How to squeeze the most out of chinese TV shows??
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calibre2001 -
Recently, I've been fiddling around with this method where while watching a chinese TV show
(usually online), I tend to pause whenever unfamiliar/new words appear and then i write/type them
out somewhere. I would then review the new words/phrases later.
2 problems here. First, it's extremely time consuming and in some ways removes the fun out of
watching the show but I do end up with increased knowledge of the language. Second, for every
episode I watch I pick up disturbing numbers of new words like say 20-30 words/grammatical
suffixes/colloquailisms/chengyus
Anyone here attempted something similar? In any case I see flaws in this method and seek advice on
a more efficient way to build up both vocab / reading and listening abilities.
With this methog, my listening does improve somewhat but not at a rate which is commensurate with
the input amount. And my ears still can't 'listen' to more complex sentences (accents aside)
though I have no problem reading it.
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renzhe -
I started this way but, like you, soon found it too tedious.
What worked for me was finding easier shows (everything is difficult in the beginning, but some
things are flat-out impossible) and concentrating on the listening. I still pause a lot, but only
to catch up with fast dialogue, check the subtitles if my reading is too slow, or to look up a
word which seems important and which I need to understand what's going on (I don't write it down).
I'm memorising the entire HSK vocabulary in parallel, which means that I run into words I'm
familiar with regularly, as my vocabulary increases. As my listening comprehension, fast reading
skills and vocabulary increase, I move on to more difficult shows.
If you're not doing vocabulary flashcards, then you'll have to write down some common words, and
supplement watching shows with lots of reading (where you look up and write down the new vocab).
I'd say that, as long as you're getting the gist of what's going on and can catch more than half
of the words, you'll probably benefit from watching them in near-realtime.
There are a number of lower-intermediate level shows (using our unscientific and totally arbitrary
rating scheme, you could pick one and try that. Here is the rought grading: clickme.
calibre2001 -
Interesting.
Is the HSK vocab list available online? I've gone through HSK papers before but I mean just
reading it superficially to pick up new words.
renzhe -
You can have a look at the engine on this site or at xiaoma cidian.
I've also added links to the HSK files for many popular SRS programs to the Study Tools wiki.
fairykarma -
I suppose everyone learns differently but I find it easier to pick up new words from reading
books. Like currently, I'm reading/translating Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer from Chinese to
English. I have the original English copy at hand of course. Listening and watching news is more
of a passive activity to reinforce my learning and get used to listening to the language.
How do you listen to news casts? Over and over until you get the basic gist of it? Or do you
listen to one, pick out what you need and move on the next one?
calibre2001 -
I don't do news casts yet. Honestly I think the best way to improve listening is to meet real
people and just talk, talk, and talk. Somehow real life talk is better for training the ears than
tv shows since these tend to be scripted and more formal. A much bigger vocab base is needed to
understand most tv shows like advanced/native speakers.
I use tv shows as a means to improve my vocab and character recognition. And by tv shows i mean
mostly tv serials, entertainment game shows, concerts rather than news and documentaries.
I've yet to actually properly work on my listening skills and now I'm contemplating that since I
might have built up a sufficient but still very basic vocab to help my ears listen through.
Indeed to each his/her own. I too believe in picking up the easier stuff before advancing to the
harder stuff. Using items like the HSK list as supplementary tools is helpful 'cause it gives me
some structure to my learning of chinese. Otherwise it would be very inefficient as it already is.
imron -
Another good thing to do is find a conversation or segment that goes for a few minutes and that
you thought was particularly interesting, or contained particularly useful phrases. Then
repeatedly go over it until you can say it at (or close to) the same speed and rythym as the
original.
self-taught-mba -
Infomercials are great. They'll keep repeating over and over again. Breast enhancement ones are
the best.
Shadowdh -
Are they the breast nuts? Fantastic things...
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