Chow Yun Thin Posted April 30, 2020 at 06:40 PM Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 at 06:40 PM hello folks, i'm nearly finished with remembering traditional hanzi book 1. i've been casually learning to speak a bit too and recently started to work on reading, writing, listening and speaking by using film subtitles and that's going pretty well. i plan to make that my main method of study from here on in. so, do you think it's worth me moving onto heisig book 2? from what i've seen book 1 contains all the primitives or radicals or whatever you call them so once i'm done with it (about 50 characters to go) i should be able to more or less correctly write down any new characters i see. not 100% sure i'm correct on that though. but yeah, just interested to hear opinions. thanks everyone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsima Posted May 1, 2020 at 09:59 AM Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 at 09:59 AM I did book 2, and would recommend it if the mnemonic system is working for you, it gives good structure for a long term study plan. That being said, I know others have moved on to other study methods and found equal success, so I guess the answer is, yes if you want to, or try something different if you don't. The main thing is you don't lose your study rhythm: 1500 characters is good, but you've still got a lot to learn before you can comfortably start reading texts without bumping into too many new characters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted May 1, 2020 at 10:28 AM Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 at 10:28 AM Here, take the 2020 Username of the Year Award, nobody's going to beat that in the next seven months. Welcome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted May 1, 2020 at 11:01 AM Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 at 11:01 AM He is a GTA character, isn't he? If you found book 1useful then why not try book 2. Personally I dislike this method but each to his own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chow Yun Thin Posted May 1, 2020 at 02:35 PM Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 at 02:35 PM thanks guys. yeah i liked book 1 a lot - it got me to where i am now which is somewhere i never thought i'd get to back when i started. now i've got some kind of handle on things though i'm finding studying actual sentences more interesting and maybe more effective. think i'll stick with that and maybe give heisig 2 a go at some point in the future. definitely still a long, long way to go. thanks for all your input. yeah chow yun thin is evidently a GTA character 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerpetualChange Posted May 1, 2020 at 08:02 PM Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 at 08:02 PM I never got much out of book 1. The method is interesting but I'm not sure as to the value of learning a bunch of characters many of which are on not exactly commonly scene ones outside any meaningful context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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