well enough and to feel satisfied with your progress, you need to keep yourself motivated in order to loving to learn the language at each opportunity. This might mean searching for different methods online for the certain point that you’re stuck at, or even asking someone that is Chinese, can really benefit your progression in learning this beautiful yet challenging language. There are a huge variety of resources available, so you can certainly keep going and look at the problem from different angles and to find your true learning style.

Mandarin for foreigners is especially difficult when trying to learn the tones, and distinguishing between the pinyin as it can take a while to get used to the different sounds. This is an extremely important part of learning Chinese, and I wouldn’t recommend progressing your level any more until you’ve got this part completely nailed, as when I first learnt Chinese I thought my tones (listening and speaking) were really good, that was until I actually came to China and tried speaking to someone and they couldn’t understand what I said, until I started my full comprehensive class and spent all day learning the tones and listening to the distinguished sounds.

Get this part nailed by listening and repeating the words, short passages both at a short pace and also quickly. Then start to merge it into new words that you’re learning and ensure that you get the tones of each character right before moving on, sit there and repeat it to yourself, you could even record yourself (a lot of people do this) and just keep practicing and practicing until it’s perfect, it’ll make your life a lot easier if you do this.

One of the best things to do in learning Chinese Mandarin in my opinion is to use apps, podcasts, passages, movies, radio etc. to learn listening of Chinese as this is often classed as the most difficult part, and ensure that you can associate all of the tones to characters, because you’ll get to a point that if you’re studying it day after day you won’t rely on pinyin and you won’t visualize the language solely on pinyin but you’ll actually be able to see and speak Chinese characters (if you can understand my meaning), and this is the point that your Chinese is becoming truly good.

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