Getting Results in Mandarin

Are you looking to speak Mandarin in just a few minutes?  Do you want to be able to see the results of your efforts and know unequivocally that it IS possible to learn Mandarin?!

Well, you can definitely get started with a few basic phrases that will get the ball rolling!  But, may I suggest that after these first few phrases that you sit down and make a plan for successfully learning the language?

Here’s what I mean:  We all want to be able to see immediate results as we begin a new endeavor.  But, if we ONLY focus on the results, then we will not learn the fundamentals that will carry us through and help us to truly learn the language as fast as possible!

Think of it this way.  Suppose there is a little one who really wants to be able to crawl.  The adult who is watching desperately wants to help and so reaches down and helps the baby get on all fours, and even make the first few movements.  But, what happens when the adult lets go?

Now, what if the little one learns over and over again by repetitive motion that certain muscles need to be exercised in order to crawl?  As the baby practices these muscles, they are then soon able to amply and quickly move across the floor!

I know you want results—a first few basic steps.  But, you will not be able to move along on your own until you have two skills firmly in place—tones and PinYin.  As difficult as they may be to practice, and as strange as it may seem to be doing it, they really are the key that can allow you to soon fly across the floor at lightning speed!

And of course, I concede that until the new learner sees what those repetitive motions can do for them, it’s really hard to go through the exercises!  We need the vision to see where those exercises can take us!  That’s why we need to learn just a few beginning phrases and feel comfortable repeating them—it’s only natural!

But, please don’t deny the importance of these two elements—tones and PinYin!  Once you accept them and embrace them, you really will be off to the races!  Not only that, but you will feel the wind in your hair and the invigorating thrill of exercising your own skills to a degree you never thought possible!

Mandarin doesn’t have to be hard unless you let it!  Time has shown again and again that the principles of mastering the tones and PinYin are the road to success.  Don’t think that you can veer off the path and still make the same type of progress.  Realize that you have a limited time to learn this language, and that the shortest distance between two points is a single line.  Be exposed to, understand, practice, apply, and MASTER the fine art of tones and the PinYin system of phonetics—you’ll be so glad you did!