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Forum: Speaking and Listening 8th April 2006, 05:11 AM
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Tips for beginners?
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Posted By Aristotle
Ha, true. Didn't think of that. I yield. However,...
Ha, true. Didn't think of that. I yield. However, you're also right in that it's very limited in
Swedish. Swedish might be considered a tonal (or pitch accent) language, but Mandarin is tone
based....
Forum: Speaking and Listening 7th April 2006, 12:31 AM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
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Posted By Aristotle
Yup, that's the one I was talking about. It's so...
Yup, that's the one I was talking about. It's so much fun to hear foreigners try to pronounce it.
I'm guessing you're referring to the Liding"o "i"? I thought about that, too. As the particular...
Forum: Speaking and Listening 6th April 2006, 05:40 AM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
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Posted By Aristotle
Well, first of all, I think good pronounciation...
Well, first of all, I think good pronounciation would help as much to get a job as good spelling
and grammar (assuming you get to the interview). It might not be fair, but I'm quite confident
that...
Forum: Speaking and Listening 11th March 2006, 05:02 AM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
Views: 5,746
Posted By Aristotle
Yeah, I know that phenomenon. I've been around...
Yeah, I know that phenomenon. I've been around Americans studying Swedish for a while, and if you
don't know they're going to say something in Swedish, it's absolutely unintelligible. If your mind
is...
Forum: Speaking and Listening 11th March 2006, 02:56 AM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
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Posted By Aristotle
Ha, and now, after reading through the "most...
Ha, and now, after reading through the "most embarrassing moments in learning Chinese" thread, I'm
more convinced than ever that a good pronounciation is a good thing to have. There seems to be
far...
Forum: Speaking and Listening 10th March 2006, 11:24 PM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
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Posted By Aristotle
I believe it, depending on what you mean by...
I believe it, depending on what you mean by fluency.
If you mean to be able to have a conversation at the same level as a native speaker, you can
achieve fluency with any method. If you mean being...
Forum: Speaking and Listening 10th March 2006, 06:08 AM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
Views: 5,746
Posted By Aristotle
Although the question was directed to Ferno, I'm...
Although the question was directed to Ferno, I'm going to go ahead and give my view on the answer,
because I'm such a meddler. I've read some about the ALG approach. If you want info about it, I...
Forum: Speaking and Listening 8th March 2006, 06:37 PM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
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Posted By Aristotle
True. Maybe that's just my experience with...
True. Maybe that's just my experience with foreign languages, but I've studied two, and had at
least four teachers, neither of them a native speaker.
And yeah, the Rosetta Stone does give vocab, and...
Forum: Speaking and Listening 8th March 2006, 06:50 AM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
Views: 5,746
Posted By Aristotle
However, if you believe the natural approach...
However, if you believe the natural approach people, studying it in your home country might
instead give you less-than-perfect pronounciation.
Anyway, Ferno, I actually took your advice and tried...
Forum: Speaking and Listening 7th March 2006, 07:03 AM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
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Posted By Aristotle
Well, it's been a while since I last posted here,...
Well, it's been a while since I last posted here, and since then, I've tried Pimsleur, the Rosetta
Stone and Tell Me More. To any other prospective beginners out there, I must say I find Pimsleur...
Forum: Speaking and Listening 10th February 2006, 08:45 PM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
Views: 5,746
Posted By Aristotle
See, the reason I'm so afraid of getting the...
See, the reason I'm so afraid of getting the pronounciation wrong is because I don't have any
teacher or native speaker to correct me. So if I get it wrong, I might not discover it for a year
or...
Forum: Speaking and Listening 10th February 2006, 08:28 PM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
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Posted By Aristotle
I don't know about buying from China, but it...
I don't know about buying from China, but it seems pretty easy to order the Chinese one online.
According to their website, http://algworld.com, adults can learn about twice as fast as
children....
Forum: Speaking and Listening 10th February 2006, 07:05 PM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
Views: 5,746
Posted By Aristotle
I'm actually very curious about the ALG approach...
I'm actually very curious about the ALG approach -- I read about it in another post. So now I try
to listen as much as possible. The problem is that listening doesn't seem to be enough -- you
also...
Forum: Speaking and Listening 10th February 2006, 02:10 AM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
Views: 5,746
Posted By Aristotle
Thanks, everyone who has replied so far. I'm...
Thanks, everyone who has replied so far. I'm quite curious about the Tell Me More software. It
seems to cost a bit of cash -- is there any experienced learner out there who has tried it? Does
it give...
Forum: Speaking and Listening 9th February 2006, 05:53 AM
Replies: 49
Tips for beginners?
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Posted By Aristotle
Tips for beginners?
This might sound like a typical vague newbie question, and I'm sure you get it all the time on
this forum, but far from being deterred, I shall ask anyway.
Browsing through the topics, I find...
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