Ask HN: Learning Chinese Mandarin
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It's tonal, so speaking it correctly is quite hard for Western people. I'd say try and find someone. Without someone to talk to you'll have a very hard time pronouncing it correctly.
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One of my friends tried http://www.livemocha.com/ for a language and had a positive opinion of it.
LingQ (http://www.lingq.com/) is a service that allows you study with native speakers online.
Can anyone suggest a good method, place to start, be it DVD or online etc.