For many people learning Chinese, learning the characters is a pretty scary thing. Learning another language with a romanised alphabet is a daunting enough task, but characters? If you're like...
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7 Tips for Drastically Improving Your Pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese
For most language learners, we learn with the primary goal of communication in mind. But how we get to the point where we can express ourselves verbally differs from person to person. I...
Learning to write by hand in Chinese has almost become a divisive topic among foreign learners. I'd say more than 50% of Mandarin students I know don't bother with writing at all. I believe the...
Learning any language is a challenge. If you're a native speaker of a European language and you've learned another European language, you might think you've got languages nailed down. The...
What’s the Difference Between Mandarin, Chinese, and Cantonese?
In the West, many people talk about learning 'Chinese' or refer to someone as a 'Chinese speaker'. In essence, 'Chinese' is an umbrella language encompassing various languages, including...
If you're a language learner at any level and have sought to speed up the learning process, you've probably seen language learning companies make the following claims: "Become FLUENT in ANY...