Quote: (12-29-2013 04:48 AM)Suits Wrote:
Quote:Quote:Statements like these cause me to question your exact qualifications.
Unless you are planning on doing translation work, a vocabulary of 1000-1500 characters is far more than you need to read a newspaper.
I think you're being too harsh on this poster, especially in light of the relatively good information they provided. Whether the number is 1,000 or 3,000, I don't think that's really the major point. What he pointed out (and also what you did) is that there are different methods for studying Chinese, and you should do what's best for you. My "study method" follows something similar to what he suggested. It works for me and is line with my goals, and it works for how I have learned languages in the past. Others will have different goals, or learn differently, and there will be other methods that work better for them.