Methods of approaching

[boulanren]

Hello,

 

I try to listen to Chinese at least 20-30 minutes per day. I watch their TV, listen to podcast, listen to poetry, watch movies. Can you tell me how much does it take - approximately - to get used to chinese language, not to hear individual characters but whole words/sentences and what was your most effective way of speaking/listenig skill practice that really improved?

[杰哥(Git gor)]

Hi @boulanren

I'm very excited about your action in learning Chinese. I think apart from listening to Chinese and speaking more Chinese, first of all, You need to integrate yourself into a Chinese-speaking situation, and try to express your thoughts in Chinese. Finally, you can try to understand the way of thinking in Chinese and renew your Chinese grammar.

 

I hope my answer will help you

[boulanren]

It is hard to Think in Chinese When one is a complete beginner. I also avoid it now because I dont want to get used to mistakes I surely make. I just wonder how much time it takes to really hear all sentence, distinguish single characters from words and so on. 

[stapler]

A couple of hundred hours to start hearing the parts of the words and sentences. A couple of thousand hours to do it with unknown vocabulary.... Give or take.