If, like many others, you have wanted to learn a language which is unique and not one that many people are familiar with, then why not consider learning Chinese? Below we provide you with some easy tips which can help you to learn a language, which is becoming increasingly essential in modern life.
First, you need to look at the best way that You learn any subject. Are you someone who learns a language best when they rewrite phrases that they have heard? Or are you someone who finds it much easier to learn a language by rereading things over and over again?
You may find it much easier to learn the language if you either speak it out loud yourself, or hear someone else speaking it for you. But if you are unsure, then try practicing each technique that has been mentioned above, and you will soon see which of them will help you most to remember what you are learning more effectively.
Rewriting each phrase or word on to a page of a book will definitely help, as this means that you have something that you can refer back to if you are having problems.
It is also essential that you learn the 4 different tones that the Chinese people use when they speak. Each tone will be drawn over the word that is spoken in order to give it a different form of pronunciation.
The first tone that the Chinese people use is high but flat. This means that the voice stays flat and should not either rise or dip in any way.
The second tone that the Chinese use is a rising tone, and the person’s voice should rise as they speak.
The third tone is known as the dipping tone, and when a word is spoken it will go up and then dip.While the fourth tone used when speaking Chinese is the lowering tone. When used, this makes the word being spoken sound manlier.
The best way of learning how the tones sound is through listening to a native speaker, as for many, actually getting an idea of what they should sound like simply by reading text is extremely difficult.
There are various ways that you can learn to speak Chinese, and below are some ways that you may want to try.
1. In order to learn more phrases, you should try and get hold of a copy of “How to Learn Mandarin”. This you can easily do either through your local bookstore, or online through such sites as Amazon.
2. Get hold of some CD’s which you can then play while driving your car, or while relaxing at home.
3. If you are able to, and your local School or College are offering them, then take part in an introductory course to learning Chinese. This is probably one of the best ways to not only gain confidence in speaking the language, but also help to ensure that you pronounce the words and tones correctly. By doing such a course, a person will be able to have a solid foundation for then learning the language on their own.
4. Another way of helping yourself to learn the language more effectively is by using flashcards, which can be extremely helpful. However, when using this system, it is also important that you practice each word that you learn by using it in sentences.
When it actually comes to learning any language, and not just Chinese, persistence is the key. Say you have learned something, then you should not stop studying it or repeating what you have learned, otherwise you will find that you will forget it.
Certainly practice is essential when it comes to learning any language, but you should not practice too much, or else you will find that you also begin to forget what you have already learned. Overdoing the studying will simply add too much information to the brain, causing some of what was learned to be dumped to make space for the new information (this relates to short term and long term memory).