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This is a talented learner - I have studied Chinese for many years and it's rare to hear someone achieve this level of pronunciation and fluency as a foreigner.
Talent comes into play but much of language is pure time dedication. A language is a massive amount of pure content to learn, so like he said in the video, those who develop extensive habits and fully center their lives and thoughts around their target language will learn many many times faster than someone who spends 1 hour per day learning a language (which is already a substantial time dedication). The people who can pick up language this fast have developed strong paths for language acquisition, and dedicate half or more of their waking hours either actively or somewhat passively (ie. podcast while cooking) consuming content in their TL.
This guy i'm sure spends all of his free time with Chinese, like a video game addict with games, whether it's listening, reading, practicing speaking, studying. That's what it takes to be able to get there fast. When you are a kid takes years to know your native language well and you hear it ALL THE TIME and speaking it even though you can only put out a few words. It cements it into your brain.
@@Furansowakun i know that... but the white guy in the video isn't chinese and is not a native speaker, right? so i was surprised that a foriegner can have such a perfect accent, not trying to be offensive bro. Or let me change what i said into other words, "If I just listen the voice, i might consider him a beijinger"
He speaks fluent and authentic Mandarin like a real native Chinese person omg he is such an awesome guy and really gets the point of learning languages. I believe whichever language he wants to learn, he definitely would make it.
totally. As a native Chinese speaker, i have to say he speaks so fluent and authentic that even much better than many people around me. And If he teaches how to learn English, I think I will believe it 100%.😂
Lots of credit to him for learning so much in a short amount of time. Seems like there are commonalities among successful strategies. However much progress can be made with "self-study," ultimately language needs to be used for communication, so utilizing every opportunity to speak or write with someone else in the language provides opportunities to practice producing coherent sentences and phrases and to be exposed to new words and grammar structures.
At that point I wouldn’t classify it as studying anymore though. There’s studying, and then there’s real world application. When people talk about self-study I think it’s more about the action of studying by yourself and your own rules rather than spending money to go to school and study there. Of course real world practice is a must, whether it’s by self study or if it’s by a class, but that usually comes after studying. First study the topic then put it to practice
@@oiocha5706 More than that. He worked hard to learn and improve his Chinese. Also, he was lucky to have a Chinese friend who had the time to talk to him (even though it was just via chat) for one hour in a daily basis.
my introverted self could never. I've been learning korean and i realised my pronunciation got a little better and i form small sentences but whenever i wanna speak either my voice just doesn't come out at all or my pronunciations not good. Even with english lmao. I only speak properly with my close friends. when someone im not comfortable with speak to me in english, i stutter mostly
@@ellicicialso trying to learn Korean! Made this channel so I won’t be too tempted to watch English videos but I still slipped a little lol, it was hard cuz I’m not interested in K-pop or music in general, how long did it take you to understand the language? Not speaking it just understanding what they say? Cause that’s what my goal is for now, this is my second week trying this seriously, am not the most consistent but hope maybe in two years if I continue I’ll at least understand some words? Sorry for ranting lol
It’s so amazing that he became fluent in such a short period of time. Actually, even if it took 5-10 years to reach this level of fluency, I’d still be really impressed! It’s also amazing that you’ve become this proficient in English with mainly self-study! Thank you to both of you for sharing all this knowledge and advice.
It took me 5 to 10 years to become fluent in Japanese. People want to compliment me but saying it only took you 10 years to learn something just doesn’t sound like a compliment haha.
@@paulwalther5237 Me too, and I've been fluent now for 15 years (Been using Japanese more than half my life now) and can strongly relate to how people judge us without regarding how much time we actually put into the language and just comparing to others with a few years of learning experience >.< And even get told something like this by natives on occasion: "Woah, you're fluent, do you wanna talk to my 4 year old? I'm curious to see what type of conversation the two of you would have (⋈◍＞◡＜◍)。✧♡" ( ;∀;)
我从小到大在学校读中文，因为它是我的母语。但我真话说，我在学校时从来没有对华语有很大的兴趣，所以在功课、测验时都会有许多错别字、语病之类的问题。Truth to be told, I was way more in love with English and it became my native language. Chinese became something that I was extremely unconfident to speak or write with. But seeing this man learn it to such proficiency in 1.5 years that surpasses my 10+ years of formal education is the most inspiring thing today. 我听他那么灵活地用华文时、就一直想：他真的，真的非常棒啊！I want to revisit Chinese in my adulthood because of this. Thank you!! ❤
I am Chinese and I am currently learning French. This conversation encouraged me a lot because I can relate pretty much everything you guys said in terms of learning a language. Habits are way more important than goals. Now I just need more confidence, patience, and a little more passion.
@@eti-inyeneibia1498 I believe it's better to practice with a native speaker. My French sucks now. lol I encourage you to find a native French speaker who wants to improve their English. Bonne chance!
Wow what a good accent. I'm in to C-dramas for the last 2 years I've constantly watching C-dramas that make me interested in learning Mandarin by self study. His accent is so good I feel that I am listening to one of those C-dramas
I have a degree in Japanese studies and took optional Chinese classes during my degree. I was terrible at Chinese😅 but my writing was always complimented by both my Chinese and Japanese teachers. I was writing Japanese all day, but my first Chinese class was all about stroke order. We didn’t learn stroke order as part of my degree. It tremendously helped the quality of my handwriting. On the other hand, we spent a lot of time learning radicals in Japanese class, and that helps me recognise meaning in new vocabulary in Chinese. Yes, because I was so bad in class many years ago, but now I am engaged to a Chinese man who speaks my native language perfectly, so I feel determined to master Chinese too (and maybe his dialect one day?!). So thank you Grace and Will for your precious advice!
Grace thank you for adding the CC subs (rather than 'burned in' the screen.} This enables me to use Language Reactor (free Chrome browser extension) which renders characters, pinyin and English (with popup dictionary at a click of a mouse) for a total learning experience. - Daniel
you are good at what you practice. You can study it for 20 years and know more vocabulary than Zhou Baokuan and still never be able to string a sentence very well if you don't really speak!
Me too. It’s the tones. I downloaded a language app (not Duolingo) and my speech must be awful. I had wanted to learn Mandarin because I was curious about the language. But now, I’m like…I guess this isn’t the language for me.
Its so interesting the way Will speaks compared to the Grace speaks. Will speaks so casually with a very Mainland accent. He speaks with a very masculine tone and intonation that blends words together. Whereas Grace is very pronounced in her accents, especially the fourth tone. Its very clearly a Taiwanese accent here too! Amazing to listen to both styles and how they both sound. Will sounds so natural in a 18 months. Amazing!!!!
For writing I was practicing by writing journals. I've also come to love writing on graphing paper (I use for Japanese and I feel it's made me more aware of how my characters should look.) I'm also a visual learner, so I will watch calligraphy videos or videos on writing and try to copy the way they write.
I was losing motivation because I felt I wasn’t improving, but thanks to this video I realized where I can add more effort for efficiency 😅 thank you~ I feel motivated to not give up on myself
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Im currently studying Japanese (1 year 8 months) and just started practicing speaking but a lot of my vocabulary is passive and my grammar is horrible so i think this anki idea of making up your own sentences sounds like a good idea (definitely is going to extend my anki time by 3 but i think it may be worth it).
A tip for Will: if you want to improve your writing ability (I’m not talking about writing characters by hand, but writing formal compositions), I suggest broadening your transition vocabulary. For example, phrases such as “as a result”, “in contrast with”, “due to the fact” will make your writing flow together better.
As someone that has prioritized being able to read and write chinese more so over speaking ive used a mixutre of pure repetition of writing lets say 5-10 characters a day until the point i can write it quickly and then switch over to a blank sheet and writing them again helped the best. Bonus thing i am also doing is writing it in random places so my mind retains the stroke order and i dont really have to think about stroke order. I get to a point with a character where i can write it and picture it in my mind over time. for example the character 爱. visually at first glance with anki i can tell thats love. But after ive written it enough i memorize it like an english letter versus a just a picture. its weird for me to explain my learning method in that sense. i really wanted to rely as little as possible on treating characters as pictures and more like very complex english letters. I will admit though something i struggle with is writing characters in limited spaces like a notebook paper.Trying to fit so much detail in a little space.
There isn’t any average person that learns and speaks any foreign language this fast and fluently no matter what learning method is used. He either had to lived in China to really force him to learn the language, he is gifted to learn, he put in 1000% percent of his time that most people cannot give or he has previous study more than 1.5 years
It sounds like he did put lots of time into it, but other than that, I think the main thing is that he had friends who were willing to talk with him a lot and correct his mistakes.
holy shit i havent heard someone speak such accurate and native-sounding intonations in chinese! also god damn i think that beijinger accent is hella nice
I think improving writing skills is the easiest of all Chinese skills. It is straightforward and direct practice with specific, measurable, and realistic to just write and improve every day. Unlike listening skills, which are vague. It's impossible to control progress of listening skills
I find this video very helpful and makes me so motivated ❤️ i'm malagasy and i'm learning chinese ,i've already French and English by self-taught and now i'm still learning and wanna to keep learning ❤️✨
I have watched three different Chinese language dramas, namely Weixiao Pasta, Taohua Xiaomei and Meile Jiayou! I watched them when they first aired and didn't understand them. (I didn't understand for example why a boy would be angry and the girl crying,) I found them all on UA-cam with English subtitles and I learned new vocabulary by comparing the English subtitles with both the spoken Chinese and the Chinese subtitles that are provided on the official DVDs. I have also learned songs by Cyndi Wang, Jolin Tsai, Rainie Yang, Eva, Coco Lee (RIP), Karen Mok, Vivian Hsu, A-Mei, Penny Tai and Angela Zhang. I learned over a hundred different songs and I sing them all on my UA-cam channel (although my voice is not as loud as I would like). I have watched a lot of videos by you and Shuoshuo and Peggy Lee. Now I understand Chinese so well that when I tell kindergarteners that I don't understand Chinese they know I am lying because I easily can.
what's your UA-cam channel ? one of the main reasons why I'm more motivated and determined to learn Chinese coz I want to sing more Chinese songs as well planning to start my music channel as soon as possible, for now I was listening to Jjlin songs and Alin also some of the singers you've mentioned. I'm here in Taiwan for more than 7years already but just last year when i started having a desired to learn Chinese through songs
That beijing accent is what im working at. Im 58 days in hsk 1 and understand some of this. I never thought id be able to understand mandarin, speak it, write it, and read it.
@@Soreto23 That is hilarious! You misspelled an English word. The correct spelling is: "Try to improve your English." When you're writing to someone from Russia (a non-English speaking person), making that error, is not helpful.
Grace you make lovely videos. I watched this interview today and it matches a course I am taking. All of the tools he mentions are used in the course Mandarin Blueprint. I am not certain he took the course or perhaps learned what they outlined and assembled it himself. Either way, his dedication and proficiency are awe-inspiring. Thank you again for sharing.
Shot out to Grace Mandarin Chinese and the guy in the video for such a high quality video that inspired me with invaluable learning experience. 🙏🙏🙏appreciate it. On Improving Writing Skill Of Chinese As a student of English department who also has been trying to do so in English, I find the book------Writing Skills With Readings Ninth(or Tenth) Edition-------written by John Langan practical and realistic( if you were to improving writing in Chinese). What he proposed is the idea of keeping a journal which helps you to cultivate a habit of wrting. With time, you can write as natural as possible in ENG or CN. This resonates my experience. Because the more you write, the more you'll learn how to write, and it doesn't has to be about a journal. It can be anything you want to spend a solid amount of time writing (and better yet Reading) about. (I would recommend reading books in order to understand how others talk in books so you can "know the game") At the end of the day though, this takes time. So this really has a lot to do with how much your way of living connects with improving writings in that language.
Self-recommendation. I’ve made a video about the comparison between Chinese and English and many videos teaching Chinese characters in graphic and funny ways. Hope it helps you learn Chinese happily. If you think my videos are valuable. I hope you can recommend my videos to those who want to learn Chinese.
I try to self-study since October, but it's hard for me to actually learn the language. I can do flashcards everyday, but it's as if I knew those words only while Anki is open, because outside of it I can look at the characters I should know and not even recognize them, or struggle terribly with remembering which accent I should use for words. Your conversation encouraged me to not give up, and maybe try different methods of approach. Thanks for the video!
I’ve spent lots of time in making many videos teaching Chinese in a humorous way. I hope somebody can give me some advice about how I can reach my target audience who want to learn Chinese.
Ok. I realized I'm doing the same thing for English. But I'm stuck in B1 - B2 level after a year of studying this way. 😢. I thought I would have to do other think for Chinese.... But it is the same approach. The problem is how to get the "elementary level", learn the characters first or focus on listening directly... Great interview by the way!
This is really sad. I lived in China for 7 years. Married a Chinese lady and have been back in the US over 10 years now. I felt like my Chinese learning was really starting to take off. But I let it all fall off these years. We went to visit the family for almost a whole month. I regret not sticking with it. This has really given me a kick in the but. I have the perfect learning partner and have been neglecting learning. I pulled out my material and will start with this approach yall talk about here. Thanks - and you have a new subscriber....
@@SublimeWeasel - Ha! Thanks for your interest. I've been studying a little each day - but I fell off the wagon today. Oh, it's still early so I can still do some. Thanks for the kick in the butt :D
@@rickrandazzo many small make a great! Don't give up, I'm going to do the exact same thing. chinese is a very valuable and fun language. it will definitely be worth learning!
This is great. That daily habits thing really matters. I had been studying at least 15 minutes per day for some time, kind of fell off of it for a while but am now building an App (and documenting my progress on my UA-cam channel) to help me get back into it.
I understand nothing without the subtitles and add ups.😢 But I’ll come again after a year and maybe some months and I’ll understand everything. And I’ll speak as fluently as him.🤞
I'm confused about the claim that will has learned this much in only a year and a half. On his channel he has a video posted Aug 4 2021 that he has been learning mandarin for 1 year. so lets estimate the start time at aug 4 2020, compare that to the date this video was posted thats almost three years of study. I just feel as tho it's important to be honest with the amount of time it took someone to learn a language because the unintended effect is it can actually make people watching demotivated comparing their progress.
That was a great video! I'm learning on my own as well and I'll definitely look into those resources. I'm strongest in reading and typing followed by writing and then listening and speaking. I need to increase vocabulary and learn how to use the words in context better. Anyway ,I use an app called Chinese Writer. HSK 1 is free, you can get the rest for one payment (I forget how much). I like it because writing pages is boring and I feel like I'm wasting paper. The app lets you build sets of words, I built mine in HSK levels and then practice them until I know them very well. I just like to play the game that it has, where you have to race the clock to write the character. The app isn't perfect and I'm not learning how to write perfect characters but I remember the strokes and stroke order. It has helped me with distinguishing characters too. I also like to practice writing in VR with native Chinese speakers and they're so impressed that I can write. I write more clearly than some of them 😂😂😂
CooL video On practicing your writing if you are in school trying writing your notes in Mandrin or write grocery lists and motivation letters in mandrin
What an amazing and inspirational video! Thank you so much for both of you! For the question about writing, I would say that the physical act of writing is needed but it's not sufficient. I think knowing how to write characters requires you to know and remember each part. There's two ways to go about it, which can and maybe should be combined: 1) mnemonics and 2) knowing the components. About the components it at least helps me to know what is the pronunciation part and what is the meaning part of a character, as well if it's meaning has changed over time from it's original meaning. Outlier dictionary is excellent for this! It can be purchased in Pleco. The mnemonic part is creating a story or a reason for each component to exist in the character, which you can and mybe should invent yourself based on the meanings of each character component. These tools help you to create a reason for the character to have each part, which helps in remembering how to write them. Finally knowing the stroke order ties all of these together. Good luck and thanks again for an amazing video!
I quickly looked at the tumb and thought he became fluent in Chinese in just 15 years and I was very excited to see the tips. Only later, did I notice that it was only 1.5 years which is impossible for an ordinary human who speaks Portuguese. 😭
I’ve made many videos teaching Chinese language vividly and in a humorous way. I hope somebody can recommend my videos to those who want to learn Chinese. For beginners, Chinese characters may look complicated. But once you learn about 100 basic radicals, most characters become easy.
im a spanish speaker and this was how i became fluent in english, im afraid i’ll have some trouble switching all my habits from english to chinese now 😭
It would have been interesting to know about Will's background because it is hard to gauge whether what he has achieved (an amazing level of proficiency in Mandarin) is down to inherited talent, e.g. a particularly high IQ? Did he work at the same time? How much time did he apply to the task each day? Otherwise a really informative interview.
I am a beginner in Chinese (Mandarin), I have a good book to learn to read and speak Chinese, but I am looking for a way to memorize the Chinese characters. Do you have any tips on how I can better remember Chinese characters?
Thank you for another great video and interview Grace! Thank you for the tips Will and I was particularly impressed by your focus on building habits. While I have built a habit of receiving input (books, dramas etc), i find my output production still feels like scheduled “work” rather than a natural habit; Im hoping to improve that soon! In regards to Will seeking advice about writing, one thing I do in all my studies is to make sure the language im using/studying is meaningful to me so to practice writing characters I usually write simple journal entries about my day to day life with the characters in already know/want to practice then rewrite them to improve my handwriting. If you’re a person who likes reflective activities such as journal writing, this can definitely become a “habit” to practice your writing 😀 🖊️
Thank you Grace & will for such a awesome video!! hearing learing methods from both sides is always helpful & very relatable especially the part about the feeling of slow progress & the part about not feeling up to studying at times this was so encouraging & made me feel even more determined knowing that every language learner have these kind of moments you guys are the best thanks for always cooking up something nice for us little learners ❤❤ #Grace4president #sheisalrealdy #everyyear #aka #ChefGrace 👩🍳 😄
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This is a talented learner - I have studied Chinese for many years and it's rare to hear someone achieve this level of pronunciation and fluency as a foreigner.
Talent comes into play but much of language is pure time dedication. A language is a massive amount of pure content to learn, so like he said in the video, those who develop extensive habits and fully center their lives and thoughts around their target language will learn many many times faster than someone who spends 1 hour per day learning a language (which is already a substantial time dedication). The people who can pick up language this fast have developed strong paths for language acquisition, and dedicate half or more of their waking hours either actively or somewhat passively (ie. podcast while cooking) consuming content in their TL.
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This guy i'm sure spends all of his free time with Chinese, like a video game addict with games, whether it's listening, reading, practicing speaking, studying. That's what it takes to be able to get there fast. When you are a kid takes years to know your native language well and you hear it ALL THE TIME and speaking it even though you can only put out a few words. It cements it into your brain.
His Beijing-accented Mandarin is so fluent. Can tell that he’s thinking in Mandarin when he speaks.
im a taiwanese, if i don't look at his face, i might considers him someone who really comes from beijing, his accent is just that perfect...
He could come from Beijing even with his face
@@Furansowakun well you might misunderstand my point, i meant his accent resembles beijingers, that's all i wanna say
@@達聞東 I know some white people born in Beijing and speak chinese like mother tongue ;)
@@Furansowakun i know that... but the white guy in the video isn't chinese and is not a native speaker, right?
so i was surprised that a foriegner can have such a perfect accent, not trying to be offensive bro.
Or let me change what i said into other words,
"If I just listen the voice, i might consider him a beijinger"
That’s not a Beijing accent. His accent is more of just a typical northern accent. If you actually listen to Beijing accent it’s completely different.
He speaks fluent and authentic Mandarin like a real native Chinese person omg he is such an awesome guy and really gets the point of learning languages. I believe whichever language he wants to learn, he definitely would make it.
totally. As a native Chinese speaker, i have to say he speaks so fluent and authentic that even much better than many people around me. And If he teaches how to learn English, I think I will believe it 100%.😂
Yes but then what?
Lots of credit to him for learning so much in a short amount of time. Seems like there are commonalities among successful strategies. However much progress can be made with "self-study," ultimately language needs to be used for communication, so utilizing every opportunity to speak or write with someone else in the language provides opportunities to practice producing coherent sentences and phrases and to be exposed to new words and grammar structures.
At that point I wouldn’t classify it as studying anymore though. There’s studying, and then there’s real world application. When people talk about self-study I think it’s more about the action of studying by yourself and your own rules rather than spending money to go to school and study there. Of course real world practice is a must, whether it’s by self study or if it’s by a class, but that usually comes after studying. First study the topic then put it to practice
He just has talent
@@oiocha5706 More than that. He worked hard to learn and improve his Chinese. Also, he was lucky to have a Chinese friend who had the time to talk to him (even though it was just via chat) for one hour in a daily basis.
my introverted self could never. I've been learning korean and i realised my pronunciation got a little better and i form small sentences but whenever i wanna speak either my voice just doesn't come out at all or my pronunciations not good. Even with english lmao. I only speak properly with my close friends. when someone im not comfortable with speak to me in english, i stutter mostly
@@ellicicialso trying to learn Korean! Made this channel so I won’t be too tempted to watch English videos but I still slipped a little lol, it was hard cuz I’m not interested in K-pop or music in general, how long did it take you to understand the language? Not speaking it just understanding what they say? Cause that’s what my goal is for now, this is my second week trying this seriously, am not the most consistent but hope maybe in two years if I continue I’ll at least understand some words? Sorry for ranting lol
His Chinese is superb! Even much better than many native Chinese speakers
It’s so amazing that he became fluent in such a short period of time. Actually, even if it took 5-10 years to reach this level of fluency, I’d still be really impressed! It’s also amazing that you’ve become this proficient in English with mainly self-study! Thank you to both of you for sharing all this knowledge and advice.
It took me 5 to 10 years to become fluent in Japanese. People want to compliment me but saying it only took you 10 years to learn something just doesn’t sound like a compliment haha.
@@paulwalther5237 Me too, and I've been fluent now for 15 years (Been using Japanese more than half my life now) and can strongly relate to how people judge us without regarding how much time we actually put into the language and just comparing to others with a few years of learning experience >.<
And even get told something like this by natives on occasion: "Woah, you're fluent, do you wanna talk to my 4 year old? I'm curious to see what type of conversation the two of you would have (⋈◍＞◡＜◍)。✧♡" ( ;∀;)
我从小到大在学校读中文，因为它是我的母语。但我真话说，我在学校时从来没有对华语有很大的兴趣，所以在功课、测验时都会有许多错别字、语病之类的问题。Truth to be told, I was way more in love with English and it became my native language. Chinese became something that I was extremely unconfident to speak or write with. But seeing this man learn it to such proficiency in 1.5 years that surpasses my 10+ years of formal education is the most inspiring thing today. 我听他那么灵活地用华文时、就一直想：他真的，真的非常棒啊！I want to revisit Chinese in my adulthood because of this. Thank you!! ❤
很开心能够跟Grace老师一起拍这一期视频分享我学习中文的经验，希望对大家有帮助哦😊
哈哈一定有幫助的！謝謝你的分享！
谢谢你的分享，你的学习方法很有参考价值
Thanks will you the man bro! we appreciate you sharing your story!
哥们你这口语水平也太好了吧，而且你用词衔接真的够自然没啥口音，遇到你得叫你京爷了
I am Chinese and I am currently learning French. This conversation encouraged me a lot because I can relate pretty much everything you guys said in terms of learning a language. Habits are way more important than goals. Now I just need more confidence, patience, and a little more passion.
Can we practice French together? I'm also learning French. I speak English.
I am french and I'm studying chinese. Good luck on your learning guys
@@mila-evans Thanks! Same to you. Feel free to reach out if you have questions about Chinese.
@@eti-inyeneibia1498 I believe it's better to practice with a native speaker. My French sucks now. lol I encourage you to find a native French speaker who wants to improve their English. Bonne chance!
@@karenzhang1020嗨喽，本人的母语是法语。我要提高我的中文水，愿意的话我们相互学习吧
Wow what a good accent. I'm in to C-dramas for the last 2 years I've constantly watching C-dramas that make me interested in learning Mandarin by self study. His accent is so good I feel that I am listening to one of those C-dramas
I have a degree in Japanese studies and took optional Chinese classes during my degree. I was terrible at Chinese😅 but my writing was always complimented by both my Chinese and Japanese teachers. I was writing Japanese all day, but my first Chinese class was all about stroke order. We didn’t learn stroke order as part of my degree. It tremendously helped the quality of my handwriting. On the other hand, we spent a lot of time learning radicals in Japanese class, and that helps me recognise meaning in new vocabulary in Chinese. Yes, because I was so bad in class many years ago, but now I am engaged to a Chinese man who speaks my native language perfectly, so I feel determined to master Chinese too (and maybe his dialect one day?!). So thank you Grace and Will for your precious advice!
Grace thank you for adding the CC subs (rather than 'burned in' the screen.} This enables me to use Language Reactor (free Chrome browser extension) which renders characters, pinyin and English (with popup dictionary at a click of a mouse) for a total learning experience. - Daniel
omg this is what I'm using right now, it's so helpful!e
Thanks for the suggestion. App seems great.
This really inspired me to work harder towards fluency! I've plateaued but I think figuring out my goal for Chinese will really help me move forward!
holy crap, his speaking is so good. ive been learning fro 3 years, but still cant even speak a sentence very well
you are good at what you practice. You can study it for 20 years and know more vocabulary than Zhou Baokuan and still never be able to string a sentence very well if you don't really speak!
I just started a week ago. I feel both defeated and motivated 😅
Me too. It’s the tones. I downloaded a language app (not Duolingo) and my speech must be awful. I had wanted to learn Mandarin because I was curious about the language. But now, I’m like…I guess this isn’t the language for me.
Its so interesting the way Will speaks compared to the Grace speaks. Will speaks so casually with a very Mainland accent. He speaks with a very masculine tone and intonation that blends words together. Whereas Grace is very pronounced in her accents, especially the fourth tone. Its very clearly a Taiwanese accent here too! Amazing to listen to both styles and how they both sound. Will sounds so natural in a 18 months. Amazing!!!!
For writing I was practicing by writing journals. I've also come to love writing on graphing paper (I use for Japanese and I feel it's made me more aware of how my characters should look.)
I'm also a visual learner, so I will watch calligraphy videos or videos on writing and try to copy the way they write.
Pretty amazing after 18 months. Especially since he even picked up a Beijing accent! :)
I was losing motivation because I felt I wasn’t improving, but thanks to this video I realized where I can add more effort for efficiency 😅 thank you~ I feel motivated to not give up on myself
加油！👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
His voice is so calm and clear....wow, amazing really 🎉 congratulations for this far
I seriously doubt he did that in a year.
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00:00 🗣️ *Introduction to Self-Study Chinese*
- Introduction to the video topic and interview with a proficient Chinese language learner.
- Highlights the use of self-study methods and resources.
00:49 📚 *Juzi汉语 Dictionary App*
- Introduction and recommendation of Juzi汉语, a dictionary app designed for Chinese learners.
- Features of the app including word combinations, usage examples, and tools for expanding vocabulary.
02:14 🤝 *Daily Chinese Conversation Practice*
- Discusses the importance of daily conversation practice with a Chinese friend and using Anki for vocabulary building.
- Emphasizes starting simple conversations and gradually increasing complexity.
03:57 📈 *Advanced Vocabulary Learning Techniques*
- Shares methods for learning and remembering vocabulary effectively, including using words in sentences and learning in context.
- Highlights the importance of creating sentences and the challenge of understanding word usage beyond direct translations.
06:02 📺 *Incorporating TV Dramas and Anki for Learning*
- Utilizing TV dramas for learning natural dialogue and vocabulary in context.
- Anki strategies for vocabulary learning without direct translations.
08:00 🔄 *Developing Study Habits and Environmental Cues*
- Discusses setting goals and developing daily habits for consistent study.
- The importance of environmental cues and habits for learning efficiency.
10:33 📖 *Using Graded Readers for Vocabulary Expansion*
- Introduction to graded Chinese readers as a resource for learners.
- Explains the choice of physical books and their role in learning progression.
12:30 🗣️ *Speaking Practice Strategies*
- Strategies for speaking practice including language exchange and shadowing.
- Importance of correcting mistakes and practicing correct expressions.
15:00 🚀 *Overcoming Plateaus in Learning*
- Discusses the feeling of hitting a plateau in language learning and strategies to continue improving.
- Emphasizes the importance of specific goals and specialized vocabulary for advanced learning.
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Knowing that it's possible to do this gives me hope with my chinese learning endevours!
这哥们口语绝了，我一中国人听到他这口语和流畅度我感觉没个十年八年根本出不来，而且这口语多半跟京爷学的，儿化音太有那味了，而且感觉他用词习惯就是中国人用词习惯。
光聽聲音我會以爲兩個母語者在聊天，太神了
他的中文真的很不錯、而他對於學習的態度任誰任啥也很值得學學
1 year ago this guy gave an interview and he was back then already 1.5 years on intensive daily self study.... Clearly an exceptional case ...
1.5 years sounds better than whatever the truth is huh..
video of that for proof (though i believe u already so yea)
ua-cam.com/video/ZbqlSXcRVRc/v-deo.htmlsi=o3JLJXT50LU7QXLw
Im currently studying Japanese (1 year 8 months) and just started practicing speaking but a lot of my vocabulary is passive and my grammar is horrible so i think this anki idea of making up your own sentences sounds like a good idea (definitely is going to extend my anki time by 3 but i think it may be worth it).
Wow! He's fluently! You can learn any language if you work hard at it.
fluent*
A tip for Will: if you want to improve your writing ability (I’m not talking about writing characters by hand, but writing formal compositions), I suggest broadening your transition vocabulary. For example, phrases such as “as a result”, “in contrast with”, “due to the fact” will make your writing flow together better.
As someone that has prioritized being able to read and write chinese more so over speaking ive used a mixutre of pure repetition of writing lets say 5-10 characters a day until the point i can write it quickly and then switch over to a blank sheet and writing them again helped the best. Bonus thing i am also doing is writing it in random places so my mind retains the stroke order and i dont really have to think about stroke order. I get to a point with a character where i can write it and picture it in my mind over time. for example the character 爱. visually at first glance with anki i can tell thats love. But after ive written it enough i memorize it like an english letter versus a just a picture. its weird for me to explain my learning method in that sense. i really wanted to rely as little as possible on treating characters as pictures and more like very complex english letters. I will admit though something i struggle with is writing characters in limited spaces like a notebook paper.Trying to fit so much detail in a little space.
This guy is so awesome, I love how integrated his Mandarin learning is - it seems so much less stressful and it's just such a great way to learn
Wow, he has some crisp, clear tones. That's very hard to achieve in such a short time.
他真是个天才！
一年半可以把中文學到這個程度非常厲害！聽不太出來是非母語人士 尤其是母語跟中文差距這麼大的情況下
Either he is one in a million or there should be something behind the scenes (A word from someone who's been living in china for the past 6 years)
Yeah, I took full time courses in China for 1.5 years and I still couldn't speak at that level.
There isn’t any average person that learns and speaks any foreign language this fast and fluently no matter what learning method is used. He either had to lived in China to really force him to learn the language, he is gifted to learn, he put in 1000% percent of his time that most people cannot give or he has previous study more than 1.5 years
It sounds like he did put lots of time into it, but other than that, I think the main thing is that he had friends who were willing to talk with him a lot and correct his mistakes.
holy shit i havent heard someone speak such accurate and native-sounding intonations in chinese! also god damn i think that beijinger accent is hella nice
I think improving writing skills is the easiest of all Chinese skills. It is straightforward and direct practice with specific, measurable, and realistic to just write and improve every day.
Unlike listening skills, which are vague. It's impossible to control progress of listening skills
thanks for making such a decent videos, I am not fluent in English, speaking fluent Chinese in 1.5 years is unbelievable
Possible if you live in China...the only way... You are right if the person never visited China.
@@yosvaniquiala6036 your words make a lot of sense.
I will come to China someday
5:30 เรียนศัพท์ใหม่จากคำที่ใช้ในชีวิตจริง จะช่วยให้จำง่ายขึ้น
เข้าใจความหมายจากการใช้ดีกว่า ท่องศัพท์
วิธีจำ คือเริ่มจากห้องน้ำ แล้วดูว่ามีศัพท์อะไรต้องใช้ในนั้นบ้าง ความหมายยังเหมือนเดิมแค่ รูปเสียง ต่างไป
- เพิ่ม ศัพท์ใน Anki ทุกวัน และทวนทุกวัน บ่อยๆ โดยการสร้างประโยค
อย่าท่องแค่คำแปล เพราะ การใช้ต่างกัน
10:38 พัฒนาการอ่านแบบให้คะแนน
12:34 หาเพื่อนแลกเปลี่ยนภาษา เพิ่มลงใน Anki เพื่อฝึก
ฝึกพูดกับตัวเอง ใน Anki ทุกวัน
Loved the way he said bye in the end lol. Thanks for the video! I learned a lot!!!
我只学习了10个月，所以不久。但，我用多的方法也每天学习。 这些方法你们说了我也用还有我觉得非常有用。谢谢你们给我你们的advice！我也建议写日记用中文因为你可以练习笔迹还有学习新词汇！
何威很幸运，从一开始他就选择与地道的北京朋友来增进语言交流。他现在说出来的普通话很自然的带着京味。数以万计的中国南方人即使穷尽一生也无法做到。太羡慕煞人了。
wow im amazed when he said he didnt bought a text book to start learning. thanks for the tips ❤
很有意思的视频 - 谢谢。我很佩服他的中文水平。
謝謝Grace和何威一起給大家分享這麼多的內容！我覺得在對話中提到的最重要的部分之一是設定目標，尤其是這種特別常見不固定的目標。對我來說只要選自己感興趣的主題還有養成固定的習慣就能把中文突飛猛進的。
我想和你一起互相学习口语
I find this video very helpful and makes me so motivated ❤️ i'm malagasy and i'm learning chinese ,i've already French and English by self-taught and now i'm still learning and wanna to keep learning ❤️✨
谢谢你们！
I have watched three different Chinese language dramas, namely Weixiao Pasta, Taohua Xiaomei and Meile Jiayou! I watched them when they first aired and didn't understand them. (I didn't understand for example why a boy would be angry and the girl crying,) I found them all on UA-cam with English subtitles and I learned new vocabulary by comparing the English subtitles with both the spoken Chinese and the Chinese subtitles that are provided on the official DVDs. I have also learned songs by Cyndi Wang, Jolin Tsai, Rainie Yang, Eva, Coco Lee (RIP), Karen Mok, Vivian Hsu, A-Mei, Penny Tai and Angela Zhang. I learned over a hundred different songs and I sing them all on my UA-cam channel (although my voice is not as loud as I would like). I have watched a lot of videos by you and Shuoshuo and Peggy Lee. Now I understand Chinese so well that when I tell kindergarteners that I don't understand Chinese they know I am lying because I easily can.
what's your UA-cam channel ? one of the main reasons why I'm more motivated and determined to learn Chinese coz I want to sing more Chinese songs as well planning to start my music channel as soon as possible, for now I was listening to Jjlin songs and Alin also some of the singers you've mentioned. I'm here in Taiwan for more than 7years already but just last year when i started having a desired to learn Chinese through songs
The fact that you can post a comment means you already have a UA-cam account and can start uploading videos.
@@judzarintocomak9330
OMG SOMEONE WHO WATCHES WEI XIAO PASTAAA
That beijing accent is what im working at.
Im 58 days in hsk 1 and understand some of this.
I never thought id be able to understand mandarin, speak it, write it, and read it.
Xd
This is the best chinese learning channel on this platform i swear
If you want to learn Chinese, we can form a language partner, which is very efficient, and I can learn English from you.
I am from Russia, I study Chinese. If Will learned Chinese to this level in 1.5 years - this is very cool!
Try to improve ur english
@@Soreto23 I never taught him.
@@Soreto23 That is hilarious! You misspelled an English word. The correct spelling is: "Try to improve your English." When you're writing to someone from Russia (a non-English speaking person), making that error, is not helpful.
我也是一个外国人但我个人觉得这家伙绝对不是1.5年学中文达到了这个程度。。。。我个人觉得最少7-8 年可以说成这个样。。。他中文真棒
分享一些關於中文寫作的tips，因為中文口語和書面表達還是有些差別，可以訂閱一些中文的雜誌看一看書面表達的文法習慣，中國這邊的話，以前讀中學時候經常讀《讀者》《意林》《青年文摘》之類的雜誌，每篇篇幅比較短小，不會像讀一本厚厚辭典那樣有壓力（對非中文母語者來說），話題也可能涉及社會經濟文化藝術等各個方面，主要是很多動詞名詞or形容詞副詞以及固定搭配，很多都是平時不會講但只有寫作時候才會用的（有點類似於英語中很多源自於法語的複雜長單詞）。新聞通稿裡關於文化和經濟的論述也是一個很好的學習途徑。如果還有興趣的話，可以積累一些四字成語or詩詞歌賦～
謝謝你的建議！好詳細！
Grace you make lovely videos. I watched this interview today and it matches a course I am taking. All of the tools he mentions are used in the course Mandarin Blueprint. I am not certain he took the course or perhaps learned what they outlined and assembled it himself. Either way, his dedication and proficiency are awe-inspiring. Thank you again for sharing.
I JUST DISCOVERED U AND I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!!
Shot out to Grace Mandarin Chinese and the guy in the video for such a high quality video that inspired me with invaluable learning experience. 🙏🙏🙏appreciate it.
On Improving Writing Skill Of Chinese
As a student of English department who also has been trying to do so in English, I find the book------Writing Skills With Readings Ninth(or Tenth) Edition-------written by John Langan practical and realistic( if you were to improving writing in Chinese).
What he proposed is the idea of keeping a journal which helps you to cultivate a habit of wrting. With time, you can write as natural as possible in ENG or CN. This resonates my experience. Because the more you write, the more you'll learn how to write, and it doesn't has to be about a journal. It can be anything you want to spend a solid amount of time writing (and better yet Reading) about.
(I would recommend reading books in order to understand how others talk in books so you can "know the game")
At the end of the day though, this takes time. So this really has a lot to do with how much your way of living connects with improving writings in that language.
Grace I enjoyed this video it was very interesting and informative more good ideas for practice and learning. Thank you.
Self-recommendation. I’ve made a video about the comparison between Chinese and English and many videos teaching Chinese characters in graphic and funny ways.
Hope it helps you learn Chinese happily. If you think my videos are valuable. I hope you can recommend my videos to those who want to learn Chinese.
I try to self-study since October, but it's hard for me to actually learn the language. I can do flashcards everyday, but it's as if I knew those words only while Anki is open, because outside of it I can look at the characters I should know and not even recognize them, or struggle terribly with remembering which accent I should use for words. Your conversation encouraged me to not give up, and maybe try different methods of approach. Thanks for the video!
I’ve spent lots of time in making many videos teaching Chinese in a humorous way. I hope somebody can give me some advice about how I can reach my target audience who want to learn Chinese.
Engilis is too difficult for me…Chinese and English have completely different ways of thinking
@@吕彬-f9wdo u speak Chinese?
My dude also read "Atomic Habits"... Hell Yeah
Very informative and motivational, thank you❤
Great video. I'm about to start self learning Mandarin and these tips will be very useful. Thank you.
Ok. I realized I'm doing the same thing for English. But I'm stuck in B1 - B2 level after a year of studying this way. 😢. I thought I would have to do other think for Chinese.... But it is the same approach. The problem is how to get the "elementary level", learn the characters first or focus on listening directly... Great interview by the way!
This is really sad. I lived in China for 7 years. Married a Chinese lady and have been back in the US over 10 years now. I felt like my Chinese learning was really starting to take off. But I let it all fall off these years. We went to visit the family for almost a whole month. I regret not sticking with it. This has really given me a kick in the but. I have the perfect learning partner and have been neglecting learning. I pulled out my material and will start with this approach yall talk about here. Thanks - and you have a new subscriber....
how is it going so far? can you update this comment as you progress? :)
@@SublimeWeasel - Ha! Thanks for your interest. I've been studying a little each day - but I fell off the wagon today. Oh, it's still early so I can still do some. Thanks for the kick in the butt :D
@@rickrandazzo many small make a great! Don't give up, I'm going to do the exact same thing. chinese is a very valuable and fun language. it will definitely be worth learning!
This is great. That daily habits thing really matters. I had been studying at least 15 minutes per day for some time, kind of fell off of it for a while but am now building an App (and documenting my progress on my UA-cam channel) to help me get back into it.
you made it?
Thank you Grace & will for such a awesome video!!This really inspired me to study harder towards fluency .
I downloaded the app and it's great! Thank you!
I understand nothing without the subtitles and add ups.😢
But I’ll come again after a year and maybe some months and I’ll understand everything. And I’ll speak as fluently as him.🤞
I'm confused about the claim that will has learned this much in only a year and a half. On his channel he has a video posted Aug 4 2021 that he has been learning mandarin for 1 year. so lets estimate the start time at aug 4 2020, compare that to the date this video was posted thats almost three years of study. I just feel as tho it's important to be honest with the amount of time it took someone to learn a language because the unintended effect is it can actually make people watching demotivated comparing their progress.
Great video Will - the Sunburst lamp behind your head made for a "Divine" Performance 😊- Daniel
That was a great video! I'm learning on my own as well and I'll definitely look into those resources. I'm strongest in reading and typing followed by writing and then listening and speaking. I need to increase vocabulary and learn how to use the words in context better. Anyway ,I use an app called Chinese Writer. HSK 1 is free, you can get the rest for one payment (I forget how much). I like it because writing pages is boring and I feel like I'm wasting paper. The app lets you build sets of words, I built mine in HSK levels and then practice them until I know them very well. I just like to play the game that it has, where you have to race the clock to write the character. The app isn't perfect and I'm not learning how to write perfect characters but I remember the strokes and stroke order. It has helped me with distinguishing characters too. I also like to practice writing in VR with native Chinese speakers and they're so impressed that I can write. I write more clearly than some of them 😂😂😂
CooL video
On practicing your writing if you are in school trying writing your notes in Mandrin or write grocery lists and motivation letters in mandrin
What an amazing and inspirational video! Thank you so much for both of you! For the question about writing, I would say that the physical act of writing is needed but it's not sufficient. I think knowing how to write characters requires you to know and remember each part. There's two ways to go about it, which can and maybe should be combined: 1) mnemonics and 2) knowing the components. About the components it at least helps me to know what is the pronunciation part and what is the meaning part of a character, as well if it's meaning has changed over time from it's original meaning. Outlier dictionary is excellent for this! It can be purchased in Pleco. The mnemonic part is creating a story or a reason for each component to exist in the character, which you can and mybe should invent yourself based on the meanings of each character component. These tools help you to create a reason for the character to have each part, which helps in remembering how to write them. Finally knowing the stroke order ties all of these together. Good luck and thanks again for an amazing video!
This guy is spot on ❤!!!
I quickly looked at the tumb and thought he became fluent in Chinese in just 15 years and I was very excited to see the tips. Only later, did I notice that it was only 1.5 years which is impossible for an ordinary human who speaks Portuguese.
😭
Don't try and say rubbish Pinheiro. It didn't take him 1.5 years to learn speaking. Obviously, i can get inspired by his methods.
Thank you for your video! It's help me alot!! ☺
I’ve made many videos teaching Chinese language vividly and in a humorous way. I hope somebody can recommend my videos to those who want to learn Chinese. For beginners, Chinese characters may look complicated. But once you learn about 100 basic radicals, most characters become easy.
im a spanish speaker and this was how i became fluent in english, im afraid i’ll have some trouble switching all my habits from english to chinese now 😭
Can anyone tell me does Juzi app teaches traditional Chinese or simplified Chinese ?❤😊
Tai bang le!! Will's skills are awesome, high five!!
It would have been interesting to know about Will's background because it is hard to gauge whether what he has achieved (an amazing level of proficiency in Mandarin) is down to inherited talent, e.g. a particularly high IQ? Did he work at the same time? How much time did he apply to the task each day? Otherwise a really informative interview.
我真的佩服他！！
Awesome app!! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Omg this guys chinese is amazing
Thanks indeed 🙏
Good interview Ms Grace Taiwan
All the best for your small and big success in your future.
His vocabulary is crazy good
bro is killing it 🔥 🔥 🔥
I am a beginner in Chinese (Mandarin), I have a good book to learn to read and speak Chinese, but I am looking for a way to memorize the Chinese characters. Do you have any tips on how I can better remember Chinese characters?
I would recommend learning the most common radicals and then learn how to use memory palaces and mnemonics, hope that helps!
@@willhartmandarinThanks for the tips.
Thank you for another great video and interview Grace! Thank you for the tips Will and I was particularly impressed by your focus on building habits. While I have built a habit of receiving input (books, dramas etc), i find my output production still feels like scheduled “work” rather than a natural habit; Im hoping to improve that soon! In regards to Will seeking advice about writing, one thing I do in all my studies is to make sure the language im using/studying is meaningful to me so to practice writing characters I usually write simple journal entries about my day to day life with the characters in already know/want to practice then rewrite them to improve my handwriting. If you’re a person who likes reflective activities such as journal writing, this can definitely become a “habit” to practice your writing 😀 🖊️
我真的是你。我经常看你的频道。谢谢
Love you, thank you both
Waah i'm here
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Wow amazing
Thank you Grace & will for such a awesome video!! hearing learing methods from both sides is always helpful & very relatable especially the part about the feeling of slow progress & the part about not feeling up to studying at times this was so encouraging & made me feel even more determined knowing that every language learner have these kind of moments you guys are the best thanks for always cooking up something nice for us little learners ❤❤ #Grace4president #sheisalrealdy #everyyear #aka #ChefGrace 👩🍳 😄
Bruh I couldn't even distinguish words from his speech, sounded like gibberish! I have a lot to learn!
Hi Grace awesome video! I am curious what podcasts would Will listen to?
Great job miss thanks