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Learning a new language requires a carefully thought out plan, if you are going to be successful to the point of being able to manage everyday street language contact. Throwing yourself at a few books, parrot-fashion repetition of words and phrases, and limited or no contact with a native speaker of your target language are all pretty much likely to lead to failure.
There's a well-kept secret to learning a new language and that is that it has to be FUN. If it's not fun, then it is just plain hard work. So, how is "fun" created? ...By keeping human contact at the number one position in your plan, with Rocket Chinese to back it up.
Get online with your favourite social network site, find the language group of your chosen language, in this case, Chinese, and simply approach native speakers of Chinese in that language group. Ask for practice voice chatting, and if necessary to achieve the intended result, do a swap with a native Chinese speaker wanting to learn English.
Then comes the second part of the pair; working with Rocket Chinese and a good pronunciation trainer helps put your oral work efforts into perspective. There will be many things that you want to verify and delve into that you've learned in your oral work and doing it this way puts the horse in front of the cart. But it is very important to have the right "cart", with it you'll be able to strengthen the quality of your pronunciation and pick up a few grammar rules to make sense of your excellent oral work.
