Rocket Chinese - How Can I Learn Chinese Competently?

How to learn Chinese efficiently is not difficult, but it's very important to have a strategy and not rush into it. Just learning "words" with no clear-cut plan of how to pronounce those "words" successfully is a formula for disaster.

When it comes to Chinese pronunciation, there is a de facto principle called "Beijing Mandarin". Every province has a different core pronunciation of the language as well as their own provincial language. So it is essential for your learning that you only learn Beijing Mandarin or you're likely to have a whole raft of pronunciation problems.

How do you learn Chinese proficiently from a pronunciation point of view? Get an interactive program like Rocket Chinese which will immediately set you on the right foot. Following that, the second most crucial step is to find a language buddy online who has able pronunciation. This is a very easy thing to do if you target Chinese people, particularly students via a service like Skype who want to exchange their help to you with some English training in return.

Skilled pronunciation requires an interactive program like Rocket Chinese, a keen Chinese student and lots of repetition - all oral work.

Ok, so let's break this down a little :
1/ Rocket Chinese, this wonderful program just has to be followed! It's all prepared for you and ready to go.
2/ A keen Chinese student : In my general experience a female student tends to be a little more dependable than a male. Setting up two weekly meetings online dedicating half of the time to each other's language should be seen as a minimum. No prepared format is necessary. Just take the words and phrases you've learned during the week from Rocket Chinese and practice them. Vary the words, add to them a little, joke with them, make it all fun and interesting, and make sure you do the same in return for your English time with your language buddy.

Now's the time to tell you about the secret weapon in the arsenal. I've also relied heavily on my pronunciation trainer. It's a fantastic little video which if used for a few minutes everyday will practically guarantee superior Chinese pronunciation.

By: Anabel Otis

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Competent pronunciation is a must and you can get my Chinese pronunciation trainer here as well as read an in-depth review of Rocket Chinese. Now your Chinese language learning methods are assured, just go forth and put them into practice!