An amazing new method to learn Chinese
Felix’s method of breaking down characters makes Chinese manageable. I have been studying the platform Felix has created for over a year now and his method is unique and definitely worth a try. If you ever had any inclination to learn Chinese give domino a try you won’t be disappointed. Also the videos are priceless and make learning fun.
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Omg
Wish it wasn’t having to be paid for
Pretty good
The good: Felix does a good job not scaring off beginners. I think this is a good course for beginners and people without lots of language study background, but someone with significant language study background may be better served by some mixture of textbooks and online dialogue videos/a one-on-one tutor. In fact, I would say the more you have studied languages, the more you will find Domino Chinese some mix of longwinded and annoying.
The bad:
There is lots of room for improvement:
1. Occasionally get errors about "can't find my learning progress." These seem to be less common now.
2. The flashcards are annoying in that they often cover words not in the videos or are out-of-sync with the videos due to the course evolving. Additionally, equal weight is placed on obscure words as opposed to very common words. Fluency is more based on you knowing the top 500 or 1000 words completely as opposed to whichever words Felix chose to teach together in a lesson because the characters looked similar.
3. I think the coverage of grammar is good for beginners but longwinded and perhaps even confusing if you have a better background in language study.
4. Unfortunately vocabulary learning is done by related characters, so it takes a long time before you learn even basic words that you may need.
5. The course is advertised as "45 minutes a day", but some of the lessons take well over an hour when you add up the videos and quizzes.
The bad:
There is lots of room for improvement:
1. Occasionally get errors about "can't find my learning progress." These seem to be less common now.
2. The flashcards are annoying in that they often cover words not in the videos or are out-of-sync with the videos due to the course evolving. Additionally, equal weight is placed on obscure words as opposed to very common words. Fluency is more based on you knowing the top 500 or 1000 words completely as opposed to whichever words Felix chose to teach together in a lesson because the characters looked similar.
3. I think the coverage of grammar is good for beginners but longwinded and perhaps even confusing if you have a better background in language study.
4. Unfortunately vocabulary learning is done by related characters, so it takes a long time before you learn even basic words that you may need.
5. The course is advertised as "45 minutes a day", but some of the lessons take well over an hour when you add up the videos and quizzes.
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Great app
Best Chinese learning app out there! I’ve been using it for several months and not getting bored.
The best app
Better than any other language app I tried before
