![]() ![]() Here is where the DLI Basic Course comes through. With such little time to devote to daily language studies, I need it to count! I need to be immersed in Mandarin, not English. The overwhelming majority of the FSI/DLI Standard Chinese recordings are in English whereas the DLI Basic Course recordings are almost all in Mandarin. The major difference that I have found is in the recordings. ![]() The material between the two is nearly identical until the latter half of the DLI course where it really takes off in terms of depth compared with the Standard course. ![]() Why you may ask? The DLI course is slightly more current (1989 compared with 1983) but has better quality recordings. I am, however, moving away from the FSI/DLI Standard Chinese, a Modular approach and substituting the DLI Basic Course ( available here: ). I’m still plugging away at finishing a lesson every day or two until I am finished with all 90 lessons. Well, not so much “new” goals, but I am changing my approach a little bit. So “Happy New Year” in English is “New Year Happy” in Chinese: Xīn Nián Kuài Lè! □ Kuai le (快樂) is happiness, joy, delight, or rejoicings. Xīn Nián Kuài Lè (新年快乐) everyone! Xin Nian (新年) is “New Year”. ![]()
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