Monday, January 12, 2009

Rocket Chinese Review

I'm guessing that because you are reading this that you want to learn to speak Chinese and are looking for a good online course to show you how you can learn it. I am going to give you a review of Rocket Chinese and I am sure you will find my review helpful.

The company that has made Rocket Chinese are specialists in learning languages. They also have language course for French, German and Spanish. They are probably one of the best and most respected company for producing quality language courses online, and by using them you can learn your chosen language very easily. Already you are probably already thinking that Rocket Chinese is probably the right course for you, but since I want to give you a good review here is some more information about it.

The course consists of 31 lessons that you get as an interactive audio course. I actually think this is the best way to learn - actually hearing the words and repeating them. The whole course is very easy to follow and you should be able to learn very quickly even if you are just starting out.

It's more that just a language course as well, as you get grammar and culture lessons too so you can learn about the Chinese culture. This is actually extremely important as it helps you learn how to use the Chinese language in a conversational manner - rather than just learning random words.

You also got the software learning game which is lots of fun (and quite addictive) to help you learn the language. Be warned that you might spend too much time just playing the game though - it's lots of fun.

As well as all that, you get access to the forum and support area so you are never alone in learning this and you can ask questions and talk to other students as well. This is almost like having your own private tutor and is worth the cost of the course on it's own.

There are many more features that I could talk about, but I think you will be impressed just by going to the site and seeing everything you get with it. If you went to a private college or university to learn this stuff you'd be paying thousands of dollars for the same information that you can do yourself at home. I'm dead serious that I think this course is worth the money and while I usually try to find something negative to include in my reviews to make it fair and balanced, I really think this is a great product.

It's 100% professional and a top notch course. If you want to learn to speak Chinese, this is your program.

Here is the site where you can get all the details >> Rocket Chinese Website

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Saturday, January 3, 2009

Learning Chinese

This video shows the latest trend in Israel for learning Chinese. It was shown on Channel 2.



Click here to read my review of Rocket Chinese

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Learn to Speak Chinese Like This Girl

This 6-year old girl starting learning Mandarin in her Kindergarten class. In just one year she is able to hold fluent conversations in Chinese. She can also sing, count and chat in Chinese.



Learning Chinese is fast becoming a popular language to learn, in fact over 50,000 people each month do a search online on how to learn to speak Chinese. And since you are reading this article, I’m guessing that you too would like to learn this fascinating language. This article will go over a few simple Chinese words and sentences that you can learn today in just a few minutes. Are you ready to get started?

First you need to know that there are subtle differences in the language of both traditional and simplified Chinese so let’s look at an example so I can show you want I mean. If you wanted to ask someone ‘how do you feel?’, traditional Chinese would be “你怎麼感覺?” however the simplified version is “你怎么感觉?” (notice the subtle differences in the third and last characters). Oh and by the way to answer that question with ‘I feel fine’ would be “我覺得罰款 “.

Not every sentence has differences between simplified and traditional however for example if you wanted to ask ‘where is the nearest police station?’ both versions use the same reply of “在最近的警察局?” While it sounds confusing to know whether to use traditional or simplified Chinese once you start to learn it, it starts to fall into place and isn’t as complicated as it seems right now.

Let’s look at another quick example before I finish this article. Obviously if you are travelling to China you are going to want to buy things, so if you want to buy a loaf of bread you can ask ‘how much is this bread?’ which would be “多少這是麵包?”. If the bread was 10 yuan (Chinese currency) the store owner would reply “麵包的成本10元” (The bread costs 10 yuan).

As I said, once you start to learn the language all becomes a lot easier to understand, so if you want to learn to speak Chinese you need to find a good reputable company to help you. I’ve found what I feel is the best online course there is. If you want to find out more about it visit Rocket Sign Language.
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