Does anyone have advice on improving the recognition, retention, and thereby production of tones when studying Chinese?
My tones are actually not that bad, but I want them to be perfect. I am in an "advanced" class, live in China, and speak pretty fluently. But I often catch myself making a tone mistake or even forgetting one of the tones in a word, sometimes even a relatively basic word.
I imagine it is probably partly because I studied on my own a lot at first and also went through periods where I didn't study or use Chinese for a year or two at a time. For me, I find that the tones are the first thing to go if I am not completely confident with a word, even if I remember the pronunciation otherwise.
I found the app Tone Test by Laokang, which I think is pretty good and helpful. But I'd like more suggestions.
Thanks
My tones are actually not that bad, but I want them to be perfect. I am in an "advanced" class, live in China, and speak pretty fluently. But I often catch myself making a tone mistake or even forgetting one of the tones in a word, sometimes even a relatively basic word.
I imagine it is probably partly because I studied on my own a lot at first and also went through periods where I didn't study or use Chinese for a year or two at a time. For me, I find that the tones are the first thing to go if I am not completely confident with a word, even if I remember the pronunciation otherwise.
I found the app Tone Test by Laokang, which I think is pretty good and helpful. But I'd like more suggestions.
Thanks