rayne Posted July 26, 2015 at 03:12 AM Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 at 03:12 AM I am struggling to learn Chinese... I feel that the resources out there do not fit my style of learning. I excel when I get a well-rounded lesson; as in, having a decent dose of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. And I am an interactive learner, too. I'm also good at self-studying. I like workbooks because putting skills into practice helps me remember things. I'm also a visual learner so when I speak, I can kind of imagine the words in my mind. So it's important for me to learn to at least read. I am studying Korean right now too and the resources are much more suitable to my learning style. I've attached some screenshots of a program I'm using on this thread. It works really well for me and it's free, too! But I haven't been able to find anything like this for learning Chinese. I've heard good things about the Pimsleur method so I found a snippet of it and it's basically all speaking (repeating words/phrases) and listening. This method really does not match my learning style at all. I really need to visually see the words before me and have a word-to-sound connection for it to ingrain into my brain. I've also been watching some youtube videos and it's a bit better... but it's not as interactive as the Korean program I'm using since they aren't any workbooks or activities to go along with just watching the videos. I like studying from good textbooks as well, and I'm using Integrated Chinese, which is pretty good but not as many exercise questions as I would like. I also downloaded the ChineseSkill app on my phone and I really like it but I would rather study on my computer due to the screensize. I'd really like to find something like ChineseSkill that can be used on my desktop/laptop. I'm using Memrise, which is great but that's for reviewing and not learning new grammar point or whatnot. So, the point of this thread is, does anyone know any Chinese resources that would suit my learning style? I'm worried that I'll get bored with Chinese which is very bad when I first start learning something because it may set a bad precedent =( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceancalligraphy Posted July 26, 2015 at 04:12 AM Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 at 04:12 AM A couple of interactive resources you can try are Speak Mandarin in 500 Words and Speak Mandarin in 1000 Words. There may be similar resources at the e-Learning Portal for Chinese Education provided by the Overseas Council for Cultural Affairs of Taiwan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayne Posted July 27, 2015 at 09:28 AM Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 at 09:28 AM Wow! That was exactly what I was looking for!!! Thanks so much! If anyone has any more websites like those please let me know!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayne Posted September 5, 2015 at 05:54 AM Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 at 05:54 AM The wonderful resources that yst posted no longer work for me... according to Google Chrome, they stopped supporting the plug-in that that website uses but other browsers may still support it but I tried IE and firefox and they do not work. Does anyone know any other resources? I will try downloading other browsers in hope they will support that plug-in but Google Chrome said it's an outdated plug-in so I suspect other browsers will follow suit and no longer support it as well. ** Some still work for me but coincidentally the ones that do still work don't have English versions... and I'm looking for courses teaching Simplified Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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