Re: Learning Chinese

BUMP

I'd like to know how the people in here who said they are starting out at learning a language are going?

toasty: Did you start learning Chinese? If so how's it going for you?

peloquin: How are the language conversation tapes working out for you?

The reason I ask is I've started with some Thai basic conversation cds like I said I would a couple of months ago. I've only listened to the first lesson a couple of times over yesterday but I seem to be picking it up at the expected tapes.

Have they turned you in to a pro Peloquin? Can they get any use beyond basic conversation?

I'm using the Pimsleur program cds. I've heard some criticisms of this, but I guess they'd all have their criticisms right?

Re: Learning Chinese

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hahaha... what no one else thought that was funny?

Re: Learning Chinese

[quote=SyntaxTerror;499419]** The reason I ask is I've started with some Thai basic conversation cds like I said I would a couple of months ago. I've only listened to the first lesson a couple of times over yesterday but I seem to be picking it up at the expected tapes. [/quote]

Only need to know a few simple phrases in Thai...

"How much for one hour?" "What are those red bumps?"

How come you are intersted in learning the language?

Re: Learning Chinese

[QUOTE=SyntaxTerror;499419]BUMP

I'd like to know how the people in here who said they are starting out at learning a language are going?

toasty: Did you start learning Chinese? If so how's it going for you?

...

I'm using the Pimsleur program cds. I've heard some criticisms of this, but I guess they'd all have their criticisms right?[/QUOTE]

Haven't gotten around to learning Chinese just yet. When I went to buy the software I was going to use to learn, it was actually pretty pricey, at least more than I wanted to spend to satisfy a completely amorphous desire to learn Chinese with no real need or plan to use it any time in the near future. With that said, it's still something I'd like to do, but the wild hair I had that prompted this subsided some, so it's on the back-burner for right now.

I used Pimsleur for Spanish, and I found them to work pretty well. I'm not fluent or anything, not by a long stretch, but I could speak enough to communicate what I needed to communicate. The tough thing with learning any language that way, I think, is the absence of interaction with other speakers who may not speak the language strictly by the book. I was always able to communicate my thoughts, but I didn't fare as well when people were speaking to me in Spanish once we got past pleasantries.

Re: Learning Chinese

[quote=threehills;499540]Only need to know a few simple phrases in Thai...

"How much for one hour?" "What are those red bumps?"

How come you are intersted in learning the language?[/quote]

:CrackUp: lol

Re: Learning Chinese

[quote=threehills;499540]Only need to know a few simple phrases in Thai...

"How much for one hour?" "What are those red bumps?" [/quote]

nice