Learning Mandarin - How I Went About It

I was asked to describe how I learned Mandarin. Here it is. Timelines: 0:38 How it all started with Chinese. 2:47 The main reason I passed British Diplomatic Advanced exams in only 10 twice as fast as others. 3:23 Materials I used for learning Chinese. 4:39 The method I used I for memorizing characters. 5:58 The best Chinese learning book I’ve ever come across. 8:08 Other books I used. 11:44 Audio materials for learning Chinese. 12:43 Unconventional way of using LingQ for studying history. 13:30 The reason I progressed in Chinese more quickly than others. Visit https://www.LingQ.com My Blog: http://blog.thelinguist.com/ My Facebook Page:   / lingosteve   My Twitter:   / lingosteve   Follow the new LingQ channel: https://goo.gl/WVnzRS Follow "Steve's Cafe" channel:    / stevekaufmann