Why I decided to study Chinese with eChineseLearning

It has been my desire for a long time to be fluent in Chinese.   To get to that point, my requirements for eChineseLearning learn Chineseinstruction are:

  • to get a lot of conversational practice
  • improve my listening skills
  • to read and type Chinese.

Learning to write Chinese characters is not all that important important to me.   Furthermore, I wanted instruction that fit my schedule.   That led me to hire eChineseLearning.com.

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Welcome to Lao Wai Da Wei 老外大卫

Welcome to Lao Wai Da Wei!   I’m Dave Landis and I’ve had an interest in learning languages since high school.

It started with a German class and for some reason, I decided to also take French.  So, I had two years of each.   My German teacher was really pretty boring, but I picked up a German graded reader and picked up quite a bit one my own. Read More…

“Quiet Night”《静夜思》by Li Bai 李白

Tang Dynasty Poet Li Bai, "Quiet Night"

Chinese poet Li Bai (701-762)

I attend a weekly Chinese class every Saturday sponsored by “Cherry Tree Learning“.    Last week the teacher taught us a couple of jokes, but also introduced us to Chinese poetry.   She claimed that everyone in China knows the poem she taught us.

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