Looking for Mandrain speaker to practice with. I am a native English speaker living in America. I would love to practice speaking Chinese with you. I follow the “acquiring a language” protocol. If you

Christina

Looking for Mandrain speaker to practice with.

I am a native English speaker living in America. I would love to practice speaking Chinese with you. I follow the “acquiring a language” protocol. If you’d like to know more go this link. It’s in English but it’s not to hard to follow along in.

<a href="https://youtu.be/illApgaLgGA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/illApgaLgGA</a>;

My rules for when it’s my turn are:

<ol><li>no English</li><li>no grammar</li><li>no corrections</li><li>use I+1, meaning I know one thing and you add just a little.</li></ol>

EX: I would know “this is an apple” you would say something like “this is a red apple” and then ask me Is this a orange apple? I would then reply no, it’s a red apple.

Generally speaking, my language exchanges are done over kids books and magazines where we look at the pictures. You point/look at a picture and describe it to me. Then you ask yes no questions about the picture. The questions are at the level of the listener. It sounds scary but it’s fairly simple. :)

We can do this or whatever you like during your time. Obviously if your English is very good already then this may not be necessary.

Sep 21, 2019 6:33 AM

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Ah yes, Jeff Brown. And (as expected) the Steves - Krashen and Kaufmann. It's the only thing I've ever done in my life, and one can probably say that nothing else was likely to have worked for my English. Both of my Indian languages (Bengali - MT1, Hindi - MT2) are at level 4 for English speakers, so the reverse must also be true. Good to see that you picked a level 5 language. I just observe in passing that the world has somehow not discovered it yet. All I seem to see are the grammarians and the flashcard vocabulary enthusiasts. Not for me, I just listen-listen-listen and then repeat-repeat-repeat. I just have one rule - it has to be every single day, even if for 15 minutes. The natural rhythms, cadence, sounds and patterns of the language begin to sink in after a while and then accelerate.

September 21, 2019