Comments on: How to reach a decent level of Chinese in 100 days https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-reach-a-decent-level-of-chinese-in-100-days/ A better way of learning Mandarin Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:52:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: How long do you have to study Chinese to make it useful? | Hacking Chinese | Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-reach-a-decent-level-of-chinese-in-100-days/#comment-111048 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:52:34 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=5558#comment-111048 […] mean six months if you study full time, or four years if you spend an hour each workday every week. Scott Young documented his first 750 hours in detail and was able to reach HSK 4 in that time, but I assume here that most people would take slightly […]

]]> By: Learning Chinese efficiently is better than trying to learn quickly - Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-reach-a-decent-level-of-chinese-in-100-days/#comment-105314 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 08:04:04 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=5558#comment-105314 […] For a good example of an inspiring and informative learning project, check Scott Young‘s guest article How to reach a decent level of Chinese in 100 days: […]

]]> By: Thomas https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-reach-a-decent-level-of-chinese-in-100-days/#comment-79337 Mon, 12 Jul 2021 19:35:37 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=5558#comment-79337 In reply to Scott Young.

Hello Scott, my question might be a bit late. But do you still have the names for the Anki decks mentioned ? since the Link doesn’t work anymore. And did you have a separate Anki deck for reading, listening, production, and single characters?

Greetings from Swiss

]]> By: 文佰川 https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-reach-a-decent-level-of-chinese-in-100-days/#comment-75720 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:42:23 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=5558#comment-75720 I’ve been learning Chinese for almost 9 months now and I frequently go back to this post to benchmark my progress. It’s satisfying to say that I can now understand the interview completely, of course this is nowhere near two natives having conversation, but I can say my listening ability has improved immensely, (understanding TV is still very demoralizing though). As of now I have reached a decently large passive vocabulary of over 4,000 and have over 2,000 characters learned on Skritter (though I would say I’m more super familiar with something closer to 1,500). My speaking is getting better and better, however speaking opportunities for me aren’t very frequent besides having a tutor, so Scott was still way more fluent at 3 months. That just shows that if you want to get good at speaking nothing beats immersion, however massive amounts of input through reading and listening does pay off it just takes longer for things to click into place. I used to think getting to B1 in less than year would be insane but now being at that level now makes realize just how wide the gulf to getting to the advanced, and eventually native level is. Learning Chinese is a humbling experience to be sure, but the satisfaction that comes from learning it is incomparable.

]]> By: Connor Edith https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-reach-a-decent-level-of-chinese-in-100-days/#comment-65178 Mon, 29 Jun 2020 22:06:35 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=5558#comment-65178 well done

]]> By: PRACTICAL METHODS to improve your listening skills: all you’ll ever need to know – Guillaume Duckerts https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-reach-a-decent-level-of-chinese-in-100-days/#comment-47744 Fri, 31 May 2019 09:12:52 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=5558#comment-47744 […] more about active listening in this video from James ESL, this article from Olle Linge or from Scott Young. Ari in Beijing is basically explaining this in his […]

]]> By: What is Anki & why using it? – Guillaume Duckerts https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-reach-a-decent-level-of-chinese-in-100-days/#comment-45361 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 03:04:56 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=5558#comment-45361 […] Beause the language experts use it: Gabe Wyner, Olle linge, Ari in Beijing or Scott Young […]

]]> By: PRACTICAL METHODS to improve your listening skills: all you’ll ever need to know – Guillaume Duckerts https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-reach-a-decent-level-of-chinese-in-100-days/#comment-44977 Sat, 16 Feb 2019 07:39:49 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=5558#comment-44977 […] Learn more about active listening in this video from James ESL, this article from Olle Linge or from Scott Young. […]

]]> By: Pick Three Things. Now Do Them Well - Boi Bili https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-reach-a-decent-level-of-chinese-in-100-days/#comment-17345 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 07:02:42 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=5558#comment-17345 […] Learning Chinese I had a similar array of tasks: textbooks, phonetic drills, handwriting exercises, shadowing and more. By the end, there were just three that took up almost all my time: conversations, Anki and listening drills. […]

]]> By: Don’t Be Afraid to Go at Your Own Pace - Boi Bili https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-reach-a-decent-level-of-chinese-in-100-days/#comment-17344 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 06:58:14 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=5558#comment-17344 […] yes, languages also can be learned in a matter of months. After three months of immersion in China, I was able to have full conversations about Tibetan politics, differences in cultural attitudes […]

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