Except for the threats, the sirens and the guys with guns … last night was amazing for my memory.
First, April got invited to make dumplings to celebrate the last day of Autumn and the first day of Winter on the Chinese calendar.
I love the Magnetic Memory Method because I was able to remember those words in Chinese …
秋天 qiūtiān (Autumn)
冬天 dōngtiān (Winter)
Crazy thing is … I'd only heard them once in my life and used an impromptu Memory Palace to memorize them.
Months later …
They Were All Still Intact!
As was this song that took really just a few minutes to memorize:
Sure, I had a bit of a pronunciation problem here and there, but that's easily solved by developing muscle memory. It's understandable that words you don't use for months that you only heard once don't exactly snap into place.
But what a GREAT feeling to be able to remember them! And all by doing something I really love:
Using my memory.
After that, we were shooting video and getting into more of the particulars about how all this works.
We Got Lost!
We wound up getting a bit lost and keeping warm inside the bank machine area of a building.
And that's when the threats and guns appeared.
Turns out, that a guy didn't like me having the camera on while April was teaching me how to say, "I'm lost" in Chinese.
Good thing the Magnetic Memory Method teaches relaxation as part of the memory technique …
You certainly need to be calm when a stranger starts telling you what you can and cannot do.
It's hard managing your defensive instincts and memory at the same time.
(You'll laugh when you see my reaction in the video and the guns that were there to keep us safe all along).
So yes, April and I survived.
Perfect Recall … Even Under Duress
And the coolest thing is that I was still able to memorize "I am lost" in Chinese.
I can still remember exactly how to say it this morning.
Not to mention a couple of other words and phrases.
Like, "Smells good!"
And "garbage can."
Instantly Memorized!
No sweat.
No tears.
No index cards.
No software.
But as I was editing the video this morning … it occurred to me that not everyone learning Chinese has access to native speakers.
And in the video I was talking about some solutions. They're all part of The Big Five of Language Learning.
But then I remembered something really special I've been following for awhile.
It's a website called MandarinHQ.
And when they released a course on real spoken Chinese, I jumped at the chance yesterday to grab access to it.
It's called The Real Spoken Chinese Vault.
Yes, I laid down some cash even though I have a Chinese native speaker in my family.
Why?
Partly because I like to support awesome people out on the Internet who do good work.
But also because I do memory research.
Lots of it.
And I also want to support because what I'm about to tell you helps solve a huge problem for people learning Chinese.
It's the "Can you please repeat that?" problem.
Chinese Native Speakers On Demand
Imagine having a video course where you get access to vocabulary and short phrases that lets you …
Instantly click a button …
… and then instantly hear that phrase again.
That would be cool, wouldn't it?
Well, The Real Spoken Chinese Vault isn't just about audio.
You Can Hear Them And See Them
The Real Spoken Chinese Vault also has video.
And you get strategically placed buttons so that
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
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