Best way for an English speaker to learn Chinese without classes?

2017-04-05 12:39 am
I've been researching this for weeks now, and the most recommended textbooks I can find do not offer the pinyin while textbooks that offer the pinyin (to aid with pronunciation) do not teach characters and writing. Should I just get the one without the pinyin and get a dictionary to supplement it? I get that every learning method has it's pros and cons, but the cons are so huge in this case. I know a few Chinese people I could practice with, but as far as "taking class" or "getting a private tutor" is concerned, that is ridiculously expensive (and my career and budget would not allow it) I'm not going to pay $80+ an hour for a tutor and double that for one classroom session. People keep saying self studying to learn Chinese is possible, but they don't offer any recommended textbooks/apps/programs.Only one I've used that I've enjoyed has been the spaced repetition flashcard method app "Memrise", but using that alone is pointless.

I have a few Chinese to practice with, but can anyone recommend a fix for this to a native English speaker?

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2017-04-05 9:58 am
I am Taiwanese here in Taiwan and an English learner. From what you write I can see how difficult it is to learn Chinese without attending classes.
As you know some Chinese, I think, the most efficient and costless way to learn Chinese is to hang out with them. And they might want to learn English from you. You can help each other and get beneficiary from each other.
Even though Chinese is spoken by more than one billion people, but there are, I guess, more than one billion people like me who know little about English are dedicated themselves to learn English.
So, you’re lucky, just share your knowledge of English with someone and get a feedback from their talking of Chinese, I think it will cost you nothing to learn a second language.
If you have any Chinese questions, I would like to use my poor English writing skills to answer your Chinese question, if you don’t care my poor writing.


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