Chinese Learning Steps and Tips – Sing Chinese Songs and Learn Chinese Writing and Grammar
In the previous post, we share the first two Chinese learning steps and tips about Chinese pronunciation, Chinese vocabulary and sentences. And in this article, we will share the other two steps and tips about to study mandarin language by sing Chinese songs and learn Chinese writing and grammar.
First: Sing Chinese songs.
Borrow cassette tapes from the local library, review and listen to the tapes frequently until you’re able to speak the words and sentences all by yourself. At the same time, you can combine your listening practice with the online Chinese pinyin teacher. Review older vocabulary every so often to refresh your memory.
Second: Write Chinese Understand Chinese writing strokes and rules
Only way to learn Chinese characters is to memorize them, you can practice writing a character on paper until you remember it. Start from easy ones, which also include all the strokes. And you can take a mandarin course which can teach you how to write Chinese characters.
Rather than writing one word many times before doing the next one, write each word once or twice then go through the whole list again until you’ve done the required number of repetitions. This will reinforce the new words more firmly in your memory.
Use post-it notepaper to write down the characters and stick them on the objects you are about to learn. Write vocabulary words using index or flash cards on one side with the definition on the other side.
Take advantage of mandarin course online. If you can memorize about 1,000 – 2,000 characters, you will feel comfortable with reading and writing modern Chinese.
Third: Learn grammar.
Learn the basic grammar, but try not to worry and be constrained by the rules. After all, languages are spoken as a way to express meaning. The basic grammar elements are almost identical with different languages; however, the sequence may be different. Pay particular attention to the differences and practice on them.
The most important points study mandarin language: Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Being self-conscious can be an obstacle in learning a language. Remember, most people are willing to helping you rather than laughing at you. Don’t be discouraged by the difficulties at first attempt. Practice, practice, and practice! You will be amazed by your own progress!
In all, in the two articles, we share five steps and tips on how to learn mandarin Chinese. For international deals who want to learn business Chinese, we have the special sections for them. And I am sure only if you can find the right way for learning and persist on, you can master the language like all my foreigner students.
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