How to practice Mandarin well?

Listen and read more, especially radio, news, etc. Pay attention to your accent and pronunciation.

The first is ideological barriers. Whatever you do, you must have the belief that you will win and persist to the end. Learning Mandarin is no exception. First of all, you must have absolute self-confidence, believe that you have the ability to speak Mandarin, and firmly believe that you will be able to learn Mandarin well. Remember that there is a beginning but an end, and you cannot give up halfway. For us, it is not that we have no basis in speaking Mandarin. For example: learning and training in listening, speaking, reading and writing starting from elementary school, watching TV, listening to the radio, communicating with outsiders... aren't they all practicing Mandarin? Subtly, no matter who you are, even if you are "parroting" or "copying what others say", you should still understand a few words. This is an excellent objective language environment. And among my relatives and friends, it’s unlikely that none of them can speak Mandarin. This is another excellent micro-environment. What is even more beneficial is that the relevant Chinese government is vigorously promoting Mandarin and taking various ways to help and encourage us to learn Mandarin, and has formed a strong and favorable social environment.

The second major obstacle is the issue of public opinion. Before many young people learn Mandarin, it can be said that they have already established themselves in the Ge dialect. As the saying goes: "Everything is difficult at the beginning." You have been speaking a dialect for more than ten years or even decades, and you are used to it, and the people around you are also used to it. One day, if you suddenly speak Mandarin that is not standard, others may think it is a bit confusing. Not used to it. There is such a news: When the president of ××× company held a meeting, only 20 people in the audience could barely understand it. At that time, it was because the president's Mandarin was not standard, but he had to speak it, which led to such a joke. Of course, this caused a commotion in the press. After that, the CEO never spoke Mandarin, and he even hired a "translator" for this reason. How pitiful! How sad! Dare to face the ridicule of others is the second obstacle. To break through it, your courage needs to be doubled. Don’t be afraid of people’s words. If you do this, Mandarin is half the battle. Otherwise, just like that CEO...

In addition to having courage, you also need to pay attention to a little strategy. For example, give yourself a strict limit day, within which you will not speak or try not to speak your hometown dialect (i.e. dialect), or change your geographical location, for example, if you transfer (promote) from this school to another school; or You leave your hometown to work in other places; apply for a job in a certain company; go on a business trip... In this way, in an unfamiliar environment, when you practice Mandarin, others will not know the difference between what you are speaking now and your hometown dialect, and of course they will not Produces sarcasm and displeasure. At this time, you can even sing your "Beijing accent".

The third is to avoid being eager for quick success. Learning Mandarin should be done step by step and not in a hurry.

It can be said that if you can really follow the above steps, your Mandarin will definitely get better and better. When the time comes, when you stand confidently on the podium, are you still worried that students will make fun of you and you will lose your job?

First of all, you need to figure out the correct pinyin of the words, that is, the pronunciation. For example, some words must distinguish between the front nasal sound and the back nasal sound, as well as nasal sounds such as "l, n", so that your Mandarin pronunciation Only standard. For this, you can listen to the recordings in the textbook and listen to the standard pronunciation. Then it’s just a matter of reading more, just reading more. Once you read more and become proficient, you’ll be fine. Some people say that they should learn pronunciation from northerners. In fact, northerners do not speak standard Mandarin, but their pronunciation is closer to Mandarin. For example, Beijing dialect is. Many people think that Beijingers speak standard Mandarin, but this is not the case. Beijingers like to use the word "er" in their speech, which is pronounced "er". But have you ever heard the standard Mandarin spoken by the host on TV with the pronunciation "er"? No, so this is not possible. But he also said that we should pay attention to CCTV's news broadcast, which is correct, because CCTV's hosts all speak standard Mandarin.

In short, there is no shortcut to speaking standard Mandarin. The only way is to listen more and read more! ! !

To learn Mandarin well, the first thing is to keep speaking it every day. This is very important. At the same time, pay attention to discovering your own problems when speaking. After discovering your own dialect problem, you need to find the correct training method. You can ask your teacher for targeted training. At the same time, you should pay attention to the pronunciation of some people who speak Mandarin every day, including listening to the radio and the classmates around you who speak Mandarin well. In addition, if you have time, you should do some reading training every day, and practice step by step in the order of ancient poetry - poetry - prose. In short, learning Mandarin is also language learning, and it can only be effective if you persevere.

Generally, as long as you persist for 3-5 months, you will receive certain results, and some people will make great progress. I wish you can practice Mandarin well!

Finally, remember to accept it~