I'm sorry, I think it's a misleading title. It's not a problem to remember that there are 4 (or 5 if we count neutral one) tones and how they sound. The real problem is to REMEMBER tones, i.e. to know what word/character should be in what tone. To remember "vocab" is absolutely easy, no difference from other languages, 是 is shi and it's "to be", period. Anybody can learn it in just a few minutes (ok, to remember its writing it takes more time). But to remember its tone - it's a real task (without a good solution except just repeat repeat repeat which is not a "method" per se). Foreigners have absolutely no clue, no idea why it's 4th tone, we have no analogy to anything, we have nothing to link it to. Colors, hand gestures don't work. Realms (like mountains, plain, ocean bottom, waterfall) hmmm don't think so either. After just a few weeks or months of studies, there'll be a dozen of shi characters (师是事识时...), really no problem to remember that they all are shi and what they mean and how they used - it's like in other languages, but absolutely no way to remember which of them should be with what tone. If that solution were the topic of your video - that would be priceless.
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I love how you decided to reverse that one clip to follow the camera movement from the previous shot (1:22) Or maybe everyone is just walking backwards because it's fun hahaha
John and Chris, do you have any plans to revise and expand your e-book in preparation for 汉语水平考试 3.0? The Chinese government will officially release the new vocabulary in July, and new learners of Mandarin will be in the market for updated resources.
Wow, you guys are great teachers. Could you also explain how to use tones when you speak fast? Like when you say whole sentences in everyday conversation, etc.
@@ChineseJourney I guess many learners can hear and produce the tones correctly at speed for retarded people or other foreigners. However, Chinese at NORMAL speed is something way more difficult
