![]() In the rest of this post (and in future posts), I may make more references to language-learning in general, rather than to a specific language. ![]() Since I’m in the process of making a more gradual transition from Chinese-Japanese to Chinese-Chinese, this seems like a good opportunity to explain how to do it. But I know at least one person who’s having trouble with that. Only use Japanese to learn Japanese, etc.īut how does one go about making this transition? Well, you could just go cold turkey (I more or less did the transition was very, very short). Whatever language you are studying, start as soon as possible to study it only in itself. So, one of the things that I recommend as part of the method described on this site (and, indeed, on AntiMoon), is to GO MONOLINGUAL. Of course, Chinese and Japanese are different, but they are similar enough (writing system that is logographic and emphasizes meaning over pronunciation) that methods for learning one can easily port to the other.Īnyway, on to the main topic. But there is another motivation for this project - it acts as a sort of time machine, taking me back, if you will, to when I was first studying Japanese this helps me better understand how a beginner thinks and feels, because it is easy to forget - just like I suddenly find myself not having any idea how children think and feel, despite having so recently been a child for so many years. ![]() Of course, the main reason I’m learning Chinese is because I love Chinese characters they’re logical, useful and beautiful.
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