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I  know how  to read pinyin,and got down the  tones,

what should I do next?

should I memorize daily conversations,and stuff,and what about writing,,I tried these two,but I feel like I need a teacher

there is no Chinese teacher in my country,and I dont have Credit card to pay for online one(we dont use  Credit cards in my country)I can only learn the lang by myself..

advice to get better faster ,as I want to be  fluent in Chinese in 2 years or so (Inshaallah)

Thanks in advance

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I'm learning Mandarin by myself rn too (tho I had classes in high school years ago), it's usually possible to find pdfs of textbooks online. Idk what you'd be interested in but I've used the HSK standard course and Boya Chinese, and like both of them. But there's loads of other textbooks like Integrated Chinese, New Practical Chinese Reader etc, I think it's really down to preference. You may be able to find the audio recordings from the textbooks on youtube, I've at least found it for the standard course books. Textbooks give you new vocabulary and grammar in small portions, plus you get lots of exercises so you can practice. It can be hard without a teacher tho since there's no one to correct you

There's also an app called Hello Chinese I've seen people recommend, I haven't used it much but it seemed pretty good and covers a lot of basic content!  Chinese Grammar Wiki has explanations and lots of examples for a lot of basic grammar too.

I don't really have any advice for speaking without a teacher tbh. I practice my listening comprehension and speaking by listening to textbook audio several times and trying to repeat what they're saying. This helps listening comprehension a lot, especially if you listen to the audio without looking at the text first! In my experience it lets me figure out if there are sounds I have a lot of trouble telling apart. You might be able to find some advice on reddit r/ChineseLanguage, there's a lot of information there.

Other than that I recommend watching Chinese dramas and donghua and listening to Chinese music and podcasts as much as you can! After a while you start recognizing more vocabulary and grammar and it helps you remember things better!

Good luck on your journey!

Forgot to add: there's a youtube channel called Mandarin Corner that I've watched a bit, there's some pretty useful content there (some HSK stuff, and some interviews with natives that can help you with listening!)

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16 hours ago, yonderie said:

I'm learning Mandarin by myself rn too (tho I had classes in high school years ago), it's usually possible to find pdfs of textbooks online. Idk what you'd be interested in but I've used the HSK standard course and Boya Chinese, and like both of them. But there's loads of other textbooks like Integrated Chinese, New Practical Chinese Reader etc, I think it's really down to preference. You may be able to find the audio recordings from the textbooks on youtube, I've at least found it for the standard course books. Textbooks give you new vocabulary and grammar in small portions, plus you get lots of exercises so you can practice. It can be hard without a teacher tho since there's no one to correct you

There's also an app called Hello Chinese I've seen people recommend, I haven't used it much but it seemed pretty good and covers a lot of basic content!  Chinese Grammar Wiki has explanations and lots of examples for a lot of basic grammar too.

I don't really have any advice for speaking without a teacher tbh. I practice my listening comprehension and speaking by listening to textbook audio several times and trying to repeat what they're saying. This helps listening comprehension a lot, especially if you listen to the audio without looking at the text first! In my experience it lets me figure out if there are sounds I have a lot of trouble telling apart. You might be able to find some advice on reddit r/ChineseLanguage, there's a lot of information there.

Other than that I recommend watching Chinese dramas and donghua and listening to Chinese music and podcasts as much as you can! After a while you start recognizing more vocabulary and grammar and it helps you remember things better!

Good luck on your journey!

Forgot to add: there's a youtube channel called Mandarin Corner that I've watched a bit, there's some pretty useful content there (some HSK stuff, and some interviews with natives that can help you with listening!)

Omg, I really appreciate your help, and your time for explaining, 

Thanks, I took everything noted

 

May I ask how long does it take for me to be intermediate In chinese, I only have 2 years to learn 

Thank you again

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I guess it depends on how long it takes you to learn and what you need it for! I know ppl can pass HSK 5 and 6 in a really short time period, but I don't know how good their Chinese actually is. Two years of Mandarin in high school took me to around HSK 2, but iI think you should be able to get to HSK 4 in that time without too much issue, which I think is close to a CEFR level B1 and is beginning intermediate. Maybe HSK 5 if you work hard. Obviously this just shows you how well you can pass an exam which won't always correspond to usable Chinese but it should be a start! Here is a description of the HSK levels if you're interested

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On 7/2/2022 at 1:30 PM, yonderie said:

I guess it depends on how long it takes you to learn and what you need it for! I know ppl can pass HSK 5 and 6 in a really short time period, but I don't know how good their Chinese actually is. Two years of Mandarin in high school took me to around HSK 2, but iI think you should be able to get to HSK 4 in that time without too much issue, which I think is close to a CEFR level B1 and is beginning intermediate. Maybe HSK 5 if you work hard. Obviously this just shows you how well you can pass an exam which won't always correspond to usable Chinese but it should be a start! Here is a description of the HSK levels if you're interested

This is so sweet and kind of you, Thank you so much, I won't forget your help, I really appreciate it 

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