http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/my-single-most-effective-learning-recommendation Motivation and Strategies to learn Chinese for busy people Wed, 09 May 2012 17:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/my-single-most-effective-learning-recommendation/comment-page-1#comment-5029 Aremonus Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:50:37 +0000 http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/my-single-most-effective-learning-recommendation#comment-5029 It really is a fast way to learn it like this - but you might have the problem that u dont have e chinese speaking person beside u, especially when ur in europe. Then just imagine you are talking about this word, forinstance when ur in bus or on plane.. For instance, you learned the word niu (cow). Then just think of some sentences in ur mind, like "那儿有一个牛。 他很喜欢吃草所以他在草原” Doesnt make very much sense, but the next time you hear 草原 or 草 u will think of 牛。That's how I learned most of the foreign languages so far - and prevent from feeling bored whenIam stuckina traffic jam, for instance. Btw, even if u dont have a new chinese word, just try to think in chinese and once you dont know a word, look it up (I loaded a dictionary on my PDA,works quite well). Like this you will get more fluent in chinese and even learn some more words - instead of being bored. Having a native beside you is of course better, especially because he will correct your mistakes and you dont need a dictionary - but why not use some time that would be wasted anyways? It really is a fast way to learn it like this – but you might have the problem that u dont have e chinese speaking person beside u, especially when ur in europe.
Then just imagine you are talking about this word, forinstance when ur in bus or on plane..
For instance, you learned the word niu (cow). Then just think of some sentences in ur mind, like “那儿有一个牛。 他很喜欢吃草所以他在草原” Doesnt make very much sense, but the next time you hear 草原 or 草 u will think of 牛。That’s how I learned most of the foreign languages so far – and prevent from feeling bored whenIam stuckina traffic jam, for instance.
Btw, even if u dont have a new chinese word, just try to think in chinese and once you dont know a word, look it up (I loaded a dictionary on my PDA,works quite well). Like this you will get more fluent in chinese and even learn some more words – instead of being bored.
Having a native beside you is of course better, especially because he will correct your mistakes and you dont need a dictionary – but why not use some time that would be wasted anyways?

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