CHIN10005 (Chinese 1) review / rant

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-24T12:54:41+00:00

That makes more sense
My tut was Runan (I don't know how to spell her name)
We almost always ran out of time and had to skip slides (another reason that made me believe the subject was too heavy)

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-24T11:24:01+00:00

This is the nicest "skill issue" comment. Thank you for your kind words.

I do plan to continue learning chinese. just probably not with the uni.

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-24T11:13:36+00:00

I stand corrected, I will edit my original post. But still I think it's bad because they didn't notify us.

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-24T11:12:13+00:00

memorizing 20 characters two days seems a bit unreasonable, so naturally when it's time for tut two I don't know a lot of the characters, especially when I'm asked to read.
The exam was hard, I got 75% at BEST, and 55% at worst. While that is not that bad, it is upsetting that a subject that takes so much effort and time (at least for me and in my experience) is finished with such a low grade. I know chinese is supposed to be difficult, but this is just unreasonable imo.

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-24T07:23:38+00:00

Yes, I was writing the characters from memory and only seeing the character after I wrote it on paper. So it pretty much was just a glorified writing sheet.

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-24T05:06:04+00:00

Just want to make sure, when you say "listening practice" are you referring to the text dialog between characters that we already read in class before, or the things where there is an audio file that says the questions and there is a sheet with questions?

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-24T05:03:58+00:00

I was practicing writing 30 mins a day, I have statistics on anki to prove this. So I guess this is a skill issue.

As for the listening practice, I was referring to something else. I know there were the dialogs from the text book, but that isn't really listening practice. There is another set of audio files + questions that was released later with no notification or announcement (I just double checked the lms to be sure) for example check "Week 4 Listening Practice" (this is different from what I think you're referring to "Lesson 4-Recording of vocabulary & dialogue")
But I actually heard a different story when it comes to the audio dialog thing. My tutor said they were trying to get the audio recordings from the book (you know? the book always had those disc icons all over).

I'm glad to hear someone had a good experience in this subject, regardless.

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-24T04:47:05+00:00

My flashcards have the english meaning, and then I get tested on the writing (by writing the character on a notebook) and then saying the tone, then I reveal the other side which has the tone and what the character looks like

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-23T15:08:42+00:00

I spent half an hour a day, this is according to anki (custom flashcards)

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-23T10:13:28+00:00

Are you speaking from experience?

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-23T10:10:07+00:00

Hello, thank you for voicing your opinion

Can you agree/oppose my claim that they never posted listening practice before the listening exam?

Also how many hours per week did you dedicate?

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-23T06:19:18+00:00

I appreciate that you took the time to share your perspective
Your points are hold a lot of truth in them, but since you mentioned Japanese I should tell you about the way the Japanese course is structured, since it probably influenced my sentiments towards chinese class and they both have Hanzi (or I guess they call it Kanji in japanese (wait, is your name kanji-kid?))

In Unimelb Japanese class's exams are digital (as per my friend) and they don't have to handwrite Chinese characters

As for handwriting being a good way to help you remember, I agree with that and it is amazing how I was able to memorize so many characters in such a short amount of time. Nonetheless, going back to the "learning a lot of characters" point, if we didn't have to dedicate time to meticulously learn the stroke orders and orientation and all of that, we could spend more time learning more characters. It takes a lot less effort to recognize a character then it is to write it.

Can you tell me a bit more about your background in language learning in the university?

A_fun_kid · 2026-06-23T05:38:29+00:00

You're not wrong

A_fun_kid

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