Hi all!
I'm currently learning Mandarin Chinese. Does anyone including Ms. B have a strategy for creating aux threads or something so that the words and grammer 'stick' to my web?
For some words, there has not been a problem. For example, the Chinese word for "but" (the conjunction) sounds like "ka-shur". A little imagination made this one very easy. But many others are not so easy. When I'm listening to the language tapes, I try to pretend I'm a young Chinese child being taught by his mother. It helps, but I feel I need other tools and tricks.
Any thoughts and ideas will be greatly appreciated.
--BReeves
P.S. If anyone wants to learn a foreign language as painlessly as possible (still requires hard work, persistance, and a high tolerance for confusion), I highly recommend Pimsleur. I'm a visual/ kinisthetic learner, but the auditory format makes learning challenging and fun.
