This dictionary gives you the option to search for Chinese words by writing it out, and then choose the character you wanted to use, by clicking on the pen in the search bar. However, the writing aspect of Chinese is the biggest problem for it. Speaking Chinese is not too much of an issue, Pinyin can be used for that. Typing away at a keyboard using Pinyin will not improve your Chinese writing skills. Handwriting and stroke order is essential to master the Chinese language. The main issue with learning Chinese is that the only way to get good at writing Chinese is to physically practice writing the characters by their strokes. Chinese, however, is an inconvenient language using the system we have. I have always wanted to see languages from Asia that, unlike Vietnamese, which is already in the Incubator, doesn't use the Latin Alphabet. I paid for a few months of mandarin blueprint which helped give me some listening material and also an interesting way to remember hanzi.Hi, I'm a native English speaker, with Mandarin Chinese as my second language.

Various podcasts (you can learn Chinese, Chinese pod, coffee break Chinese, etc). I’ve attempted a few free coursera courses but haven’t found them super engaging so haven’t made much progress Watching kids shows and movies with her (Disney plus and Netflix have a lot of options! YouTube is also good)Ī few different graded reader short novels, so far I’ve liked ones from mandarin companion and by yun xian Reading kids books with her, both ones I’ve learned how to read and via audiobooks where we follow along I augmented my learning using the following: The problem is that my listening and speaking skills are still not very good so that’s what I need to focus on now. I like that it systematically introduces you to new words and hanzi. Thanks! And congrats on being almost halfway! I think it gives an ok base to jump off from, especially being free.

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