{"id":1437,"date":"2020-06-18T14:58:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T06:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources.digmandarin.com\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2020-06-23T09:54:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T01:54:26","slug":"how-i-learned-chinese-jasmine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.digmandarin.com\/how-i-learned-chinese-jasmine\/","title":{"rendered":"How I&#8217;m Learning Chinese | Memorising, Motivation, Note-Taking &#038; Tips | From  Jasmine Lipska"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How I&#039;m Learning Chinese\u23aeMemorising, Motivation, Note-Taking &amp; Tips\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lbb-esYa3uA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listening:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch different TV shows on YouTube. \u300a\u975e\u8bda\u52ff\u6270\u300b\u300a\u5feb\u4e50\u5927\u672c\u8425\u300b\u300a\u975e\u6b63\u5f0f\u4f1a\u8c08\u300b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speaking\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Practice with Chinese speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Writing:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dictionary: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/using-pleco-as-your-guide-to-daily-life-in-china.html\">Pleco<\/a>; <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2ALRjWw\">Tuttle: Concise Chinese Dictionary<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Textbook: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2zFfzZM\">Contemporary Chinese<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notebook: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>write down new and complex words with Pinyin, translation and\nexample sentences. 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