science is the end of man

Once science ends, man's history finishes, eg Greeks and Chinese.

Science was not well funded or profitable to society. So it died a way.

Science needs to be well directed to benefit man.

science

Chemistry is the key to understanding science.

law of mass of conservation.

Decomposition is breaking down .

Synthesis is adding together.

Mixture is two or more elements/compounds together.

Compound is made up of two or more elements- by heating, cooling, crystallization.

Oxygen is used for burning.

one plus

In terms of memory lists, try to add an extra word.

Always try to find new words.

Learn to read characters ( merge pinyin into the character).

Then to English word.


Examples required.

memorising chinese

There is too much emphasis on getting to the final fluent stage of Chinese.

I am urged to tie things together.

We can categorize knowledge into situations.

So we introduce yourselves. red

So we can eat.blue

What do you do in the evening.black

Where are you from ?yellow

What is the time ? green

When is your birthday ? pink

What job do you do ? purple.

We can use colour files to put knowledge into these categorises.

Learning is about association.

If we forget stuff, the link is weak.

We need to keep the link as tight as possible.

vocab,vocab,vocab

Learning chinese is about getting to the magic no of 400 words vocab.

The second part is remembering them.

pigeon mandarin

Try to fit a Mandarin word into a sentence.

eg shen me is that ?

Then build up to a full sentence.

flashcards

learning from flashcards varies.

Why ?

Can we do an experiment to find out how long it takes 1.to learn about a character 2. to retain the character?

I will try to do one from the flashcards.

I will try to attach the flashcards to objects I can see.

I will use pictures.

I will use rewards.

How many can I remember in a day ?

I need to reach 400.

I need a plan or tally to work down to this number.