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Before telling you about italki, which offers convenient, affordable, and personal language lessons, I would like to tell you about my on-campus learning experience.
Several years ago, I attended a Chinese class at a local community college. It was a good experience, but it was at night, far from my house, and I didn’t get the attention I wanted for speaking and listening.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, but I think it is time to start posting once more about my adventure in learning Chinese. In late 2019 I was planning on spending a month in the summer of 2020 in Guilin, China, in an immersion program. Then COVID-19 had the entire planet in its clutches, and even now, in 2021, that plan is on hold. Next year perhaps.
Cambridge’s Christine Nuttal said, “The best way to improve your knowledge of a foreign language is to go and live among its speakers. The next best way is to read extensively in it.” I couldn’t agree more! So I wanted to share some thoughts about graded readers that I’ve learned over the past several years. Read More…
Yoyo Chinese provides a lot of value for those interested in speaking Chinese. Not only are the lessons taught by Yang Yang Chang easy to follow from the perspective of an English speaker, but they are also fun and engaging.
The Yoyo Chinese blog never disappoints. This checks out this blog on how to learn the essential vocabulary for shopping in Chinese. I wish I would have had this vocabulary when I visited Xi’an in 2008, but it is never too late to start learning.