Showing posts with label Chinese language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese language. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Ways to Learn the Chinese Language Makes Your Business The Best

So, now you know that Chinese IS the language you want to learn to become more business savy. Now you need to know which learning method works best for you to learn the Chinese language.

First, look at the best way you learn any subject. Does learning come easier to you when you rewrite phrases that they have heard? Or do you finds it easier to learn a language by rereading things over and over again?

You may find it much easier to learn the language if you say it out loud yourself, or hear someone else saying it out loud. If you don't know, try practicing each technique mentioned above, and see which method helps you learn more effectively.

Sometimes using a couple methods at the same time works the best. Such as rewriting a phrase or word after you haer it said, and then saying it yourself. Writing it down can also help becasue you can refer back to it.

To properly learn Chinese you must learn the 4 different tones. Each tone is drawn over the spoken word to give it a different pronunciation.

1. The first tone that the Chinese people use is high but flat. This means that the voice stays flat and should not either rise or dip in any way.

2. The second tone that the Chinese use is a rising tone, and the person’s voice should raise as they speak.

3. The third tone is known as the dipping tone, and when a word is spoken it will go up and then rise.

4. The fourth tone is the lowering tone. When used, this makes the word being spoken sound masculine.

The best way of learning how the tones sound is through listening to a native speaker. To learn this from reading is nearly impossible.
Here are some ways you can learn to speak Chinese:
1. To learn common phrases, buy a "How To" Learn Mandarin book. This you can easily do either through your local bookstore, or online through such sites as Amazon.

2. Purchase some audio cd's or mp3's to play while driving your car, or relaxing at home.

3. The best way is to take an introductory course to learn Chinese at you local college or adult education class. It will help you to gain confidence in speaking the language and ensure you are pronouncing the words and tones correctly. By taking a class, a person has a foundation to learn the language on their own.

4. Flash cards can also be very useful. Remember to then use each word in a sentence to practice it correctly.

To really learn any language, or for anything really, is to practice consistently. Persistence is the key. When we discontinue to practice we forget.

Make sure to pace yourself. Trying to learn to much to fast will cause you to forget what you have already learned; it overloads our brain, causing some of what was learned to be dumped to make space for the new information (this relates to short term and long term memory).

Monday, July 28, 2008

Is Speaking English: All We Need To Be Successful In The 21st Century?



Jim Rogers
Jim Rogers, the best selling author of Hot Commodities and Adventure Capitalist, states: "If the twentieth century was the American century, then the twenty-first century belongs to China."

If projections hold, China will surpass the United States as the world's largest economy in as little as twenty years. Thus, the time to act is now. This may be tough for some of us to swallow but the the fact is with China embracing the Free Market and coming out of a hibernating phase of being, Asia is hungry for growth, progress, and sustainability.

Their greatest resource is their sheer population.

Jim Rogers is one of the world's most successful investors, so you may wonder what does he know about how to make our small home businesses successful. Well, everything, because with the American economy becoming stagnant, competition for small business will become ultra fierce.

Small American businesses are going to have to find ways to save money and offer unsurpassed quality, and customer service. China is growing so fast and is finding every day how to offer these services. The Net has made the world so small and that is why it is imperative to Learn Chinese. Either that or you will have to find some one you can truly trust to negotiate business for you. If you are like me... like to control all that you can, you will join me in learning Chinese and teaching it to my children.

And if you are interested in learning more about how Chinese is the next world power, no other person than Jim Rogers can explain to you the "amazing energy, potential, and entrepreneurial spirit of a billion people".

Jim recently moved to Asia with his wife and daughter. I'll let you decide what second language his daughter has learned!