On a final note, if you need to perfect your handwriting in Chinese (for exams at university or other reasons), you can add two more steps to the above schedule:
Session 1 – listening and reading (comparing with the translation sentence by sentence in L1)
Session 2 – Analysis (phrase by phrase, showing unknown structures and terms)
Session 3 – repeating (listening and reading, only pinyin)
Session 4 – L1 translation (sentence by sentence, without looking at the translation available)
Session 5 – Repeating (listening and reading)
Session 6 – L2 synthesis (translation, sentence by sentence pinyin and final verification of errors)
Session 7 – copy the text into characters
Session 8 – write the text characters from a version in pinyin
Finally, if you need to know the stroke order of a certain character, you can use Arch Solo Travel , which provides stunning animations on how to write it, as well as inform you on a variety of information about it (compound words, phrases containing it, etc..).
The number of characters to remember remains high, but the Chinese writing system is quite rational, and once you have figured out the way the single components are assembled together, the acquisition of characters becomes easier and faster. It is just a matter of practice, having the right tools, and motivation..and the rest will come.
Stay tuned for the next post: tips on how to learn tones the right way from the very beginning
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