Article Written By: FortunPelletier
China has become one of most powerful manufacturing nations in the modern world. Many companies have moved their manufacturing operations to factories there. These business relationships have created a great demand for managers who are fluent in Chinese. To learn Chinese is not as hard as you would think. With proper lessons and practice on a regular basis, learning the language could be quite easy and not take long. For advanced learners, a month is required for speaking whole sentences and understanding sentences spoken. For normal learners, a week is required to speak an entire sentence from memory. These are only for those wanting to learn to speak the language and not to write or read it. In order to read and write the language, fluency in speaking is not required. Grammatical lessons and learning about the type of words and phrases used commonly in written form however is very important and can take time. A person of average learning speed could expect to learn the alphabet inside of a week, reading and writing it completely.Considered what is called a sinitic language, Chinese is part of a family of languages that are considered hard to tell a difference between due to dialects. A total of one fifth of the world uses Chinese in some form as a primary language spoken. Many variations exist due to tone and the area in which the language is used in.Up to 13 types of Chinese exist and this depends on certain classifications where Mandarin is the most common and Cantonese is second most common. The Standard Mandarin language is what most associate with Chinese and is spoken in Beijing and the People's Republic of China. Other areas like Singapore use it and it is also one of the 6 languages that United Nations speaks.There are many places that Chinese or Mandarin is spoken such as Indonesia, Hong Kong, Peru, Malaysia and the Philippines. Learning to speak the dialect you want will be based on the area you want to visit and what version is spoken there. Learning to read and write it will greatly depend on these same factors.To speak Chinese, most companies and many individuals offer home lessons. The most popular are those with CDs to listen and learn pronunciation accompanied by books and daily practice time for perfection. Other types of lessons exist such as private tutoring and the military also offers courses. You should decide the best way for you to learn and this will cut the amount of time needed. If you learn faster by hearing and repeating, the CDs are ideal.
This Article Has Been Published on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 and Read 121 Times