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.
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.
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.
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this is why i found it easier to learn chinese than english, it's largely a context thing.
watching tv in chinese would probably be a good shout as a learning aide
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.