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Memorizing Language / Spelling Techniques?

Posted by timothy on from the save-up-for-neural-implants dept.

NotesSensei writes "My kids are learning Chinese in school. While the grammar is drop-dead simple, writing is a challenge since there is no relation between sound and shape of the characters. I would like to know any good techniques (using technology or not) to help memorize large amounts of information, especially Chinese characters. Most of the stuff I Googled only helps on learning speaking."

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  1. Repetition. Repetition. Repetition. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm learning Chinese right now too and I use http://www.nciku.com and put in all my vocabulary from each lesson and just continuously test myself every day on the vocab I'm learning and have learned to always keep it fresh in my mind. I think you're really at a loss here to do anything other than just practice, practice, practice as, like you said, there's no correlation between characters and sounds.

  2. A proven technique by chrysalis · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Date a native speaker.

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