What's the best way to learn Mandarin Chinese? Any internet courses?
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Move to China.  Find a small college in a small city where nobody speaks your language.  When the plumbing breaks, you will learn.
382415
learn chinese or carry a translator
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I am assuming you are talking about spoken languages and not programming languages.  In that case, Mandarin Chinese is the hardest to learn but the most beneficial.
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I'd have to go with everyone else and say Spanish (although, I'm hardly a business person, so I don't know how useful Mandarin would be). However, there is one language that no one else mentioned that I would really like to learn: Sign Language. Other useful languages could be French (If you live in the northeast or New Orleans area) and Italian. One of the nice things about Spanish, Italian, and French is that once you are competent with one of these languages, the other two are much easier to read because they are all Latin based.
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Try to go to China and stay there for a period of time, which I think is the best way to learn spoken Chinese. Make sure your Chinese teacher speaks standard Chinese - Mandarin or Putonghua unless you really want to learn Cantonese or other dialects.
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The easiest way that could be done is by finding yourself a friend that speaks mandarin chinese or a girl/guyfriend who does the same and try to learn chinese that way. You could also get movies in chinese that have english subtitles. You could also try and find some resources online!\nHow fast you learn a language depends on your interest and langugae learning skills!\nGood luck!
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i think your best bet is to find a newcomer so that you can teach him english and u can teach him chinese. that way you can both benefit.
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If we could figure out a way to do it, I would love to help you learn English and I would love to learn Chinese.  Many of my students parents speak Chinese only and I would like to be able to communicate with them.
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http://www.yesjapan.com/ is the best, cheapest place to learn a lot, quickly. It's almost as good as taking a real class.
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Probably the best anwer for learning a language that I've had so far is a program called Rossetta Stone. It's pretty easy to use, but it can only help you learn the language as it's taught in schools. If you can, find some Russian speakers and practice with them!
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Here's a free English-Chinese website.\nhttp://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html
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Mandarin is more practical and easier to learn for caucasians...but I strongly recommend cantonese too! mostly bcoz I SPEAK CANTONESE! lol! there're many interesting slangs and cool stuff to do in Hong Kong! :p
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Do you know how to speak basic Mandarin in the first place?\n\nWell, I've spoken, written and read Chinese for all my life (that's 17 years) so "It's about life" in Chinese is, "Zhe shi guan yu shen ming zhong de dong xi".\n\nIf you know basic hanyu pinyin, you should pronounce it this way: Zhe4 shi4 guan1 yu2 shen1 ming4 zhong1 de4 dong1 xi1.\n\nThat is all.
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Beijing Normal University is really good too because they have professors who are trained to teach Mandarin to foreign students. It might be best to find a program that operates through an American university though since it will make enrolling and other administrative issues a lot simpler.
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I teach Chinese (dreams_to_print@yahoo.com).  Become my penpal.  Polyglot.com offers native penpals.  Get CDs to hear the pronunciation; mimic.  Pimsleur is popular.  Transparent Language is better.  The United States Armed Forces Institute course is the most comprehensive and the most expensive.\n\nChinese is actually very easy.  It has no verb conjugations, no tenses, no noun declensions, no prepostions.  Words are short, usually one or two syllables.
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The fastest way of learning a language is through total immersion. The internet is a great resource but you may want to check what site or class or program you are using. There are some ripoffs out there but I would have to say go for it if you find a reliable source.
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Absolutely!  I had the same need, and I found the following website very helpful:\nhttp://www.mandarintools.com/cgi-bin/wordlook.pl\n\nNow I can talk to my chinese business contacts and friends all day long!