Like this lesson? Want to listen again later? Mark this lesson as a favorite and create a handy shortcut in your Favorite Lesson list! You'll learn the meaning, readings, and stroke order of each character. Plus, improve your writing with kanji stroke order practice sheets! These easy to print notes take a closer look at the grammar point and vocabulary words presented in the audio lesson.
Plus, read more about Chinese cultural topics related to the lesson. Like to multitask while you study? Pop out the Audio Player to play in the background while you work, play or follow along with our Premium Tools. My Notes allows you to take notes while listening to our lessons. Come across an important verb conjugation breakthrough?
Learn a handy mnemonic device? Make a note of it on the lessons pages and refer back to My Notes for quick reference! Didn't catch that last word? Want to slow down the audio so you catch every single syllable? You can! All our audio files can be slowed down and sped up to match your speaking and listening needs.
Sit back and enjoy the ChineseClass video learning experience in all its fullscreen glory. Our Chinese specialists are consistently producing and releasing new video series, with all lessons free for the first 2 weeks before going into our Basic and Premium Archive. The European language courses are much better on Duolingo.
The Chinese course is lacking in a few areas, namely audio and structure. Still, you could do much worse with a free app. I mean, why use textbooks when you have all of these cool, hip, and modern fancy apps, videos, and hypnotherapy courses? If we acquire language through listening, reading, and new words in context, then textbooks have all you need to form a very strong foundation for your studies.
The progression structure in textbooks is often very logical but not always, there are some shockers out there , and I still use textbooks as an advanced learner. They are the core textbook used on a lot of university Mandarin courses in mainland China. This series of textbooks is probably the most popular and easy to use for beginners. The learning content is rather interesting as far as textbooks go. A good quality Mandarin Chinese dictionary is essential for any Mandarin learner.
Recommendations for good-quality paper dictionaries can be found below. Every Chinese learner should have easy access to a comprehensive dictionary, and Pleco is just that — and so much much more. I and every foreigner I know in China use Pleco. The Basic Bundle includes OCR, enhanced handwriting, flashcards, stroke order diagrams, text file reader, and more. Basically, spaced repetition is learning new stuff with flashcards.
Newly introduced and more difficult flashcards are shown more frequently in our case, new and difficult Chinese characters while older and less difficult flashcards are shown less often in order to exploit the psychological spacing effect. The use of spaced repetition has been proven to increase the rate of learning new vocab. Used in conjunction with other study methods important , SRS apps and tools can help learn new language very effectively.
Anki is probably the most popular flashcard app out there. The thing that sets Anki apart is that its flashcards are super customisable. There are so many functions available on Anki decks that it takes some getting used to. There are loads of pre-made decks, too. If you like flashcards, Anki is the app for you. The desktop version and android app are totally free.
Remember how I said Pleco was insanely versatile? The flashcard function inside the app this comes with the Basic Bundle is awesome. Older versions. With a traditional dictionary, a document reader, and the ability to recognize Chinese characters from drawings or characters, Pleco is the perfect companion app for anyone learning Chinese.
The free version of Pleco has a dictionary with more than 13, words and 20, pinyin phrases. Luckily you can download an Android emulator onto your PC and just use Pleco on that.
I've gone that route and have been using the app to write up my word lists I take along with me while swimming.
Having the ability to put a non-cumbersome window somewhere in the corner of my computer screen while studying up on Chinese characters would also. Support 2 and 4 CPU cores,faster up to 4 times than before. Download Pleco Chinese Dictionary op Windows-pc. Download Chinese Dictionary. Free and safe download. Download the latest version of the top software, games, programs and apps in Pleco Chinese Dictionary.
The basic version of Pleco is a free download, and includes our full dictionary. However, each course begins with a thorough review of Japanese grammar and the most essential phrases in the language. Where do I log in? As an alternative, you can access Living Language instruction through the browser on your mobile device through our Language Lab.
If you have a Platinum Account, tap "Login," then use your Living Language account email address and password. You can still access your Living Language content on a mobile device by logging in to our website through the browser on your phone or tablet. Simply open the browser on your device, visit www. Once you have entered your account info, click "My Courses" to access your Online Course content. You can still access your Living Language content on a mobile device by logging into our website through the browser on your phone or tablet.
If you purchased a Platinum Edition that advertises these apps, please contact us via our Email Support form. You may be eligible for a refund from the retailer if the package is unopened. If you have already downloaded and purchased the app on one device, you do not need to purchase it for a second device as long as you're using the same Apple ID and have already downloaded the app to both devices.
Please note: progress is not synced between apps on different devices. Unfortunately, we had to remove the apps from the Google Play and Nook stores before the Android and Nook logos were removed from our Platinum packages. If you purchased a Platinum Edition that advertises either of these apps, please contact us via our Email Support form. You may be eligible for a refund from the retailer if it is unopened. Unfortunately, we had to remove the apps down from the Google Play and Nook stores before the Android and Nook logos were removed from our Platinum packages.
Build a Foundation: Work with what you have. The easiest way to learn a new language is to use the same learning strategies that have worked for you in the past and let your native language serve as a bridge to your new language. Begin speaking immediately using essential words and phrases. Progress with Confidence: Languages are complex systems, but can be broken down into simple steps. By following a building block approach, you can learn a language in small pieces, each piece reinforcing the previous one, while preparing you for the next one.
Advance from words to full sentences, then to actual conversations. Retain What You've Learned: It's easiest to learn and remember a new language when you use more than one sense. The combination of audio and visual input, along with written, recorded, and interactive digital practice, creates a true multimedia learning experience that actively engages you in your new language right from the start.
In addition, special recall exercises move your new language from short-term to long-term memory. Achieve Your Goals: Don't just mimic or memorize. To speak a new language, you need more than words and memorized phrases. With clear and simple explanations of grammar, you'll develop practical language skills to speak with confidence in any situation.
Our Essential Editions are meant for beginners. The package has one book and three compact discs that teach basic vocabulary and grammar. Our Complete Editions cover beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. The package has three books and nine compact discs that teach more complex grammatical structures and more vocabulary than the Essential Edition.
You can sample the content in the different levels by visiting our Language Lab. Complete and Platinum share the same nine CDs and three book components three levels: Essential, Intermediate, Advanced. Platinum now out of print included access to an Online Course for one year, as well as access to e-Tutoring and iOS apps. Also note that as of June 30, , we have discontinued our e-Tutoring service.
Our Online Courses and the Language Lab will continue to be available and supported beyond this date. If you have any questions concerning Platinum, e-Tutoring, or apps, please contact us using our Email Support form. Ultimate and Complete do not include the same content or scope and sequence, meaning the new Complete is not just a repurposing of the Ultimate content. At the same time, they both cover the same levels of material, so a student who's successfully covered Ultimate Beginner-Intermediate and Advanced , or many other courses for that matter, will find a good deal of review and repetition of vocabulary and structures.
You can check out the Language Lab to get a sense of the vocabulary and structures covered in each lesson of the Complete Editions. If the lion's share of the vocabulary is known, and if you can complete the review games with ease, that would be a good indication that the Complete Edition would be redundant if you've already studied a full course.
Our Online In a Flash courses do not teach writing, but include both native script and transliteration throughout. All of our Online In a Flash language course include both native script and transliteration throughout all ten lessons. Our Platinum Edition is now out of print. As of June 30, , we have discontinued our e-Tutoring service. Our Language Lab is still available and supported.
If you have any questions concerning e-Tutoring or the end of the program, please use our Email Support form. How many levels is your Living Language course equivalent to in high school or homeschool study? Is it equivalent to Level 1? An easier way to look at it is the amount of time needed for each lesson.
The amount of time spent can vary quite a bit among individuals, but we estimate that if a student reads and studies all of the instructional content and does all of the practice activities in the lessons, going back over content that they may need more reinforcement with, they could spend 4 to 8 hours on each lesson.
One lesson every other week would give more time for review and reinforcement. So, in short, Essential provides 10 to 20 weeks of material. The scope of the content covered in Essential is comparable to the scope of the content covered in one year of high school. Our courses are generally recommended for students over 14, however an ambitious , , or even year-old could probably get a lot out of a Living Language course.
We do not provide certification for completion of our courses. In order to prove completion, a student can show that he or she has received stars in all of the lessons, which indicates he or she has successfully completed the games and exercises testing comprehension.
Since our courses are self-guided, the curriculum is naturally set in the ordering of lessons in our courses. The material is intended to build on itself, so if a homeschool student wishes to follow the ordering of the book straight through, it should serve as an adequate lesson plan.
Thus, we do not provide separate teacher guides for our courses. An easier way to decide on a lesson plan is to look at the amount of time needed for each lesson. The amount of time spent can vary quite a bit across individuals, but we estimate that if a student reads and studies all of the instructional content and does all of the practice activities in the lessons, going back over content they need reinforcement in, they could spend 4 to 8 hours on each lesson. We hope you enjoy our newsletter!
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