how I would learn Chinese if I could start over

[@cactustactics]

Yeah writing's really important for making connections in your brain! You need to do the active stuff (speaking and writing) as well as passive listening and reading. I think people tend to forget that even if adults don't physically write so much now, they still spent their childhood in school practicing this stuff every day. And adults need a little more help to make things stick

[@alinaslearningcorner]

I couldn’t agree more!

[@24丹老师]

Good advices overall. I learned Chinese for 10 years and here is what I would change if I went back in time to start learning Chinese again: 1- I would first look into how the Chinese characters work and how they were created, their structure, origins etc before actually learning Chinese.Because I was taught in the traditional way, and we had to just write each character several times to memorize, which obviously doesn't help much. Because of this learning method, Chinese characters were a complete nonsense to me back then. Only much later I found out about the fascinating history and linguistics behind the Chinese characters so I kinda regret I didn't know those stuff earlier. Otherwise my progress would be much faster. 2- I would rely on myself more than the class. In my first years of learning Chinese in my hometown, we had only 2 hours of Chinese classes per week, which obviously meant extremely slow progress, so I did the mistake of going with the rythm of the class instead of doing more individual work, which held me back a lot.

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

your voice is so soothing

[@amazing-u1z]

Thank you for the advices 😄

[@alinaslearningcorner]

I'm happy to help!

[@Reflekt0r]

Great video, happy to see another fellow Chinese learner! I've also had a long break from Chinese and came back this year. Because I have a very specific goal, I went from about HSK 3 to 5 in four months. For media, I recommend the podcast Dashu Mandarin, it's great to have three experienced teachers coming from different parents of China talking in a colloquial manner. I've also found the channel 听书财富 that is similar to Blinkest and that allows me to engage in more written language, I usually mine those videos using migaku and then relisten once I've looked up all the words. By the way, there's a Russian audiobook of Journey to the West that came out this year, I like that translation better than the English one because the poems are translated as poems with rhymes and rhythm. 加油！

[@alinaslearningcorner]

Thanks a lot for sharing these resources! I'm reading in Russian (I also heard that Russian translation is better😅)

[@Reflekt0r]

@alinaslearningcorner Very cool ☺️ Knowing more languages also allows you to choose the best translation.

[@wblet]

Thank you for this amazing video Alina! You're awesome on camera, please keep making videos.

[@alinaslearningcorner]

Thank you for your support🧡

[@YocephBelisarius]

You speak slowly and very clear! I'm from Brazil, I'm practing English and I really liked your accent and pronunciation! Spasibo!🤩

[@alinaslearningcorner]

Thank you! I appreciate your words a lot☺

[@geroldsss]

Hello Alina! Thank you for sharing your story and experience. Best wishes, Gerold 👋🏻

[@alinaslearningcorner]

Thanks!

[@RobertHeni]

Hehe❤

[@oraetlabora1922]

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