Nowadays, many people are trying to learn a new language. Some of them consider it as a hobby, while others have to learn a language because it (require) by their jobs or study. As a foreigner, is really interested in Chinese culture, I like learning Chinese.
It is thought that a person needs to know at least 3, 000 Chinese characters (汉字) (understand) most Chinese newspapers. The problem for most foreigners is that knowing 3, 000 characters (sound) like an impossible task, for many of the Chinese characters look the same.
That's some people give up halfway. But I manage to learn how to write each character by (watch) videos online. Whenever I saw a character I didn't know in the street or on a menu, I would just write it down on my phone and then look it up. (slow), I've learned the characters that are common in daily life.
As for speaking, I practice talking about different (topic) in Chinese every day, effectively talking to (l) or communicating with my Chinese friends.
Learning a language is never easy, but I believe I can just use every tool on hand and take my learning step step.
