Chinese Log - Step 1: Searching for Resources

Updated: 2019.05.29

Few years ago, in 2016, I started to learn Chinese, but I very quickly realised what a humongous task it was. I had planned to document my whole journey into learning a new language but reality struck hard. So, here I am, updating this for the first time in years to tell you that I did not learn much Chinese with the methodology, I wanted to use, and opted for something less hard core, something that takes me 30 minutes a day. So far, so good. I have tried hard to learn the sounds of the language, some grammar, some basic phrases, and I have gone full into hearing conversations.

Original article:

This article is part of a series of posts on my Chinese learning experience, for more information visit the main series page

Here are the web pages I found useful when reading about Chinese Language as a complete beginner (huh, I’m talking like I knew Chinese, for the record: I’m a beginner!). Not all links are meant to be helpful for the beginner though, they’re just resources I found useful.

The bold links are the most relevant for the first stage of the learning process, the pronunciation part. But I think it’s worthed to read all the links to get an initial picture of the Chinese language.

First of all, why do you wanna learn chinese?

  • Goals and motivation, part 1 – Introduction (my answer: just to know a different language. I wanted to learn French, Portuguese, or Chinese, and I decide for Chinese because is the hardest from my mother language (Spanish))
  • How to learn effectively Few science based tips to improve learning, so you can achieve your learning goals (part of the reason why am I writing this in the first place ;) )

About pronunciation and Pinyin

About books

Characters

About Grammar

Software

Dictionaries and word lists

Audios y videos

(more) web pages for learning Chinese

More resources pages

And some random stuff