Why You STILL Can’t Speak Mandarin (And How to Fix It—FAST!)

我相信很多在看这一期视频的中文学习者,一直有一个难题。 I believe that many of the Chinese learners watching this video have always had a problem. 你学了很长一段时间的中文,但是不知道为什么,仍然连一句话都说不出来。 You have been learning Chinese for a long time, but you still don't know why you can't even say a word. 我相信你要是把这一期视频看完,你的收获会满满的。 I believe that if you watch this video, you will gain a lot. 然后你完全知道怎么解决这个难题。 Then you know exactly how to solve this problem. 各位观众朋友们大家好,我是何巍,欢迎来到我的频道。 Hello everyone, I'm He Wei, welcome to my channel. 我这个频道主要是讲学习中文,还有提高自己的效率。 My channel is mainly about learning Chinese and improving your efficiency. 你要是对这些人生议题感兴趣的话,那么首先点个赞。 If you are interested in these life issues, please give me a like. 你点个赞只需要0.25秒的时间,但是我为了拍这些视频花了多长时间。 You only need 0.25 seconds to give me a like, but how long did it take me to make these videos? 我相信可想而知。 I believe it's possible. 好,那我们就进入到正题吧。 Ok, let's get to the point. 好,那我们到底怎么解决哑巴中文这个问题呢? Ok, so how do we solve the problem of Chinese? 首先我们得了解这个问题背后的原因,为什么是这样的。 First, we need to understand the reason behind this problem. 我觉得主要是有两个原因。第一是心理问题。 I think there are two main reasons. First, it's a psychological problem. 其实你对于开口说话,练口语这件事情多多少少有点恐惧。 In fact, you are a little bit afraid of speaking and practicing the language. 然后同时你都不知道怎么克服,你可能每一次开口都会觉得非常的紧张。 And at the same time, you don't know how to overcome it. You may feel very nervous every time you speak. 甚至一直害怕自己犯错,这是第一个原因。 You may even be afraid of making mistakes. This is the first reason. 第二个原因是因为你主要是通过一堆学习方法来扩大你的被动词汇量。 The second reason is that you use a lot of learning methods to expand your passive vocabulary. 完全没有花过时间去扩大你的主动词汇量。 You didn't spend any time to expand your active vocabulary. 那么被动词汇量的意思就是那种你听得懂、看得懂的词,但是不知道怎么使用。 So passive vocabulary means that you can understand and see the words, but you don't know how to use them. 但是主动词汇就是你在用中文交流的时候能很自然、很流利地使用的单词。 But active vocabulary is a word that you can use naturally and fluently when you communicate in Chinese. 好,那我们从第一个原因入手吧。好,那我们从第一个原因入手吧。 We will start with the first reason. 我们到底怎么克服这个心理问题呢?我们到底怎么克服这个心理问题呢?我们到底怎么克服这个心理问题呢? We will see how to overcome this psychological issue. 首先,你得知道,其实犯错根本没什么,连母语者都会犯错误。 First, you need to know that there is nothing wrong with making mistakes, even mothers make mistakes. 所以你每一次练习口语的时候,你就得先说服自己说,其实我要是犯个错误, So every time you practice your vocabulary, you need to convince yourself that if you make a mistake, our systematic way of learning how to treat this kind of mistake as an opportunity to learn how to get feedback from native speakers, etc. So you have to watch the whole video I'm here to talk about the first reason The last point is that failure is the mother of success In fact, if you want to successfully learn Chinese You will make a lot of mistakes You will encounter a lot of setbacks But only if you can persist, you will succeed The second reason is that our passive vocabulary is too large Our active vocabulary is too limited So how do we transfer the passive vocabulary we learn to the active vocabulary? Here I want to introduce to you A systematic learning method I created I call it feedback loop It is divided into five steps Let's take a look at them one by one The first step is to input more You have to develop a habit of reading and listening more every day So here I want to emphasize two points The first point is that you have to be interested in the content you absorb If you are not interested in what you see or hear Then first of all, you will feel very painful to persist Second, you may learn slower The second point is that the content you see or hear should be suitable for your current level It shouldn't be too difficult and shouldn't be too simple Oh, I forgot When you read or listen You put some expressions that you are interested in You think this is a more useful expression Write it down Then we go to the second step The second step is to learn deliberately So in this step We have to add the new expressions we just collected to Anki To be honest, I have already made a lot of videos on how to learn Chinese in Anki So I won't go into detail here I suggest you go to my video list Or if you want to dig deeper You can go to my recently published e-book It's time to make Mandarin stick This book is actually about this feedback loop Then I introduced the whole learning process in great detail And what cards should you use And how to design Anki cards So if you are interested You can click on the link in the comment area or in the description Okay, we have added the new expressions we want to learn to Anki We have started reviewing The next step is output It's like this I think using Anki to learn vocabulary Will let these vocabulary root in your brain But if you want to never forget what you learned In fact, you have to use it more in your daily life I found that if I learned a certain vocabulary I can use it in daily communication after learning Then I learn very fast And basically never forget Let me give you an example I learned the word eager to succeed a while ago I first learned this word when I was chatting with my friend Secretly wrote it down And then added it to Anki Recently, because I was very anxious I have been doing experiments But the result is always not coming out So I always have a lot of opportunities to use this word And then it comes out It quickly moves from this passive vocabulary to active vocabulary So this is the advantage of output The next step is to get feedback I think we as non-speakers Will make a lot of mistakes In fact, this matter is nothing This is a very normal thing But if you keep making mistakes Then you don't even realize how many mistakes you made This is a big problem Because after a long time These mistakes are difficult to correct That is to say, it will become extremely difficult to correct Such a state So I suggest that when you practice vocabulary with friends You can ask him for feedback See if these new expressions you use are correct Is there a problem with your pronunciation? You have to make sure you are not using the wrong words Or which tone is wrong Because after a long time It may be difficult to correct this Then after you get this feedback If you make a mistake You should ask that friend for the correct expression That is a complete new sentence Also the kind that is close to what native speakers will express Okay, the last step is to transfer the feedback we got Into an Anki card You just add it to Anki So we can focus on every mistake you make And practice deliberately So you can basically make sure You won't make the same mistake again Okay, that's it for today's video I believe this video For those viewers who want to start speaking quickly It's still quite helpful If you think it's helpful Give me a thumbs up, okay? Okay, see you next time Bye bye