Hi everyone,

I was curious if using skritter helped you learn to write from memory IRL. In other words, when you're not using skritter and nowhere near any chinese texts, can you just write up a chinese sentence from thin air?

thanks!

It surely have done that for me. That is, to write the characters. To construct sentences based on the words I learn in Skritter i use other sources. Skritter is absolutely perfect for drilling writing and reading of words and characters but do not teach us grammar etc. Learning those words and characters however is super fast compared to any other source. It is actually amazing how fast you can learn new words and characters this way. It have in no time brought me to a level where I can read rather a lot of Chinese from films and newspapers. It is so fun to study now with this superb tool.

I was a little surprised, I never practiced writing characters on paper and was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to write on paper. Not only can I switch from using my finger to using a pen with no other practice handwriting, my characters are so much better formed and stroke order so much better than others in my class. Now if I could find something as good as skritter to teach me grammar I would be sorted. Hopefully as soon as I have learnt enough words they will all fall into place.

Doing a lot of skritter will definitely help you recall a lot of characters easily. The transition from using your finger (or mouse) to writing on paper is seamless.

Chinese grammar is rather simple. If you don't know how to use a particular word, I'd suggest you to look at example sentences on mdbg.net or nciku.com.

Good luck!