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Learning Languages and How to Make it Fun

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How does a child learns? Immersion

So you gotta dive deep

Find songs that you like. You don't have to understand, you just have to enjoy the song.

Listen them at least once a day. The idea is for you to get familiar with the sounds.

Once you have already heard them too many times (without getting tired of them) look for the lyrics. In their native language, not a translation.

If you can read in that language, then try reading them. Print them if you have to or write them down (this is better) and as you listen to the song try to sing.

If there's a word/sentence you like because it sounds pretty, mark it.

If there's a word you don't know how to/can't pronounce, mark it.

For example, I have a journal in which I write Japanesse Kanji that I find beautiful (whether is because of the meaning or the symbol itself is pretty)

Once you are familiar with the song look for a translation.

Check those words you have marked with the translation.

While looking for definitions it's better if you find images (so can have an idea of what that word is) instead of a definition in your language (unless is a long/complicated concept).

Movies, you must watch movies in that language. Better if they are from that country. (It can also be a doubled movie, perhaps you could look for one of your favorites)

Watch them with subtitles (in your language) once or twice. Then watch them again but this time without subtitles or with subtitles of said language. (You already know the plot, so you can still understand what's going on)

If you like to read, look for children literature. It's easy and fun.

Keep reading even if you don't understand a single sh*t. It doesn't matter.

Mark again those words you like, don't know the meaning or can't pronounce.

Write at least one sentence every day. It doesn't have to be right, it doesn't have to be long or poetic, you just gotta write.

If you still don't know much about grammar (enough to formulate a sentence on your own) then write a quote from one of those songs, movies or books you read. Again it doesn't matter if you don't understand what are you writing.

If you already know another language, try to learn the new language with that one. For example, I learn german from english instead of my native language spanish.

Videogames. In my experience this is amazing. You have no idea idea how much I learned english just from games.

You have fun playing, engaged with a story, while constantly hearing the language. You don't even have to pay attention at what they are saying, eventually you'll figure it out. It's very intuitive.

And because games, usually, requires that you spend many hours playing you will have a lot of practice without actually studying.

Some games, if you look on the settings menu, even have other languages instead of english. For example I played Assassin's Creed Brotherhood in italian and french and AsC III in russian and japanese (the voice actors are fantastic).

Seriously, videogames are freaking amazing for learning.

The idea of this, is that you can imitate the learning process a child does, while also having fun and enjoying it. Kids learn by making mistakes, by playing with words and by being constantly surrounded with the language. At first, kids have no idea what they are doing, they just repeat what they see and hear. So it's okay if you don't know what are you doing, take that pressure off. This is not school/college, this is just you trying to learn a culture. So be kind and patient with yourself.

LEARNING SHOULD BE FUN, be creative with your methods and try everything (so you can find what you are comfortable with). It is scientifically proved that if you like what you are studying and having fun it will be 10x easier to assimilate and remember the knowledge you are acquiring.

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who’s gonna tell “Chinese” langblr that it’s called Mandarin and the idea that Mandarin is the one and only Chinese is contributing to genocide and language loss across Asia/the Asian diaspora

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speaking as (1) a non-han chinese person (2) having members of my family being Personally Affected by 汉化 / han sinicization + native dialect/language loss/forced cultural assimilation, and (3) Literally Majoring In This Stuff ….it would prob have been more productive to boost posts by/for speakers + learners of overlooked chinese language families or y’know, boost actual information on movements looking to preserve 方言/regional dialects + combat han sinicization rather than making this post and half-heartedly throwing it in the langblr tags

moreover, most langblr posts are targeted towards acquiring characters + teaching very basic grammatical structures, both of which are shared by most chinese languages, whether or not it’s the most common colloquial usage in ur lang/dialect of choice: whether you’re speaking mandarin, cantonese, or hakka, the kinds of posts at the level of chinese langblr (and by that, let’s be real, mandarin + like a handful of HK cantonese posts) are often applicable to more than one lang family… and if you’re gonna split hairs, “mandarin” in itself is only the name for a collection of northern/central cn language groups (北京话 and, say, 陕西话 are both “mandarin”), without even getting into the Yikes™ territory of how all the cn terms to mean “standard mandarin” are also in themselves problematic (国语，普通话，汉语…)

but all of that aside, without vomiting an entire thesis on this post: it just seems a little ridiculous that you’re placing part of the blame of 汉化 and language loss esp in asia on like, langblr ignorance, and not, y’know, (1) the aggressive policies of the PRC over the past decade that have pushed mandarin-only education in predominantly southern provinces of china as well as taxing (and often shutting down entirely) publications, broadcasts, and tv channels in non-standard mandarin languages (2) the complex political/cultural relationships both in china’s own provinces (esp. north-south re: beijing, hell, just look at how mainlanders treat ppl from 新疆) as well as with china and the rest of asia as a whole that has led to standardization of beijing mandarin as the prestige dialect as well as the resurgence of (han!) chinese ethnonationalism w/recent politics… just look at xi jinping’s “中华民族伟大复兴” lmfao. (3) this is all not even mentioning the Complex race relations re: overseas chinese + sino diaspora in south asia

tl;dr should langblr tag their posts better? probably. but if you’re going to throw around words like genocide, i wouldn’t do it so lightly. where deliberate cultural and linguistic erasure — not simple “language loss” — is occurring most is in mainland china itself, for historical and political reasons well beyond the reach of a hobbyist tumblr language learner’s control. this isn’t a language problem so much as it is a race problem — not a problem of “mandarin,” but of the idea of “汉语” itself

anyway, for followers who aren’t in the loop: some info on forced han sinicization (1) (2) (3), chinese language families (1), recent han ethnonationalism (1 2 opinion articles). this is also a good book that one of my profs contributed to, while i’m tossing out worthwhile research sources. for reading that’s even less cheery and yet very relevant @ the present moment, look into the current state of 新疆 xinjiang + tibet, not to mention the recent hk extradition laws + hk umbrella movements. bonus: chinese ethnic minorities, plus a list