How to Find a Really Good Approach to Guide Your Chinese Learning
Hello, Mandarin diggers! This is Frank Geng and I hope my articles, How to Find a Really Good Chinese Teacher to Guide Your Learning and How to Find a Really…
Why Chinese Idioms Are a Waste of Time
A while back, I asked a Chinese teacher for a letter of recommendation, and received this email in response, written in English: I'll be very glad to write one for…
Peeling the Chinese Onion – Practical advice on how to approach the study of Mandarin
As a student of the Chinese language, I constantly find myself searching for metaphors to describe the learning process. Metaphors — ok, similes in this case, technically speaking — not only serve as a…
Monthly Digest of Chinese Learning – Feb 2015
There is an abundance of wonderful Chinese learning blogs and articles on the Internet. Sometimes it is just impossible to filter through every single one. Don’t you wish you had…
The Doorknob Theory of Chinese
A few years back, Nicholas Kristof wrote a New York Times column about the Peace Corps that might have gone unnoticed—as much as a Nicholas Kristof column can go unnoticed—if…
How to Find a Really Good Chinese Teacher to Guide Your Learning
Hello, Mandarin learners! This is Frank Geng again and I wish you a happy new year! In January, I wrote an article on How to find a really good Chinese…
Monthly Digest of Chinese Learning – Jan 2015
There is an abundance of wonderful Chinese learning blogs and articles on the Internet. Sometimes it is just impossible to filter through every single one. Don’t you wish you had…
How To Make Communication in Chinese Better – Taxi Phrases in China
When you first see this title you might lose interest in reading this article because you can find related phrases in every textbook. But before you close the page, let…
Periodical Quora Q&As Digest about Chinese Learning – January 2015
Do you have inquiries about learning Chinese or about Chinese culture? Here we recommend a website called Quora.com. You can learn ask any question and there will be great answer…