• RNAi [he/him]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    I had mandatory english classes in all school that were shit cuz every single year we went back to verb to be. Then suddenly learned it to a pretty good level by just immersion in the internet. Chinese surely is hard, but pedagogy matters A LOT.

    If 14 yo weebs can learn japanese out of sheer weebness, why couldn't we learn chinese.

      • dinklesplein [any, he/him]
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        3 years ago

        there’s not really a common starting point between languages

        this is why i found it easier to learn chinese than english, it's largely a context thing.

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      If 14 yo weebs can learn japanese out of sheer weebness, why couldn’t we learn chinese.

      watching tv in chinese would probably be a good shout as a learning aide

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        It is generally accepted wisdom that the reason why Scandinavians tend to be better English speakers than Germans is that they use subtitles for foreign-language film and TV whereas Germans dub everything.

        So Scandinavians got a lot of language immersion because their languages had too few speakers to make dubbing economically viable.