What's the best way to learn mandarin at home?

I'd say watch Chinese tv shows and movies- that's how I learned!

 

talk with your parents...
I was and still talking mandarin with my parents
though my mandarin still sucks, at least I can speak and understand what people say

 

practice..practice and practice whenever you have a chance....

 

i used to go to classes for my cantonese but now i use http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/ for words i'm not sure about.
they also have mini lessons there.
I usually chat 2 my parents in cantonese, when i told them i was learning mandarin, my mum started talking to me in it but her accent is just as bad as mine.
However my understanding is much better now and it's slightly easier for me to have conversations now.

 

i wanna learn too

 

easiest way to learn is using rosetta stone. second easiest way is karaokeing

 

make friend with a chinese person

 

There are some online tutorials to learn Mandarin. Just google it! Hope this helps.

 

watch Chinese TV series, try to read subtitles at first...then your Mandarin will improve...it works. it's dogged that does it

 

there is no shortcut to learn the language............ be patient.........

 

Lol! Yeah, i would say that too.. Just watch mandarin series and listen to alot off mando songs.. hehehe... Usually works.. if learnign by urself..

 

Get a Chinese tutor. Interaction is very important to learn the language. There are many different meanings to the same character.

 

what kind of work you gonna do in china? and where in china?

 

i'll try it

 

=o ..main thing is if u have friends who speak in mandarin.. say short phrases to them and keep listening to them speak mandarin (thats if they speak a lot of mandarin to their other friends) etc.. yeh tv n songs are gd.. =D so turn that tv on ! w00t.. another excuse to watch tv XD

 

a private tutor is i think the fastest way to learn mandarin but of course watching tv, listening to music would also help

 

Watch dramas/shows... if you have a basic understanding
I would recommend NOT to Jay Chou's music to learn Mandarin, as his voice/stylistically is much more muddled than what you would normally want to speak (some people would say his Mandarin is not standard... but will be good if you already know some mandarin, just not beginning)....

get college textbooks... learn bopomofo/pinyin so you can pronounce stuff...
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/ has a VERY good resource for beginning canto, and one of the best dictionaries Ive seen. The dictionary has idioms, colloqial sayings, etc. for both cantonese and mandarin, and is updated constantly.

http://compbuy.co.uk/postxf6100-0-0.html

 

hire a tutor to know the basics of pronunciation and word recognition etc. then go to karoake w/ friends. that's how i learned.

 

Thanks all !!!!

 

Listenin musiks, watching tv program and singin karakoeke that's what i did