I am half Chinese and my friends and family have been encouraging me to study Mandarin. Has anyone also tried to study Mandarin? Has it been helpful and was it easy for you? Can you give me good websites where I can start off or perhaps CD which I could use personally ie i can buy from amazon etc?
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November 13th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Trust me, it is. China is growing and mandarin can get you through with many people. I’ve studied Mandarin before, but then again, I am Chinese and speak Cantonese, so it would be so much easier for me to get the hold of the langauge, anyway, we were forced to learn it at school.
November 13th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Depends where U R located.
November 13th, 2009 at 7:20 am
It’s another form of communication so it’s good effort.
here are some sites for you to choose from.
http://www.mandarin.org.sg/smc/learning23aba3.html?pg=60&mlid=113
happy learning!
November 13th, 2009 at 7:20 am
I would encourage you to do so for the following reasons:
1) Being half-chinese, you could learn about your heritage
2) having a second language under your belt is a very marketable quality job wise
3) with 2) Chinese is a very very in demand language
4) you would still have an upper hand being half-chinese you have (or should) a better understanding of the culture
I will say that Chinese is suppose to be one of the harder languages to learn. However if you have someone at home to talk with, you shouldn’t have a problem.
Some good language CD/DVDs would be the Rosetta Stone (little expensive) or Talk Now!. Also check your local colleges.
November 13th, 2009 at 7:20 am
For native English speakers, the payoff for learning a foreign language is quite different than for others, mainly because the vast majority of people learning a 2nd language learn English.
Mandarin would be marketable, but you’d have to combine this with other skills (such as a MBA degree) to maximize the payoff.
The older Chinese writing system is extremely difficult, and it’s unlikely you’d fully master it. Pinyin is much easier, however, and everybody in China learns it.
November 13th, 2009 at 7:20 am
If you have a Chinese background, I think you should learn it as well as Cantonese. Mandarin and Cantonese will be the languages of the future (aside from English ) since China is coming up stronger and stronger in today´s worldwide economy.
November 13th, 2009 at 7:20 am
It all depends on your reasons and will to learn it. If you really want to learn it, then your willingness to accept the information and hold it in your head will be high. Also, it helps if there are others that speak the language around you so that it does not go to waste, i.e. not used, etc. With Chinese there is Mandarin and Cantonese, so you should make sure that you are learning the correct language depending on where your family is from. Also as an English speaker it is going to be difficult to adapt from the standard 26 letter alfabet to the Chinese system. There is no actual alfabet, as each and every word has a different symbol or combination of symbols. And each word has nine different sounds, making it hard for most native English speakers to learn, as they are unable to detect any difference what so ever. But if the will to learn it is there, then it would be very good for your cultural heritage.
November 13th, 2009 at 7:20 am
It all depends on your intrest level and person reasons to want to study it. Personaly, I have found it very worthwile for my life.
Does your parent speak Mandarin or Cantonese? That is one place to start. Also, if you already have a lot of friends that speak it, they will be able to help (will give you a lot of opertunity to pratice, which is one of the biggest helps)
A few websites to check out are:
http://www.yellowbridge.com
http://www.mandarintools.com
http://www.zhongwen.com