I've spent a lot of time, money, and energy learning Chinese. The thing I find frustrating is that there is really not a lot of middle ground between the widely-held assumption that Chinese is really hard (what language isn't!?) and OH MY GOD YOUR CHINESE IS SO GOOD, when all you have said is an address, 谢谢, or something like that. As for the article, 真棒! But I have to disagree with one point. KTV has definitely grown on me over the years, but as a singer I can tell you that when you are singing a Mandarin song, you're not using the four tones, but rather the tone of the song (ie the melody). In many ways it's actually easier to sing Chinese than to speak it. That said, learning songs is a great way to learn any language.
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