New method makes Chinese learning easier

What is the most difficult thing you've ever come across while studying the Chinese language? A Chinese teacher from eChineselearning says that her students tend to ask questions about writing and tones most frequently. First, the writing system is difficult to learn; because Chinese shares very little vocabulary with European languages, speakers of these languages have to work hard to memorize Chinese characters. Second, Chinese is a language with four tones; different pitch patterns actually distinguish words from one another.

Having a full understanding of the problems foreign students tend to have while studying Chinese language, eChineselearning's original idea while establishing this online school was to find a new teaching method to overcome learners' difficulties. This company provides one-on-one online Chinese education service. Based on advanced network technology as well as multimedia teaching equipment, and supported by professional Chinese language teachers and modern popular teaching methods, eChineselearning has established a higher-quality Chinese language education service system with no geographical or time restrictions. In this online school, teachers and students can have face-to-face communication; this flexible and lively teaching process makes studying Chinese easier and more personal. Teachers can teach in the most suitable way for their student. For students in eChineselearning online school, learning to write Chinese characters and recognize and speak Chinese tones is not so difficult.

For example, when the teacher shows the stroke order for writing a Chinese character on the blackboard, the student can see clearly through Skype video, as if he were at the scene of a personal class. And the student can rewrite accordingly and show the results of his practice to the teacher. The teacher can correct it immediately until he has confirmed that his student has really memorized it.

In addition, eChineselearning is skilled in providing specialized teaching services, selecting teaching materials, and setting class schedules according to students’ individual needs. eChineselearning is making every effort to overcome Chinese language study problems for their students. The following tips, shared by a Chinese teacher from eChineselearning, might help Chinese learners during their course of study:

1.Tones/pronunciation are very important in Chinese. When first starting and learning new vocabulary, take some extra time to practice the tones. For example: To a native English speaker, what might seem to be just, "moo," "moo?" and "moo!" is actually three different, completely unrelated, words in Mandarin.

2.Memorize—little by little, and often.

3.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.

4.Another thing to remember: find opportunities to practice speaking.

More tips on Chinese learning can be found at http://sina.echineselearning.com/english/