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All of these are valid methods for Learning Chinese although I can’t speak personally for the osmosis system (I do think you learn well by playing a Chinese MP3 just before going to bed though). The point here is to immerse you in the learning and the Chinese Language. To Learn Chinese intensively, even to listen to Chinese radio stations or watch Chinese films. I find listening to Chinese news very helpful – you get a good mix of different stories and the subjects are constantly changing. If you have equipment to record them you can replay them with Chinese to your language dictionary at hand. Even if you do not have all the master,you’ll be surprised how much sinks in if you do it regularly.

So if we need to choose a way to learn Chinese, which should it, be? We are also limited to either trying to learn from a book, a tape or a class not too long ago. Now we have the additional resource of the pc and the internet and it’s a revolution in teaching.

For the first time we can buy a single program which will allow us to listen to MP3s in the car, on the train or just walking around. The same program can challenge us with games and puzzles on the PC and give us written exercises as well. It lacks just a physical teacher to be the complete educational resource.

So if you were looking for a single method to learn to Speak Chinese fluently I would recommend one of the downloadable systems available online. You will may see price tags in the $300 range when you look into Chinese CDs but there are much more affordable and more extensive programs available for a third of the price or less.

There was a world conference on the subject last month in Beijing. Chinese Language instruction is, obviously, a good idea. China is our biggest trading partner, after Canada and Mexico. The country call attention to me in some ways of America in the 1870s. It is recovering from terrible internal events, getting stronger, may be the most important nation in the world. Chinese, along with Arabic, should be among our top foreign language priorities.

But let me — just this once because I don’t like recalling the pain — tell you that Learning Chinese is not going to be easy.

Chinese culture — its philosophy, art, code of conduct, food, and literature — is one of the wonders of human civilization. It is so humane and so productive that I have some worry about the rise of China’s economic and military power inspires in some Americans.

June 26th, 2009 | Tags: learning chinese, learning chinese online, speaking chinese | Category: Self Improvement | Subscribe to comments | Comments are currently closed | Trackback URL