Comments on: The Hacking Chinese free tone training course

By: Olle Linge

Olle Linge — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 05:27:12 +0000

In reply to Zach. Unfortunately not! We're both busy with other projects, but it remains on my list of things I really want to do.

By: Zach

Zach — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:52:17 +0000

Have tone pairs been added?

By: Olle Linge

Olle Linge — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 11:10:48 +0000

In reply to Harry. Sorry, not at the moment, but I do understand your struggle, and my goal is to be able to expand this at some point. Thanks for commenting and letting me know your situation, though!

By: Harry

Harry — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 03:21:39 +0000

Has there been any work on expanding to tone pairs? I’m in a similar boat, having scored 98% on the preliminary, but seriously struggling with tones in a real world (or even tone pair) context.

By: Olle Linge

Olle Linge — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 05:19:43 +0000

In reply to Rayna. Glad you found it helpful! We want to expand it to tone pairs too, which would be even more useful. The only problem is time and resources needed to produce the course. :)

By: Rayna

Rayna — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 03:55:20 +0000

I found this course quite enlightening. I thought I knew which tones I was having trouble with. But I’m finding there is a difference between what I can hear and what I can enunciate.

During the test, I’m trying to mimic the tone I hear, then say the syllable with the other tone before I push the button. However, I didn’t do this consistently on each sound, which I now realize was my biggest mistake.

So I’m not doing as badly as I expected, but I feel I still went too quickly during the first session. When I didn’t ‘sound it out’, I usually realized immediately after I pushed the button that I had made the wrong choice.

Well, as the saying goes: practice makes perfect. I will go a little slower next time and really practice mimicking what I hear.

Thank you for directing us from the Unlocking Chinese course to this mini tone training course. It is very helpful and a good use of time.

By: Olle Linge

Olle Linge — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 07:22:26 +0000

In reply to James. Yes, I'm aware of that! It does say that it's for beginners who have not mastered basic tones and that the next step would be to expand to tone pairs. :)

By: James

James — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 03:34:41 +0000

Definitely needs to be more difficult. I scored 97% on the pre-test but it doesn’t mean I am good at hearing tones – only that I find it easy when someone says a single syllable quite slowly. In real world situations, for example someone saying a two-syllable word at normal talking pace, I really struggle with determining the correct tones. I find tones 2 and 3 the hardest to differentiate from each other.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 06:54:21 +0000

Loving the course, please definitely add tone pairs! The way it works now is great but it needs pairs to bring learners to the next level.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:29:00 +0000

This is a truly fantastic resource. I am wondering what I can do once I have completed this course. I need something to practice tone combinations. I read that the tone changes depending what it follows.

Andy