As a Chinese, I would say your idea is same as my thought. I don't understand why people keep deny it. Chinese language is the key we Chinese learn Math more easily. Of course we work hard, but the language itself did help a lot. Why deny it just because a westerner pointed it out?
As an English speaking person, the only way I found out about this concept was from a book I read, but it makes a lot of sense. I have a link to a similar video in the comments.
This efficiency in math vocabulary is also why Chinese children can memorize the multiplication tables by heart fairly easily up to 12×12. I myself mastered it by age 8, not uncommon among my friends who went to the same school.
I'm a Chinese,I agree with you.yeah,Chinese language is the key we Chinese learn Math more easily.But,Idon't think that's the only reason.And I don't want other people who aren't Chinese to think, oh, that's the only reason why the Chinese learn so well.In primary and secondary schools and even high schools, Chinese students are really hard and hard working.Usually high school students get up from 6 o 'clock in the morning or even 5 o 'clock in the morning, until the end of the night study at 10 o 'clock at night.I'm a senior in high school, and I think the people in the comments who don't want to admit this very much agree with me.Finally, again, I think language is the key to good math in China, and I really think TH-camr is right.There is no problem with this view.(aside: why are your subscriptions so low?I think many of your ideas are great!!）
Well, fortunately your idea is testable! That's the wonderful thing about science. All we need to do is compare the math ability of children from non-Chinese parents who grew up in China, and the math ability of people in other countries descended from Chinese immigrants with the math ability of people from other groups.
Not only mathematics but almost everything is simple in Chinese and doesn’t need much effort to know. For example a “wallet” is simply “money bag”, a foreigner is “ a person from outside China”, an airplane is “flying machine” and the list goes on. Nouns are basically descriptions and you don’t have to burst your head trying to interpret them.
@@IdeaOfTheDayCom Actually any language having preserved most of its original vocabularies is like that. In English you have to memorize the word Television, but if you are a native latin speaker, the word television can be dismantled to tele (far) and vision (seeing), just like what Chinese do
Another interesting things I want to say, when you have learned Chinese numbers, you will find a lot of amazing things, such as: behind every number you add a word "month月" and know how to pronounce, so congratulations you, you have learned the vocabulary of January to December, in another word "week," followed by the Numbers, so congratulations you, you have learned on Monday to Sunday, there are plenty of examples, so when people say it is difficult to learn Chinese, I don't think so.In Chinese 12 numbers +2 words =14, but in English you need to learn 19 words +12 numbers =31,but you learned the same amount of knowledge，so really believe me, you can learn Chinese well with only half the effort, lol
I've always been fascinated by languages. I first learned about this from a book by Malcolm Gladwell. Until then, I never realized how much a role language has in how children learn about so many things.
In China, kids start to learn counting while they learning speaking; start to learn math in day care; every kids can fluently recite the multiply table before elementary school; skilled in(98+% right) add sub in 100 when grade 1(7yrs old), because they do at least 100 questions everyday as homework.
So now, how can we incorporate this knowledge to help the ease of starting out in math? Part of kids learning, is them having fun. It being so confusing and hard, (not fun,) is likely why so many kids here struggle.
I don't think we could ever get past the language issues, but I hope that people will at least be open minded about finding new ways to reach younger people rather than thinking it's purely a genetic or even cultural issue. When English speaking toddlers are asked to add numbers higher than 10 they don't visualize it in groups of tens because the language gets in the way. It would almost be better to start by saying things like "If I have 2 puppies and 1 kitten, and I get 2 more puppies and 1 more kitten... I will have 4 puppies and 3 kittens... then transition to 2 tens and 1 plus 2 tens and 1..." etc.. and once its understood, illustrate that 4 tens and 2 is "forty two". Above all, the most important thing is to eliminate race differences and realize that there are other ways to make math relatable.
No doubt, the Chinese language helps in understanding math. If you phrase Math problem in Chinese, it is much easier to understand than phrase it in English. Chinese is a modular language. It is much easier to learn and has a very wide range than English.
Do you know why the Chinese abacus is the type of abacus most often pointed out as the ancestor of digital computer? The answer to the question may lie in the fact that the Chinese abacus has two heaven beads and five earth beads along each rod, and thus that makes the difference from other types of abaci. The Chinese abacus is commonly used for working in decimal, but it may be used as well for hexadecimal numbers. Note that when all beads along a rod are set then the sum of bead values would exactly be equal to 15 or F. Hexadecimal numerals are widely used by computer system designers and programmers because they provide a human-friendly representation of binary-coded values.
That reminds me of the Lord of the Rings. They have names for snack times... including Elevenses, and Bilbo celebrated his Eleventy First birthday (111 years old). :)
I hear a lot of smart normal people in Western saying:"I am not good in Math". You can't learn math when you already have this idea in your mind. You never hear kids over there saying that.
Yes... that's the key point. Children of Western people see numbers slightly different at a very young age and that has a direct impact on how they learn math. It's hard to un-learn that.
Absolutely. Our brains could never hold everything we've ever experienced in memory without connecting them to something we already know. We instantly recognize a cat we've never seen before and relate it to our construct of a cat... which in turn is related to all we've learned about animals. Which breaks down even further because we understand its face, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, etc... even though they don't resemble human versions. For the same reason, the sooner a child can understand what the connections are, the sooner they'll understand it. Understanding 10 digits is far easier to understand than 20 (digits plus teen words). It actually gets easier once we get to 100, because we finally use the Chinese method of saying things like five hundred. Fifteen is not intuitively connected to ten five.
100% agree with you. Exactly! those number words are basical math substrate which can't help you produce great mathematicians. Said from a mainland chinese.
You can say yi shi wu, but normally people ingore the 'one' if it's in front of 'ten'. Though we don't do the same if it's in front of 'thousand' or 'wan (ten thousand)'. Funny to think about
That's a reason but I think the biggest reason is every Chinese child also their parents can fluently remember the table of plus and time. Within 9+9 and 9*9.
If you look at study habits you will find that your average Asian student studies for more time and more effectively than your European equivalent (average). It is like training for sport, more practice makes you better.
@@ravik007ggn The Germans have been exposed to a second language through media very early on when they're kids and it's not just through child development shows but shows according to age group. I've heard many non-english natives been exposed to shows like Friends in their countries.
Strangely you are correct. Eleven and twelve were weird. Also chinese children are also taught a system that allows them to count to 99 with just their fingers on both hands. Each finger on the right hand represent one digit.. The thumb on the right hand is 5. One digit on the right left hand is 10. The thumb on the left hand is 50. It is an advantage.
Hard work always pays off in the long run, but I find it interesting that the language gives them an earlier grasp of the fundamentals. The sooner you understand numbers, the sooner you start learning more advanced math.
I totally agree with you sir. Besides the vocabulary 11 to 20, Chinese vocabulary also doesn’t have million, billion, trillion. I was confused on those too, when I was a kid starting learning English. I’m a 100% Chinese.
I was always bad at basic arithmetic, but great when dealing with abstract numbers and geometry, which is why I ended up becoming a programmer, where I deal with variables and formulas, not the actual computation.
Not only Chinese, but also Indian, Korean, Japanese, and so many other countries' kids math is much better than American. Only one reason, they are hard working.
I agree there are many countries that stress the importance of working hard in school. What I'm pointing out here is that the language does play a role in what age a child first understands certain fundamental math concepts. A child learning to count does not initially realize that twenty is two tens, or that thirteen is one ten plus 3. Chinese vocabulary is more direct, so they realize the relationships of tens sooner. Here's a video that explains it better than I do. th-cam.com/video/n7jHT7Tumcw/w-d-xo.html
The last question of many practice questions in China is the most difficult, and most of them draw on the exam questions of the college entrance examination.
It would take just as long as any other American to grasp the basics. The key here is that it's easier to learn math using the Chinese language because the language simplifies how numbers are described at an early age. Theoretically if an English speaking child was taught numbers the same way they would find it easier to learn too. If an English speaking child is asked at a young age "What is twenty one plus thirty five?" they see these as two large numbers and need to learn how to add columns to grasp it. Asking the same child the way Chinese children learn becomes "what is two ten one one plus three ten five?". Their instinct is to simple add the tens (2 + 3), then add the ones (1 + 5). They will answer "three ten six". It's like saying "what is 2 apples and 1 orange plus 3 apples and five oranges?" Here's a video that explains it better than I do. th-cam.com/video/n7jHT7Tumcw/w-d-xo.html
We use abacus for calculation before we use Arabic numerals where numbers as pieces of beads are placed in row according to digital positions very much like counter by reciting mathematical rules for all kind of calculation.
I'm definitely slow adding numbers in my head. In my case, I have horrible short term memory. It would've been easier if the numbers were written down, but I picked two random numbers off the top of my head and struggled to simply remember what they were. As you can probably tell, I don't read from a script and I don't do any edits. Funny thing, although it may look like I had some numbers pre-printed, those are just cards I use every time I shoot videos to identify each distinct episode (I normally shoot about 20 episodes in one sitting).
@@AskJoe I believe u and it happens sometimes. I like your videos keep them up, this video definitely gave me a new perspective on how I should teach my kids in the future
@@yousefm.b4260 Thanks. That is exactly why I created this video. I get a lot of comments from people talking about genetics and other influences, but I've always felt that we all have the same potential and the key to tapping into that potential is to re-think how we teach our children.
And also Binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal. Why don’t you call them as “The system of 2,8,10,16”? I really can’t understand it. There are so many similar examples. I feel so much harder when I go to an English speaking country and try to use English to learn Science! English is not a good language to express Science. That’s my thought.
The idea is good except one question: Majority of American Chinese, Australian Chinese, English Chinese, South East Asian Chinese, and Korean do not know Chinese and they have same ability in Math (average speaking).
We chinese child must learn the “Multiplication formula”, which is like “one one one, one two two…five six three ten, five seven three ten five…nine eight seven ten two,nine nine eight ten one.”
And we must learn the"chicken rabbits in one cage problem", which is like"chicken and rabbits in one cage, there are 30 heads in all, and 88 legs, so how many chickens and how many rabbits in the cage?"
Actually we say 15 is Ten Five if you use a man not Google translate they will say Ten Five instead of One Ten Five in Chinese 15 is Shi Wu its two word like in numeric 15 is two number so no One Ten Five if you add One then you just add more sound just compare which is faster to say for a beginner Fifteen（a new word for them after learn 1-10/0-9 ） One Ten Five 15/一十五（maybe used in different method） Ten Five 15/十五（maybe used in different method） Its clearly that the Ten Five is faster than other also we say 15 in Chinese Shi Wu，in faster way we can just combine Shi and Wu to Shiwu or faster Shwu（sh is also a sound in Chinese），and Chinese don't have present past tenses also no -ing，if you can understand it just rules for english and Chinese rules is better its not hard to learn Chinese，Chinese characters，learn Chinese is basically learning yourself we do not say Chinese is just a language a conversation tool for everyone ，its a way to learn things a way to express your feeling that is why Chinese peoples like different tones even its wrong or what but they just show you what is BE YOURSELF.
Whatever, it just a little bit advantage in the junior age. The world is now changed to use calculator and programming and computer. Only those in the wet market will use this kind of calculation. No exception for Chinese kids.
Ten five is a lot better than eleven, which is an unnecessary word.... just like twelve... and the rest of the teens. It only starts to make sense when we reach hundreds. "Two hundred" is easy to understand.
@@IdeaOfTheDayCom I got you. I always thought so because in China maths's been developed throughout history for daily practical use by everyone. Numbers and calculations in this way pronounced really basic syllables. We've got Nine Chapters of Arithmetic. Some common formulas are way earlier than western world.
That's the essence of my video. I get a lot of comments saying it's because of genetics. My only point is that math would be easier if was taught the way it's taught in Chinese. Jerry Liu explains it better than I do. th-cam.com/video/n7jHT7Tumcw/w-d-xo.html
You are missing the point. The point is that 22 in English is twenty two. In Chinese it's 二十二. For kids that just learned 1 to 10, "twenty" is a new word where as none of the characters in 二十二 is new. This is just one example. There is also "eleven", "twelve", and "thirteen". 十一, 十二, 十三 (eleven, twelve, thirteen in Chinese) all do not involve new characters. Not to mention the rules for 11-19 are unique (eg 15: fifteen 十五 vs. 25 twenty five 二十五 vs. 45 forty five 四十五)
isaac ng Literally, In Chinese twenty-two is "2tens and two". In English this word does not tell you that literally. What I questioned about is whether the American children is able to realize it is actually "2tens plus two" though it may take time(I believe it does not take long). My point is "realize". If the word "twenty" tells you it is "2-tens" then you do not need to "realize" its meaning.
It doesn't really get taught that way firsthand and kids do not realize it because of the vocabulary itself. When you learn to count in the Chinese language, you are already realizing that twenty is two-ten, because it's plainly spoken and written already. When you are a child learning how to count and write numbers in English and have just learned the word "twenty", not only are you unable to see two-tens since it's spoken and written differently, but you now also have the task of memorizing another word. It's not until you go through math class and see that 10+10=20, that you realize twenty is actually two-tens. In short, when you're a kid learning English, you're just thinking about trying to memorize the word "twenty", whereas in Chinese you are already getting introduced to math and getting a grasp of addition just by counting.
Actually the reason of “vocabulary” is false, the pattern of Chinese way saying numbers is similar as English way in linguistics. “15” is “shi wu”, “16” is “ shi liu”... not “one ten five”, “one ten six”. The “ Shi” repeated means 10, which is used same as “teen” repeated in English way of saying “15”, “16”... However, you pointed good guesses:))) By the way, I think the key makes Chinese students good at math is lots of practice and memorize stuff, people can’t imagine how many math questions that Chinese students keep solving every day. Chinese students learn multiplication table in elementary schools, then use it for years. These kinds of memories things probably makes Chinese students more sensitive with numbers. “ Chinese students good at math” is just a statement or we better say “result” of efforts. Have a good day.
There is no doubt that in the long run the vocabulary becomes less or a factor, but for very young English speaking children the vocabulary still slows them down. The relationship of words like eleven, twelve, twenty, etc. are not clear to young children. The same is true of how we learn fractions. When we teach using words like one quarter, one half, four fifths, or two thirds, it's not as clear as saying one of four, one of two, four of five or two of three. Here's a good video that explores this better than I do. th-cam.com/video/n7jHT7Tumcw/w-d-xo.html
This is stupid. Most people do not struggle with basic arithmetic. They struggle with higher level math such as algebra and trigonometry which is the foundation for Calculus.
江嘉彬 A classmate of mine got 93 out of 100 in advanced mathematics in engineering ( the average is in 50s and I got 43, barely above passing marks). Bet he could learn Kungfu if he wanted ( poor thing died in third year of college in a bus accident).
Ukrianian can do even much better than Chinese. Chinese just think math is more important and put more effort on learning. It’s just HARD WORKING. No other reason.
Don’t worry for those who don’t speak Chinese because math is not all about numbers and computation, if they are not just a small part of it. Math has to do with logic and imagination, which the typical Chinese education totally fails to offer. So we seldom see great mathematicians from China albeit their constant winning in math competitions.
you should clean your eyes and google the current great mathematicians ranking, dude. Indian and Chinese rule the math field. The world best mathematician is Terry Tao.
Richard Jiang I can understand being proud of the likes of Jack Ma but Terry Tao spent most of his life in America, studied there and still works over there.. How is he Chinese?
As a Chinese, I would say your idea is same as my thought. I don't understand why people keep deny it. Chinese language is the key we Chinese learn Math more easily. Of course we work hard, but the language itself did help a lot. Why deny it just because a westerner pointed it out?
As an English speaking person, the only way I found out about this concept was from a book I read, but it makes a lot of sense. I have a link to a similar video in the comments.
The numbers are written the same way though, whether in China or the United States.
This efficiency in math vocabulary is also why Chinese children can memorize the multiplication tables by heart fairly easily up to 12×12. I myself mastered it by age 8, not uncommon among my friends who went to the same school.
I'm a Chinese,I agree with you.yeah,Chinese language is the key we Chinese learn Math more easily.But,Idon't think that's the only reason.And I don't want other people who aren't Chinese to think, oh, that's the only reason why the Chinese learn so well.In primary and secondary schools and even high schools, Chinese students are really hard and hard working.Usually high school students get up from 6 o 'clock in the morning or even 5 o 'clock in the morning, until the end of the night study at 10 o 'clock at night.I'm a senior in high school, and I think the people in the comments who don't want to admit this very much agree with me.Finally, again, I think language is the key to good math in China, and I really think TH-camr is right.There is no problem with this view.(aside: why are your subscriptions so low?I think many of your ideas are great!!）
Well, fortunately your idea is testable! That's the wonderful thing about science. All we need to do is compare the math ability of children from non-Chinese parents who grew up in China, and the math ability of people in other countries descended from Chinese immigrants with the math ability of people from other groups.
Not only mathematics but almost everything is simple in Chinese and doesn’t need much effort to know. For example a “wallet” is simply “money bag”, a foreigner is “ a person from outside China”, an airplane is “flying machine” and the list goes on. Nouns are basically descriptions and you don’t have to burst your head trying to interpret them.
I recently read a short overview about the language and I was so fascinated by those kinds of words and phrases.
@@IdeaOfTheDayCom Actually any language having preserved most of its original vocabularies is like that. In English you have to memorize the word Television, but if you are a native latin speaker, the word television can be dismantled to tele (far) and vision (seeing), just like what Chinese do
yeah, eg. 外國人，外other 國country 人people, foreigner! 飛機，飛flying 機machine airplane. word to word.
@@personwithnomeans709 not the same
Another interesting things I want to say, when you have learned Chinese numbers, you will find a lot of amazing things, such as: behind every number you add a word "month月" and know how to pronounce, so congratulations you, you have learned the vocabulary of January to December, in another word "week," followed by the Numbers, so congratulations you, you have learned on Monday to Sunday, there are plenty of examples, so when people say it is difficult to learn Chinese, I don't think so.In Chinese 12 numbers +2 words =14, but in English you need to learn 19 words +12 numbers =31,but you learned the same amount of knowledge，so really believe me, you can learn Chinese well with only half the effort, lol
I've always been fascinated by languages. I first learned about this from a book by Malcolm Gladwell. Until then, I never realized how much a role language has in how children learn about so many things.
In China, kids start to learn counting while they learning speaking; start to learn math in day care; every kids can fluently recite the multiply table before elementary school; skilled in(98+% right) add sub in 100 when grade 1(7yrs old), because they do at least 100 questions everyday as homework.
Great video....keep posting. I’ve been reading Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers....I definitely want to put my daughter onto this concept
I've read all his books, including that one... great insight.
So now, how can we incorporate this knowledge to help the ease of starting out in math? Part of kids learning, is them having fun. It being so confusing and hard, (not fun,) is likely why so many kids here struggle.
I don't think we could ever get past the language issues, but I hope that people will at least be open minded about finding new ways to reach younger people rather than thinking it's purely a genetic or even cultural issue. When English speaking toddlers are asked to add numbers higher than 10 they don't visualize it in groups of tens because the language gets in the way. It would almost be better to start by saying things like "If I have 2 puppies and 1 kitten, and I get 2 more puppies and 1 more kitten... I will have 4 puppies and 3 kittens... then transition to 2 tens and 1 plus 2 tens and 1..." etc.. and once its understood, illustrate that 4 tens and 2 is "forty two". Above all, the most important thing is to eliminate race differences and realize that there are other ways to make math relatable.
The Chinese language really helps. We work hard too.
Those two sentences summarize my thoughts exactly.
No doubt, the Chinese language helps in understanding math. If you phrase Math problem in Chinese, it is much easier to understand than phrase it in English. Chinese is a modular language. It is much easier to learn and has a very wide range than English.
We don't learn two ten two for 22 in Singapore but we can understand automatically as it is linked to counting objects instead looking at the words.
Do you know why the Chinese abacus is the type of abacus most often pointed out as the ancestor of digital computer?
The answer to the question may lie in the fact that the Chinese abacus has two heaven beads and five earth beads along each rod, and thus that makes the difference from other types of abaci.
The Chinese abacus is commonly used for working in decimal, but it may be used as well for hexadecimal numbers. Note that when all beads along a rod are set then the sum of bead values would exactly be equal to 15 or F.
Hexadecimal numerals are widely used by computer system designers and programmers because they provide a human-friendly representation of binary-coded values.
I've seen videos of people doing math super fast using nothing but an abacus. It's amazing to watch them fly through numbers like that.
i used to say eleventeen ❤️
That reminds me of the Lord of the Rings. They have names for snack times... including Elevenses, and Bilbo celebrated his Eleventy First birthday (111 years old). :)
I hear a lot of smart normal people in Western saying:"I am not good in Math". You can't learn math when you already have this idea in your mind. You never hear kids over there saying that.
Yes... that's the key point. Children of Western people see numbers slightly different at a very young age and that has a direct impact on how they learn math. It's hard to un-learn that.
Using existing knowledge to explain new knowledge is the way the brain likes.
Absolutely. Our brains could never hold everything we've ever experienced in memory without connecting them to something we already know. We instantly recognize a cat we've never seen before and relate it to our construct of a cat... which in turn is related to all we've learned about animals. Which breaks down even further because we understand its face, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, etc... even though they don't resemble human versions. For the same reason, the sooner a child can understand what the connections are, the sooner they'll understand it. Understanding 10 digits is far easier to understand than 20 (digits plus teen words). It actually gets easier once we get to 100, because we finally use the Chinese method of saying things like five hundred. Fifteen is not intuitively connected to ten five.
Math is taught in English in Singapore and the country topped the world in the latest PISA scores for Math. So there, hard work is the key.
100% agree with you. Exactly! those number words are basical math substrate which can't help you produce great mathematicians. Said from a mainland chinese.
15 is actually just ten-five (Shí-wǔ), not one-ten-five, so it's even easier than you suggested.
You can say yi shi wu, but normally people ingore the 'one' if it's in front of 'ten'. Though we don't do the same if it's in front of 'thousand' or 'wan (ten thousand)'. Funny to think about
一十五，說不上錯，只是沒這個說法，但二十五，三十五⋯⋯就的確是2-ten five, 3-ten five了
@@hygog 也有壹拾伍的説法，在寫支票時也會這樣寫！
@@tung4449 呀，對對對。
That's a reason but I think the biggest reason is every Chinese child also their parents can fluently remember the table of plus and time. Within 9+9 and 9*9.
If you look at study habits you will find that your average Asian student studies for more time and more effectively than your European equivalent (average). It is like training for sport, more practice makes you better.
John Smith still doesn't explain why Germans excel at engineering or the ability to pick up a language quickly ( at least the ones I met).
True, good habbits and mentality will help
@@ravik007ggn The Germans have been exposed to a second language through media very early on when they're kids and it's not just through child development shows but shows according to age group. I've heard many non-english natives been exposed to shows like Friends in their countries.
Are you in the risky business house
Yes... Good catch. Most people never notice that.
This made me know how to think a lot more simpler and smarter such as
4 ten 1 plus 4 ten 9
Took about 5 seconds to make me know its 90
bingo.you are rignt. that is what we chinese calculate it.
In China, many students learn from 9:30 at 7:30 in the morning. That's the reason.
Strangely you are correct. Eleven and twelve were weird.
Also chinese children are also taught a system that allows them to count to 99 with just their fingers on both hands.
Each finger on the right hand represent one digit.. The thumb on the right hand is 5. One digit on the right left hand is 10. The thumb on the left hand is 50.
It is an advantage.
Also, the Chinese students have a 12 hour school day. That has to be a huge part of their success.
Hard work always pays off in the long run, but I find it interesting that the language gives them an earlier grasp of the fundamentals. The sooner you understand numbers, the sooner you start learning more advanced math.
I totally agree with you sir. Besides the vocabulary 11 to 20, Chinese vocabulary also doesn’t have million, billion, trillion. I was confused on those too, when I was a kid starting learning English. I’m a 100% Chinese.
Yeah one of the person in my class
Won first place at Olympic mathematics (we're Chinese kiddos)
I was always bad at basic arithmetic, but great when dealing with abstract numbers and geometry, which is why I ended up becoming a programmer, where I deal with variables and formulas, not the actual computation.
That is a good reason. When I learn germen, it really kills me in numbers and math. And I heard in French it is even worse.
I have to learn French almost everyday at school and yeah it’s hard the numbers you can learn them fast but the language is hard
Not only Chinese, but also Indian, Korean, Japanese, and so many other countries' kids math is much better than American. Only one reason, they are hard working.
I agree there are many countries that stress the importance of working hard in school. What I'm pointing out here is that the language does play a role in what age a child first understands certain fundamental math concepts. A child learning to count does not initially realize that twenty is two tens, or that thirteen is one ten plus 3. Chinese vocabulary is more direct, so they realize the relationships of tens sooner. Here's a video that explains it better than I do. th-cam.com/video/n7jHT7Tumcw/w-d-xo.html
The last question of many practice questions in China is the most difficult, and most of them draw on the exam questions of the college entrance examination.
what about america born chinese who do not speak chinese?
It would take just as long as any other American to grasp the basics. The key here is that it's easier to learn math using the Chinese language because the language simplifies how numbers are described at an early age. Theoretically if an English speaking child was taught numbers the same way they would find it easier to learn too. If an English speaking child is asked at a young age "What is twenty one plus thirty five?" they see these as two large numbers and need to learn how to add columns to grasp it. Asking the same child the way Chinese children learn becomes "what is two ten one one plus three ten five?". Their instinct is to simple add the tens (2 + 3), then add the ones (1 + 5). They will answer "three ten six". It's like saying "what is 2 apples and 1 orange plus 3 apples and five oranges?" Here's a video that explains it better than I do. th-cam.com/video/n7jHT7Tumcw/w-d-xo.html
personally speaking, It's a reason, but not the main, the only key to math is more exercise.
What a Genius you are ！Respect！😄
i really like your videos!
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Thanks!
Japanese and Koreans follow the same rules for numbers
haha,you are right
I wish I learned numbers this way.
I am a Chinese！I think math is hard lol
我覺得我們中國學校的數學教太難了，扼殺了許多人對數學的興趣。
乘法表有背好，心算一般不会太差，外国人好多是心算都不行的。
something more,Chinese say 15,155 as 1 ten-thousand 5 thousand 1 hundred 5 ten 5.actually it was 1,5,1,5,5
We use abacus for calculation before we use Arabic numerals where numbers as pieces of beads are placed in row according to digital positions very much like counter by reciting mathematical rules for all kind of calculation.
3:30 is 69 lol
I'm definitely slow adding numbers in my head. In my case, I have horrible short term memory. It would've been easier if the numbers were written down, but I picked two random numbers off the top of my head and struggled to simply remember what they were. As you can probably tell, I don't read from a script and I don't do any edits. Funny thing, although it may look like I had some numbers pre-printed, those are just cards I use every time I shoot videos to identify each distinct episode (I normally shoot about 20 episodes in one sitting).
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@@AskJoe I believe u and it happens sometimes. I like your videos keep them up, this video definitely gave me a new perspective on how I should teach my kids in the future
@@yousefm.b4260 Thanks. That is exactly why I created this video. I get a lot of comments from people talking about genetics and other influences, but I've always felt that we all have the same potential and the key to tapping into that potential is to re-think how we teach our children.
Because they were studying while others play video games?
China would win on the maths talent if we have one! I’m a Chinese kid and I’m smart idk why
And also Binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal. Why don’t you call them as “The system of 2,8,10,16”? I really can’t understand it. There are so many similar examples. I feel so much harder when I go to an English speaking country and try to use English to learn Science! English is not a good language to express Science. That’s my thought.
As a viet asian i would say i have really low iq on math at school ._.
The idea is good except one question:
Majority of American Chinese, Australian Chinese, English Chinese, South East Asian Chinese, and Korean do not know Chinese and they have same ability in Math (average speaking).
Foo KH but most ofq them can understand when Chinese people are talking about even they can't speak in Chinese.
We chinese child must learn the “Multiplication formula”, which is like “one one one, one two two…five six three ten, five seven three ten five…nine eight seven ten two,nine nine eight ten one.”
And we must learn the"chicken rabbits in one cage problem", which is like"chicken and rabbits in one cage, there are 30 heads in all, and 88 legs, so how many chickens and how many rabbits in the cage?"
I wonder whether American born Chinese who can't understand chinese are good at math or not.
15 - 潜意识里我们会认为是一十五，口头上就说十五。无形中就把这个数字拆分成一个十和一个五。他说的有道理。英语中的fifteen 并没有给初学者什么实质的表象暗示。
" fifteen" we can talk like 1*10^1+5*10^0 if kids read as " one five" that is base on humanity, we are human not everyone is mathematician.
Pretty much why the French is good at math and produces great mathematicians. Its all in the language
我們也不會把15唸成一五阿...
背乘法口诀时会的😂
Actually we say 15 is Ten Five if you use a man not Google translate they will say Ten Five instead of One Ten Five in Chinese 15 is Shi Wu its two word like in numeric 15 is two number so no One Ten Five if you add One then you just add more sound
just compare which is faster to say for a beginner
Fifteen（a new word for them after learn 1-10/0-9 ）
One Ten Five 15/一十五（maybe used in different method）
Ten Five 15/十五（maybe used in different method）
Its clearly that the Ten Five is faster than other also we say 15 in Chinese Shi Wu，in faster way we can just combine Shi and Wu to Shiwu or faster Shwu（sh is also a sound in Chinese），and Chinese don't have present past tenses also no -ing，if you can understand it just rules for english and Chinese rules is better its not hard to learn Chinese，Chinese characters，learn Chinese is basically learning yourself we do not say Chinese is just a language a conversation tool for everyone ，its a way to learn things a way to express your feeling that is why Chinese peoples like different tones even its wrong or what but they just show you what is BE YOURSELF.
“一十五”是存在的，在銀行記賬時用。
china,japan,korea has high IQ and study hard
French is even worse...They absolutely Complicated counting.
Whatever, it just a little bit advantage in the junior age. The world is now changed to use calculator and programming and computer. Only those in the wet market will use this kind of calculation. No exception for Chinese kids.
we dont said one ten five . just said : ten five
Ten five is a lot better than eleven, which is an unnecessary word.... just like twelve... and the rest of the teens. It only starts to make sense when we reach hundreds. "Two hundred" is easy to understand.
What a ridiculous reason, Why Chinese can do well in math just because we are more hard-working
The essence of my point is why it's faster to teach math using the Chinese method of counting, rather than the English way.
不是的，中文是单音节词，也就注定了乘法口诀表是如此的朗朗上口和便于记忆，不相信你用英语背一下乘法口诀？ 这也就是中国人能够看到单位数的乘法就迅速说出答案的原因，这样，除也就不成问题。这是中国人的先天优势，除非他不说中文
@@IdeaOfTheDayCom I got you. I always thought so because in China maths's been developed throughout history for daily practical use by everyone. Numbers and calculations in this way pronounced really basic syllables. We've got Nine Chapters of Arithmetic. Some common formulas are way earlier than western world.
That's the essence of my video. I get a lot of comments saying it's because of genetics. My only point is that math would be easier if was taught the way it's taught in Chinese. Jerry Liu explains it better than I do. th-cam.com/video/n7jHT7Tumcw/w-d-xo.html
Denny Boy I’m scared o my mom, that’s the reason
I am a Chinese in China, but are you kidding me that the American children do not realize that 22 is 2 tens plus 2?
They do, but it takes them longer to reach that understanding because the language slows them down.
You are missing the point. The point is that 22 in English is twenty two. In Chinese it's 二十二. For kids that just learned 1 to 10, "twenty" is a new word where as none of the characters in 二十二 is new. This is just one example. There is also "eleven", "twelve", and "thirteen". 十一, 十二, 十三 (eleven, twelve, thirteen in Chinese) all do not involve new characters. Not to mention the rules for 11-19 are unique (eg 15: fifteen 十五 vs. 25 twenty five 二十五 vs. 45 forty five 四十五)
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Literally, In Chinese twenty-two is "2tens and two". In English this word does not tell you that literally. What I questioned about is whether the American children is able to realize it is actually "2tens plus two" though it may take time(I believe it does not take long).
My point is "realize". If the word "twenty" tells you it is "2-tens" then you do not need to "realize" its meaning.
It doesn't really get taught that way firsthand and kids do not realize it because of the vocabulary itself. When you learn to count in the Chinese language, you are already realizing that twenty is two-ten, because it's plainly spoken and written already. When you are a child learning how to count and write numbers in English and have just learned the word "twenty", not only are you unable to see two-tens since it's spoken and written differently, but you now also have the task of memorizing another word. It's not until you go through math class and see that 10+10=20, that you realize twenty is actually two-tens.
In short, when you're a kid learning English, you're just thinking about trying to memorize the word "twenty", whereas in Chinese you are already getting introduced to math and getting a grasp of addition just by counting.
12 in Chinese is ten two
潜意识里认为是一十二，习惯口头说十二
Actually the reason of “vocabulary” is false, the pattern of Chinese way saying numbers is similar as English way in linguistics. “15” is “shi wu”, “16” is “ shi liu”... not “one ten five”, “one ten six”. The “ Shi” repeated means 10, which is used same as “teen” repeated in English way of saying “15”, “16”... However, you pointed good guesses:))) By the way, I think the key makes Chinese students good at math is lots of practice and memorize stuff, people can’t imagine how many math questions that Chinese students keep solving every day. Chinese students learn multiplication table in elementary schools, then use it for years. These kinds of memories things probably makes Chinese students more sensitive with numbers. “ Chinese students good at math” is just a statement or we better say “result” of efforts. Have a good day.
There is no doubt that in the long run the vocabulary becomes less or a factor, but for very young English speaking children the vocabulary still slows them down. The relationship of words like eleven, twelve, twenty, etc. are not clear to young children. The same is true of how we learn fractions. When we teach using words like one quarter, one half, four fifths, or two thirds, it's not as clear as saying one of four, one of two, four of five or two of three. Here's a good video that explores this better than I do. th-cam.com/video/n7jHT7Tumcw/w-d-xo.html
This is stupid. Most people do not struggle with basic arithmetic. They struggle with higher level math such as algebra and trigonometry which is the foundation for Calculus.
French is even worse lol
Haha i dont think we are better then some people in the math. Same like chinese kongfu so many people cant do it......
江嘉彬 A classmate of mine got 93 out of 100 in advanced mathematics in engineering ( the average is in 50s and I got 43, barely above passing marks). Bet he could learn Kungfu if he wanted ( poor thing died in third year of college in a bus accident).
Ukrianian can do even much better than Chinese. Chinese just think math is more important and put more effort on learning. It’s just HARD WORKING. No other reason.
Is so truth
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This is not the reason. Asian people are just obsessed with learning and work. To them play and recreation is for wealthy older adults.
maybe not obsessed. forced
Don’t worry for those who don’t speak Chinese because math is not all about numbers and computation, if they are not just a small part of it. Math has to do with logic and imagination, which the typical Chinese education totally fails to offer. So we seldom see great mathematicians from China albeit their constant winning in math competitions.
you should clean your eyes and google the current great mathematicians ranking, dude. Indian and Chinese rule the math field. The world best mathematician is Terry Tao.
Richard Jiang I can understand being proud of the likes of Jack Ma but Terry Tao spent most of his life in America, studied there and still works over there.. How is he Chinese?
Ivan I don't need imagination to use math and algorithms.
@@ravik007ggn He probably meant Chinese (as in ethnic Han Chinese) by race rather than nationality.