TOP TIPS FOR LEARNING CHINESE
Learn Chinese Songs - Sing your heart out
Chinese is a tonal language, it has four tones, this explains why Chinese people love singing and why many can sing well. After all, Karaoke Television (KTV) is extremely popular in China. So why not try singing, singing a Chinese song will exercise your vocal cords, tone and pitch. It will help improve your speaking. Remember those moments you can’t get a tune out of your head, there are also catchy Chinese songs too. There will be certain Chinese words that will stay in your mind. You will be singing Chinese down the street in no time.
Post-it Notes World – Create a Chinese environment
In order to help you remember key words you can try to create a Chinese environment where you will be surrounded by Chinese every day. All you need are some post-it notes. Write Chinese characters, the pinyin and the translation. Stick it around household objects. This is a good way to get your Chinese to stick!
Follow a Chinese Star – Get into fanboy and fangirl mode
Everything now is on social media, on the web, everything is video. You can choose a famous Chinese star and get into fan mode. Follow them on social media, on YouTube, on Twitter, on Facebook, on Instagram. Watch videos of them. Listen to the way they speak and follow. Become obsessed with Chinese!
Find a Chinese Buddy – Make Lasting Friendships
A great way to practice and learn Chinese is to actually find a Chinese friend to do this with. You can try to find some Chinese meetup groups local to your area. Engaging in conversation with native Chinese speakers will help improve your fluency in speaking, listening, and also help you learn about Chinese culture too. This is partly why we exist. Here at Instant Mandarin, our teachers are also your friends. They are here for you. We encourage our teachers to create deep and lasting friendships with our students, no matter the technology between them, no matter the distance that separates them, language is not our barrier but connection.
Repetition - Chinese, Chinese, Chinese!
What is common about our previous tips is that they all apply repetition. When you learn a song, you will learn the lyrics and try to remember them. Using post-it notes will allow you to wake up every day to see some Chinese. If you follow a Chinese star, become madly obsessed with them, until Chinese fills your world. If you buy our package, make friends with our teachers, have lessons more frequently and repetitively. Repetition is the best way to learn Chinese, read Chinese each day, write characters each day, listen to Chinese each day, speak Chinese each day. Reach new heights!
Chinese is renowned for being one of the hardest languages to learn, but actually it is not as hard as it seems. It’s like all things, you just need to put some dedication, time and effort into it. One thing we can make sure of is, we will absolutely put the time and effort into your learning. We want to make learning Chinese easier for you.
