https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-to-write-chinese-characters-through-communication/ A better way of learning Mandarin Tue, 06 Jun 2023 09:08:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-to-write-chinese-characters-through-communication/#comment-109384 Tue, 06 Jun 2023 09:08:58 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=4901#comment-109384 […] Learning to write Chinese characters through communication – Both written and spoken language exist for the purpose of communication, yet few people learn characters in a communicative setting. By relying on handwritten input on your phone (among other things), you can integrate writing characters into a meaningful context and your learning is driven by your own desire to express yourself, rather than what happens to be in the next chapter of your textbook. […]

]]> https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-to-write-chinese-characters-through-communication/#comment-3724 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 22:55:37 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=4901#comment-3724 I forgot to write that I had met my Chinese teacher’s family & spoke to them in Chinese as well, in the incident I just described.

]]> https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-to-write-chinese-characters-through-communication/#comment-3723 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 22:53:31 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=4901#comment-3723 Yesterday I was taken by surprise by a type of communicative handwriting. I met my teacher’s husband & mother-in-law separately, each for the first time, at a large & somewhat noisy gathering at an auditorium. Neither spoke English well. I introduced myself & asked their names as well. Both responded by saying their names aloud (a bit hard to hear in this crowd), and then pantomimed writing the characters in the palms of their left hands, faster than I could follow the character formation. They held their palms up so I could clearly see how they were “writing”. I was so surprised I didn’t remember what their names were.

]]> https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-to-write-chinese-characters-through-communication/#comment-3722 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:42:35 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=4901#comment-3722 Have started a chinese only diary.

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