I begin preparations for HSK exam but I am a beginner in Mandarin where do I start in self study for this?
The thing is I also wanted to apply for a scholarship that requires a band 6 HSK grade. is it possible to be at this level in less than 3 years? thanks for your answers guys 呵呵

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I begin preparations for HSK exam but I am a beginner in Mandarin where do I start in self study for this?
The thing is I also wanted to apply for a scholarship that requires a band 6 HSK grade. is it possible to be at this level in less than 3 years? thanks for your answers guys 呵呵

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There is plenty of HSK study material on the market.

This book has a very nice way to teach the 800 HSK Level A characters:

http://www.amazon.com/Tuttle-Learning-Chinese-Characters-Revolutionary/dp/080483816X

PS: My personal opinion is that the HSK is pretty useless. If you want to learn read then just start learn reading with easy to read book rather then a dry boring character set.

Note to Marty: I think the idea of HSK is to learn the characters. If you just the HSK Pinyin then it doesn't really make sense. I personally find the approach that includes learning characters better because you have one more 'thing' to visualize a Chinese word and fight the 'forgetting' problem that is typical for Mandarin coz of its homophonic nature.

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i suggest you start with chinese pin yin,it is the most useful way to a beginner. English speakers can start pronouncing the Chinese characters quickly and easily.

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oh, u are a student ,u come china for learnning...great.  
 i am astudent too,^_^
give u 加油！ holp i can help u with your chinese

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Go here:
http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php?page=Chinese

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