Hi Guys
I would really like to learn the Chinese language, but don't know where to start.
I cannot get to adult education centres because of public transport.
Could anyone recommend any books or software for me.
Many thanks
TC x
Have you asked the question on google - several options come up, including this
My daughters best friend is off to China in March for a month - she will be learning basic spoken Mandarin by attending a university every day for 3 weeks (she is already fluent in Russian, Polish, German and French!) She said that trying to learn written Chinese will be the next challenge!
rocket chinese seem to be very effective because my cousin quickly learned mandarin after weeks. she is now in hongkong though. you can buy rocket chinese online.
rocket chinese seem to be very effective because my cousin quickly learned mandarin after weeks. she is now in hongkong though. you can buy rocket chinese online.
If she's in Hong Kong, wouldn't Cantonese have been more use?
Thank you for your help x
I found this CD set helpful for learning Mandarin.
For speaking, I highly recommend the Pimsleur audio course, it's excellent. Not cheap, though.
If you want to tackle reading & writing (which is a whole new ball game!) then the books 'Remembering traditional hanzi' or 'remembering simplified hanzi' are also superb.
Good luck!
I would argue that speaking and writing are entirely different concepts. I have heard good things about the Pimsleur approach, I have not tried it myself (not for Chinese anyway) but from the recommendations I have seen that might be worth looking into. Considering the complexities of writing in Chinese, I honestly have no idea where you would start.
I posted here and, like othe4r posts, it has been disappeared. I'm off.
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Haha weird though, but it is my dream to learn mandarin and nihongo too 😀
Haha weird though, but it is my dream to learn mandarin and nihongo too 😀
Why weird?
Why weird?
Dunno, but i think it's cool somehow when you know how to speak different language. lol
Dunno, but i think it's cool somehow when you know how to speak different language. lol
Cool, maybe. But not weird. More people speak a second language than not.
I'm learning Welsh.
The best thing to do with a dream like that is simply to get on and do it.
Cool, maybe. But not weird. More people speak a second language than not.
I'm learning Welsh.
The best thing to do with a dream like that is simply to get on and do it.
yeah, and thanks to the power of internet, it is easy for me to learn what i want to. 🙂