AdamD Posted March 18, 2014 at 08:32 PM Report Posted March 18, 2014 at 08:32 PM Fabulous! Thank you. Quote
AdamD Posted April 15, 2014 at 06:54 AM Report Posted April 15, 2014 at 06:54 AM Today I'm suffering a confluence of very sticky weather, horrible neighbours and the most painful conversational dead-end I've had this year: when I couldn't explain to a WeChat friend in China that my brain is broken ("What are you saying? I don't understand"), I chucked a fit of exasperation and just bailed. An update: That week was an indication that I should stop for a while, so I did. After a few days of reviewing basic grammar, all of which I understood and had been using pretty well, I barely looked at or spoke Chinese in a month. That seemed to do the trick. It seems to me that an important part of learning a language is allowing yourself the occasional extended break, so that what you've learnt has time to settle and coalesce. I was panicking so much about improving for my upcoming trip to China that I wore myself out. 2 Quote
imron Posted April 15, 2014 at 07:47 AM Report Posted April 15, 2014 at 07:47 AM The other approach is to pace yourself at a rate that doesn't overwhelm you and lead to barely looking at or speaking Chinese for a month. Quote
AdamD Posted April 15, 2014 at 08:10 AM Report Posted April 15, 2014 at 08:10 AM That's true. My intensity doesn't lend itself to pacing, so perhaps that's a skill I need to learn as well. Quote
imron Posted April 15, 2014 at 08:45 AM Report Posted April 15, 2014 at 08:45 AM I think at some point most learners go through a "learn all the things" stage. Then you burn out and do nothing for a while. I've done it myself, more than once. Then I realised that I could go at a more comfortable pace and get more long-term learning done than the start-stop, start-stop cycles. It's the stop that's the killer. I've found one of the key things in language learning is consistent, regular practice. It just helps keep everything together. Quote
Vivi MENG Posted April 15, 2014 at 10:55 AM Report Posted April 15, 2014 at 10:55 AM EXACTLY the same feeling I have with my English...lei(4th tone) ben(1st tone) Quote
AdamD Posted April 15, 2014 at 10:40 PM Report Posted April 15, 2014 at 10:40 PM I think at some point most learners go through a "learn all the things" stage. Then you burn out and do nothing for a while. Oh yeah, that's exactly what it was. My list of things to learn was astronomical, and now I can't even remember what a lot of it was (although I think bopomofo was the point at which my brain exploded). Quote
Jan Finster Posted March 21, 2020 at 07:23 PM Report Posted March 21, 2020 at 07:23 PM On 1/24/2014 at 4:19 AM, imron said: Quote I didn't see the links to the mp3's for QQSR. They were in the overseakids.com link, though checking that out now, I see the page is completely in Chinese so it might be a bit daunting to navigate. Does anyone know, how to find the transcripts for this show today? (the links are broken) Quote
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