I cannot say I have always wanted to learn Chinese. Heck, as a Texan I have barely mastered the English language. I have to say though, after hearing about this program, it did peak my interest a little more. The program in question is Chinese Practice.

After setting it all up, it works like a flash card program. You are given a word in English, then in Chinese, and then it shows you how the word would look written in Chinese. Skip through words, hit play each time, and you will know at least as much Chinese as I do.

Now I’m not sure where the technology aspect of this is, but it is always nice to expand yourself culturally when you can. The author of the program is quick to note that this program will not teach you Chinese, it is only meant as a helping hand with your studies:

Chinese Practice will not teach you Chinese, it’s meant to accompany your study at a school. When you come home from class, create new lesson and write down new words and phrases. First practise the last lesson, then open couple of most recent lessons, from time to time open and practise all lessons. Use different modes – let the program display only Chinese terms while you translate into your language or vice versa, or just hear the computer read the terms and repeat it. Highly recommended thing to do is to print out list of Chinese phrases, carry it with you and try to read it every time you have a free minute.

So check it out, and let me know how much Chinese you learn!

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