I know that this post is late to the party and such, but I just have to say that these newbie lessons are great. I've learned a lot in two weeks. Although, I do recommend taking the 5 lessons on tones first! That helps out tremendously with understanding. As far as my study habits go, I tend to listen to a lesson a dozen times or so until I'm comfortable with the vocabulary, and I try to add that to my repertoire. Then I reinforce this with the iPhone app, (listening at night, during the day) along with the Pleco dictionary. I'm going to try this method though the first 10 newbie lessons and then analyze how I'm doing.
I must say the community aspect of this site is great, although it’s a little hard to sort out because it seems a bit disconcerting – especially for newbs. It almost feels like the whole community is on a different level than I am, and I’m playing catch-up so to speak. Maybe I’m just used to traditional style forums, and I need to get used to how things work around here.
Anyway, great site, look forward to becoming a permanent member of this community.
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July 28, 2010 at 3:59 PMI know that this post is late to the party and such, but I just have to say that these newbie lessons are great. I've learned a lot in two weeks. Although, I do recommend taking the 5 lessons on tones first! That helps out tremendously with understanding. As far as my study habits go, I tend to listen to a lesson a dozen times or so until I'm comfortable with the vocabulary, and I try to add that to my repertoire. Then I reinforce this with the iPhone app, (listening at night, during the day) along with the Pleco dictionary. I'm going to try this method though the first 10 newbie lessons and then analyze how I'm doing.
I must say the community aspect of this site is great, although it’s a little hard to sort out because it seems a bit disconcerting – especially for newbs. It almost feels like the whole community is on a different level than I am, and I’m playing catch-up so to speak. Maybe I’m just used to traditional style forums, and I need to get used to how things work around here.
Anyway, great site, look forward to becoming a permanent member of this community.
-J