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I will not learn Hanzi. (Although in a sick way I'd like to). I simply do not have the time or energy for this massive undertaking. I can get my CPA and MBA as well as 2 years' work experience, and probably some elementary Russian, in the time it would take me to learn to read the "Chinese Daily" in Chinese.
I have two tools at my disposal that I hope will help: 1) personal tutor (who can help with vocabulary acquisition by being my translator from hanzi to pinyin; 2) modern technology (thanks google translate, where i can paste Chinese text and get the pinyin out).
I will watch hours of WWI Japanese invasion-era dramas and incomprehensible newshows, catching one or two words every minute, to try to accomplish this end. I have even contemplated starting by watching cartoons.
Um, you won't be able to do much without at least being able to read. You won't even be able to order a dish or make sense of a subway map. What's the point? You also won't be able to say much on any of the more 'serious' topics. Such level of Chinese is only good for picking up girls, to put it bluntly.
Anyway, I think you should give learning characters a go. Learn at least a few hundred and if you can figure out a way to learn Chinese without the characters, then you can decide to stop learning them if you like.
Some people do manage to get to a basic conversational level in Chinese without learning to read, and through lots of conversation. You'll never be really good at a language if you're illiterate, but you can reach a level that's useful enough for many things, and for some people this is enough.
AFAIK, all of these live in the target country immersed in the language (Mainland China, Taiwan, etc.) I have never heard of an adult becoming fluent in Chinese without any reading, who learned outside of China or a similar highly immersive environment (some extended Chinese families might qualify). I think that it might be impossible.
If you focus on learning speaking, listening and reading, you will quickly develop your Chinese skills needed. I learned early on that I was wasting too much time trying to memorize character strokes. Once you get past understanding pronunciation, just invest time in reading Chinese Characters with Pinyin on top, then move to Chinese characters with pinyin at a later section in the book. Eventually, you will only need pinyin when learning new characters.
The Japanese invaded China during the WWI era too? I didn't think they did that until the 30s, although there was the //First Sino-Japanese War. But that was from 1894-1895 according to Wikipedia, and apparently was fought over control of Korea. Was that a typo for WWII or am I missing something?
Need to clarify whether by "learning Hanzi" you mean only learning to read it or learning to write it. The former is easier. Also need to clarify what you mean by "a proficient level." Peoples' notions of proficiency vary all over the map.
In other words, if the OPs objective is to be conversant in daily routines, this would be fine. However, if he/she is looking to do business and/or earn the respect of those he/she is speaking with, a more educated grasp of the language will be needed.
I think the correct approach indeed lies in writing by hand vs. only learning how to read/type. I don't think learn to read is extremely hard, but learning to distinguish between several thousand characters, remembering how to write them all and keeping track of which characters go together in which words, that takes some serious time. Learn how to write the most common characters in the beginning, though, because that really helps with understanding characters.
So, I wouldn't remove characters entirely (for reasons others have already elaborated on), but I would definitely cut down on or remove handwriting. That's what takes the most time compared with how much you actually get out of it.
Jeez, was the last post really in March? My progress has been abysmal. First one laoshi didn't show up after New Year, then I contemplated getting the hell out of Mainland, which made sitting down to study Chinese difficult in the middle of looking at job advertisements back home (you could say one doesn't complement the other).
I quit trying to learn hanzi, which ruined any structure I felt I had in my self-studies. Being a visual person, learning a character seemed easier than learning the sound of a word. But it just took too long, and my conversational skills did not progress though my reading incrementally did.
Now, reinvigorated and remotivated (and also staying here in Mainland for the foreseeable future, so this helps a lot), I will try this whole 'immersion' thing once more and see how far I get without studying hanzi.
The plan I have with my tutor is to meet once a week (it's all I have time for) and go over any words/expressions I do not understand from the week's self-study. I highlight words or grammar I do not understand, and keep a notebook until I have a native speaker with me to break it down. Then, I can input these things into Supermemo to memorize words, etc. And of course, let's not forget the Japanese invasion-themed dramas and cartoons, and listening to talk radio in the office, impossible to understand as it all may be.
I think both views are correct to a point - you must learn to read to have a good vocabulary, but I also think you can get to a certain level of fluency without reading. That's my thesis, at least. I speak Portuguese and Spanish at what I figure is a high school junior or senior level, and that would be sufficient for Chinese.
So many people comment on the whole matter, but I would like to know how well they speak Chinese. My thesis is just that, a theory, so I could be completely wrong and will have to revert to the 'traditional' method. But I'm going to give it a try. Maybe it works; maybe not. Either way, I have to get off here and go study. Sometimes talking about studying can fool you into thinking you actually are. 152ee80cbc
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