I’m overwhelmed by the amount, how do I begin? I’m confused.
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Make lots of lingqs and let the brain create the connection and you will eventually recognize each word one by one. If you have any questions, you can PM me
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I first spent a month using the app Chineasy. I think it has helped me so so much! I would recommend it!
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LingQ can be tricky for first starting out with a new language. As @mark.e mentioned there are apps/websites for learning just Chinese, as well as lots of YouTube videos, etc. When first starting out with a new language it may be helpful to try the free versions of Duloingo and Busuu as well. They have their own problems, but they are pretty good for beginners.
Good luck!
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Thanks for the replies! But it’s a bit strange that I ask on Lingq and get the recommendation to use another app
I’m not a complete beginner, I’m just asking, what’s a good introduction to all this material?
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I started with the Who Is She? series of stories. It’s perfect for establishing your foothold. Covers tons of common words, there are interesting and funny twists, and the lessons build on each other.
Start with one lesson per day. Learn the characters, listen to each lesson several times, and do the SRS. Drop the SRS once it gets overwhelming (>100 due per day). It’ll take a few weeks to complete Who Is She?, but by the end you’ll be in great shape.
Worked for me!
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I’m not sure how long you’ve been studying. If you haven’t already I’d probably get a textbook for your level or find a good YouTube course that teaches grammar and work through that slowly. And at the same time I’d start reading the Mini Stories or some other beginner material here using LingQ. I’d use the sentence mode feature for sure having it both read the sentence and then I’d check my understanding using the translation feature. I think reading is a very powerful tool for learning and LingQ is great for that even for beginners. If you can enroll in a class that would probably also help.
I thought of another tip. A lot of people hate studying grammar and Steve of course says to study it in moderation. If you’re a beginner then doing a textbook from start to finish may be a very good idea but if you’re a little further along or maybe just bad at textbooks (like me) there’s another strategy you can try. I did this for German. I had a medium sized German Grammar publishe by Oxford and would read or listen to German and then sort of as a break from reading I would just look at the table of contents of the book, find a grammar bit that looked interesting, and then read that. It usually took about 10 minutes. For some reason I haven’t done that with Japanese or Korean. I’ve felt like I need to just go through books from beginning to end and it feels like I’m being forced to do it whereas with German because I picked something interesting… it was interesting.
Just an idea.
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I lived in Taiwan for two years studying and using Mandarin daily. You’re posting here that you’re a beginner. Later you say that you’re not a complete beginner.
I’ve tried many different methods and websites for language learning over the decades. LingQ doesn’t really work well for beginners that are new to a language, it’s better for building on a preexisting base. Duolingo is good for beginners, Busuu is better than Duolingo. That’s why I recommended them. I have no idea how much experience you have with language learning, but you asked for advice and I gave it to you.
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Depends on where you are, but having gone to high school for Chinese, I really liked the intermediate Chinese course. Just to get myself accustomed to Chinese again and anew. The way it’s taught in school is very different from this course, but I believe it helps build lots of vocab.
Once you feel like a book or something is less encumbering, you can try that. Then read and listen to as much Chinese as possible.
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thx, now I have an idea!
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