Start small. Don’t push yourself to do too much. Purchase some books from a
bookstore (look in the Guides and/or Languages sections) to teach yourself the basics.
If you can, contact a friend who lives in China, and they can get really good books
from there.(If you are adult learner,I strong recommend you buy my TPRS Chinese course.it will help you speak Chinese like a native.)
Test yourself and have others test you. But remember, this isn’t an exam; it’s helping
you become fluent in Chinese.
Find opportunities to practice what you learn. Maybe there’s a Chinese restaurant
down the road. If there are Chinese people there, order, and greet them in Chinese! If
you can’t find any, go to Chinatown. Maybe one of your neighbors speaks Chinese.
Make sure they speak Mandarin, though, or it could mean a very embarrassing visit!
Don’t be too harsh on yourself. Learning a language is a gradual process – you have to
keep at it. so take your time.
If all self-teaching attempts fail, try taking a class in Chinese. With the growth of
Asian neighborhoods around the country, many classes taught by volunteers have
popped up. They range in cost from $1000 to $5000 or more per year, plus other costs.
Know your best way to learn. Do you learn best by rewriting phrases? Rereading?
Saying them out aloud? Hearing them said aloud? If you are not sure, practice
differently with new unique ways to help you remember.
Rewrite every phase or word on the page. This will help – as you can always refer to it
if you have trouble.
Learn the tones. There are four tones. One type of tone is usually over each Chinese
word. Each tone type is drawn over the word ‘ma’ to show the different ways of
pronouncing it.
The first tone is a high, flat tone. Your voice stays flat, with no rise or dip in the way it
sounds. e.g.
The second tone is a rising tone. Your voice rises when you say this, sort of as if you
were asking someone to repeat something by saying “huh?” or “what?”
The third tone is a dipping tone. The way you say the word goes down then up. Such
as when you say the letter “B”.
The fourth tone is a lowering tone. Just say the whole word as if your voice is
becoming more manly, or as if you’re reading a book and have come across something
new and interesting and are saying “huh”. Easy enough? If not, don’t fret. It’s
definitely recommended to hear the tones demonstrated from a native speaker, since
it’s hard to get an idea of what they sound like purely through text.
Say hello. The Chinese say ‘Hello’ as “Ni Hao”. This is pronounced: Nee How. To
pronounce this word correctly, you should use tone 3 (dip and rise) for Ni and for Hao
as well. Ni-(nee) means you, literally, in Chinese, and Hao (how) means good. So
they are basically saying “You are good”, but in Mandarin it is interpreted as “Hello!”
(There is a technicality in that when one has two third-tone sounds such as “Ni hao”,
the first is changed to a second tone (rising). Thus, Ni hao, has a rising, falling/rising
tones. how to practice chinese speaking
This is one of several tone sandhi’s or rules for alteration of tones in Mandarin.)
Tones/pronunciation is very important in Chinese. When first starting and learning
new vocabulary, take some extra time to practice the tones. For example: what, to a
native English speaker might seem to be “moo”, “moo?” and “moo!” is actually three
different, completely unrelated, words in Mandarin.
Remember, little and often.Don’t skip a day or a few weeks just because you don’t have time. You’ll forget everything and have to start from scratch.
Another thing to remember, find opportunities to speak it.
Get some friends that come from China or other Chinese speaking countries to teach you some Chinese. Make sure they know Chinese, as many schools in China now
teach English.
this is a good method for how to practice chinese speaking, keep do it. you will get great result.
