Hello Ju, There are some challenges when learning Chinese: - The tones: being able to differentiate between them and pronounce them correctly. - Hanzi : The Chinese characters are difficult to master because of their big number and intricate designs. - The sentence structure : which is built up reversely in many cases in comparison with sentences in English language and many other languages as well. To overcome those obstacles you have to dedicate really time and effort concentrating on those challenges: - Listening a lot to Chinese tones and repeating the various words with different tones again and again should be part of a daily schedule if you aim to progress quickly. - Learning some new Chinese characters every other day drawing them many times , using flashcards or typing them and reading them in different sentences. To memorize them you have to keep reading them continuously. - Thinking Chinese while building sentences and getting accustomed to the different sentence structure by reading them and trying to build sentences constantly letting your tutor or native language partner correct you on a regular basis to slowly but surely grasp the method of building sentences in Chinese. 加油 :)

I agree. But leaning a language takes long time to process even a whole life. But all depends on what your aims are. Talking to native speakers usually can be a short-cut to get basic colloquial phrases but do remember you may achieve more by reading books, newspapers, etc. And on the top of that, persistence. Good luck!

I think best way is coming to China.

you'd better to talk with Chinese and be brave to talk even you make a mistake.good luck~