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靈靈靈靈靈 -

thanks,
your replies are very helpful...
I've already pondered about recording my voice and native speaker voices respectively, but I'm
both (still) not sure about what kind of devices I'll need in proceeding properly and "what" to
record.
Please, don't believe I'm stupid or something, there are just so many opportunities...
thanks for your help



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imron -

All you need is a computer (which I'm guessing you have access to since you're posting here), a
microphone (cheap and easy to buy), and then software like Audacity (free as in speech and beer),
which will allow you to record your own voice.

Now just find MP3 files of Chinese people speaking, and record yourself saying the same thing. If
you use a text book that has a CD, that would be the perfect candidate, otherwise there is plenty
of source material on the net.










heifeng -

I think the book & tape (oh..maybe that's a bit old fashioned) for the advanced hsk exam spoken
section is a decent/simple reference in terms of correcting someones speaking of Chinese. The only
draw back is the tape format (but come to think of it, i've never used the tape) and it sometimes
only gives some examples about Korean and Japanese students pronounciation issues...but it
includes many exercises and passages you can read. And then I guess if someone wanted to be super
ambitious they could look at the putonghua requirements placed on teachers in China ..of course
there's an exam for that too!!!

HSK book:
isbn 7-5619-1349-4
it has a blue cover...

I just use a simple handheld tape recorder that has a pause button to record myself....And then
alternate who I want to torture to give me a breakdown on what needs improvement...










imron -

I used a handheld tape recorder for a while but eventually gave up on it for my voice recording
because with a computer you get instant rewind and fastforwarding of your recordings and you can
also easily cut/loop various segments. In addition, I found I had a lot of source material on
tapes, but only 1 tape recorder/player, making it more difficult to compare my recording to the
original as I would have to be continually swapping tapes, followed by more
rewinding/fastfowarding/searching for the right bit on the tape.

I still use the tape player to play the source material, but now only use the computer for
recording my own speech.










Gulao -

One thing I do when studying a foreign language is try to find a source that will inform me of the
ways sounds are pronounced according to linguistic descriptions. With Chinese, my teacher lent me
a book--originally intended to teach Zhuyin Fuhao--that displayed a mid-sagittal section for each
sound. Practising putting your mouth in the right shapes will help a lot.

But this only puts you halfway there. You also have to learn the allophonic shifts (the way
letters change according to the surrounding letters), and regional dialects as well. The best way
to do this is listening and practising.

Hope it helps.












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