Comments on: Language Learning is Messy I http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm Tips and Strategies for Learning to Speak Mandarin Chinese Thu, 17 May 2012 13:19:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Albert http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm/comment-page-1#comment-11935 Albert Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:12:53 +0000 http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm#comment-11935 @Yao, You're very welcome. Thanks for the comment! @Yao,

You’re very welcome. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Yao http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm/comment-page-1#comment-11934 Yao Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:41:49 +0000 http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm#comment-11934 Quote of the day: Learning is organic. Many thanks! Quote of the day: Learning is organic. Many thanks!

]]> By: An Interview with Albert Wolfe of Laowai Chinese | Lingomi Blog http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm/comment-page-1#comment-11553 An Interview with Albert Wolfe of Laowai Chinese | Lingomi Blog Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:12:27 +0000 http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm#comment-11553 [...] be some of my favorites. As for posts that didn’t get a lot of comments, I still like the “Language Learning is Messy” [...] [...] be some of my favorites. As for posts that didn’t get a lot of comments, I still like the “Language Learning is Messy” [...]

]]> By: Shun http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm/comment-page-1#comment-9409 Shun Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:30:25 +0000 http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm#comment-9409 Language tutors are more helpful than books, audio cd. If you got native chinese language tutor is will become easy to learn chinese very quickly. Yes you are right, chinese language learning process is too messy, disorganized, or just too hard. But this is not the case where you get native teachers and professional tutors like one on chinesesphere. Thanks for the post. Language tutors are more helpful than books, audio cd. If you got native chinese language tutor is will become easy to learn chinese very quickly. Yes you are right, chinese language learning process is too messy, disorganized, or just too hard. But this is not the case where you get native teachers and professional tutors like one on chinesesphere. Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Ron R. http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3356 Ron R. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:29:19 +0000 http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm#comment-3356 I study Chinese, but do not teach it. My understanding is that when we read English or pinyin we are accessing and utilizing one side of our brain and that when we read Chinese characters, we are accessing and using the other side (since a character is in essence an image.) English speaking adults generally use English or pinyin in learning Chinese. I believe the mental shifts between the two sides of your brain, when you try to learn this way, slows the learning process down and that Chinese can be learned faster by sounds, repetition and images and characters, which, it seems, is more like the way a child learns, instead of attempting to use one language in one form to learn another language in a different form. I study Chinese, but do not teach it. My understanding is that when we read English or pinyin we are accessing and utilizing one side of our brain and that when we read Chinese characters, we are accessing and using the other side (since a character is in essence an image.) English speaking adults generally use English or pinyin in learning Chinese. I believe the mental shifts between the two sides of your brain, when you try to learn this way, slows the learning process down and that Chinese can be learned faster by sounds, repetition and images and characters, which, it seems, is more like the way a child learns, instead of attempting to use one language in one form to learn another language in a different form.

]]> By: Jenny/Zhang, Zheng http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3337 Jenny/Zhang, Zheng Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:07:26 +0000 http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm#comment-3337 Good experience,nice writing. I do like the "childern make mistakes so they learn" part. It is one of the very good ways. But of course, you've got to remember those mistakes and avoid repeating them. It's actually applicable to other languages as well, I think. At least, for me to English. I learn English by making mistakes. It's just so ideal to learn another language if you can be corrected by a native speaker. Good experience,nice writing. I do like the “childern make mistakes so they learn” part. It is one of the very good ways. But of course, you’ve got to remember those mistakes and avoid repeating them. It’s actually applicable to other languages as well, I think. At least, for me to English. I learn English by making mistakes. It’s just so ideal to learn another language if you can be corrected by a native speaker.

]]> By: Jenbunch http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3194 Jenbunch Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:16:38 +0000 http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm#comment-3194 Besides, are these posts part of your book? The sequel? You, my friend, have an above-average wit and writing ability. ;) Besides, are these posts part of your book? The sequel? You, my friend, have an above-average wit and writing ability. ;)

]]> By: Franklin http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3189 Franklin Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:37:32 +0000 http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm#comment-3189 Thurman, I completely agree with you as evidenced with my own personal experience. Specifically, my progress has increased many fold from several years of self study to meeting my Beijing fiancee 4 years ago. Of late, however, her English has gotten so proficient, that she no longer has the need to depend on my child level Mandarin to communicate. Thurman, I completely agree with you as evidenced with my own personal experience. Specifically, my progress has increased many fold from several years of self study to meeting my Beijing fiancee 4 years ago. Of late, however, her English has gotten so proficient, that she no longer has the need to depend on my child level Mandarin to communicate.

]]> By: Thurman http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3070 Thurman Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:35:16 +0000 http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm#comment-3070 看了你的BLOG, 觉得你们老外还真是挺有趣的. 我朋友讲,如果你想尽快的学习一门语言的话,就找个当地的女朋友. 看了你的BLOG, 觉得你们老外还真是挺有趣的.
我朋友讲,如果你想尽快的学习一门语言的话,就找个当地的女朋友.

]]> By: Cliff http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2688 Cliff Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:11:35 +0000 http://laowaichinese.net/language-learning-is-messy-i.htm#comment-2688 Very encouraging to a slow learner. xie xie. Very encouraging to a slow learner. xie xie.

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