To learn Chinese can seem to be an insurmountable task. There are seemingly too many difficulties for somebody of English language origin to ever master this fascinating language:
To learn Chinese well, one really would need to spend some time in China. And then where in China? There are different dialects of Chinese, with being the main language. But then there is Cantonese Chinese, spoken in HongKong and Southern China, where there are a lot of economical activities…
[GARD align=”right”] One solution that will not make you perfect in either Mandarin or Cantonese, but will give you an excellent start to learn Chinese and will immerse you into the language immediately is to listen to Pimsleur Chinese language audios. Everybody I know who used the Pimsleur method is raving about it. These audios allow you to go on a virtual trip to China, every time you listen to them. Learn chinese the easy way!
Means, you are getting used to the different pronunciation, the ‘music’ of the Chinese language and you allow your brain to acquire the language similar to the way you first learned your own English language. This works well and is a great basis for then continuing to study either one of the two main dialects, Mandarin or Cantonese.
Downloadable Pimsleur language lessons are available from here:
By simply listening to a chinese audio file for 20 to 30 minutes every day, you will train both your ear and your brain to become familiar with the sounds of the chinese language. And before you know it, you’ll be understanding and even speaking a few words of Chinese!
Give the Pimsleur method a try, you will be astonished how fast you will speak your first few phrases in Chinese, either Mandarin Chinese or Cantonese Chinese! Have fun – After all: with these audios it’s easy to learn Chinese!