{"id":3674,"date":"2023-12-25T10:19:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T16:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atpcweb.org\/gma\/tcml\/?p=3674"},"modified":"2023-12-25T10:29:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T16:29:39","slug":"elementor-3674","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atpcweb.org\/gma\/tcml\/2023\/12\/25\/elementor-3674\/","title":{"rendered":"2023-12-01 Practice Makes Perfect &#8211; by Francis Pan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3674\" class=\"elementor elementor-3674\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf87ef8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf87ef8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d62fb33\" data-id=\"d62fb33\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58d4192 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58d4192\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.1 - 15-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2023-12-01 Practice Makes Perfect -<br>by Francis Pan<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-81de6fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"81de6fd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8320a26\" data-id=\"8320a26\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec448ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec448ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.1 - 15-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>I arrived in America in March of 1973 with very broken English. Luckily, one of my American friends generously spent his time to help me to improve my English. He told me: \u201cLearning English, like any skill, requires practice and self-discipline. Practice makes perfect.\u201d And ever since, \u201cpractice makes perfect\u201d has been my motto for improving my English.<\/p><p>Over these years, repeating that mantra has kept me on the path of getting better at speaking English each and every day.<\/p><p>Even though the languages you and I are learning are different, \u201cpractice makes perfect\u201d should also be your guiding principle for learning Mandarin.<\/p><p>Mandarin is\u00a0 a very difficult language to learn. It\u2019s not an alphabetical language, but rather a language with thousands of characters. Not only that, the language is also tonal, so how you pronounce a word can completely change its meaning.<\/p><p>Therefore, based on my experience, the more you can practice with native Mandarin speakers, the quicker you\u2019ll be able to pick the language up. Encourage those you\u2019re practicing with to correct your pronunciation , enunciation and articulation. Listen to them as they speak so you can mimic how they pronounce tones.<\/p><p>It can be easy to get frustrated when learning, so always remember your original inspiration for trying and keep on trucking. Practice makes perfect.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4631d49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4631d49\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21556fa\" data-id=\"21556fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42710e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42710e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - 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