How to learn any language:
1. listen to audio (read while you listen)
2. speak after audio
3. listen again to see if you're right
LEARN CHINESE: (or any other language with script you can't read)
我 今年 二十岁 (chinese characters)
Wǒ jinnian èrshí suì (pinyin)
I this year 21 age (word by word-translation)
I am 21 years old (meaning)
lvl. ADVANCED:
Translate from new foreign language to another foreign language you already understand
lvl. EXPERT:
Translate from new foreign language to another foreign language you cannot understand.
Learn both at once.
1. learn vocabulary
2. listen to dialogue
3. try to translate foreign language to mother tongue (word by word)
4. learn the meaning
5. make own sentences
6. ask native speaker (or google translator)
(c) wirtten by Daniel Wieser - http://danielwieser.com/, June 24th 2012