Learn Practical Chinese From Movies – Video Course Review
As a language learner, you may be often given advice to watch movies in your target language. We will go over good and bad of watching movies in Chinese. Watching…
Monthly Digest of Chinese Learning – October 2014
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…
11 Crucial Chinese Phrases You Must Know Before You Travel to China
Traveling to a new country can be difficult if the native language isn't your own. Especially in China, where everyone speaks Chinese and do not have much interaction with English…
Anki – Best Way To Increase Chinese Vocabulary
Okay, so you're getting there with the pronunciation, the tones still give you a headache (maybe they always will!?) and you're getting to grips with the grammar. So far, so…
5 Popular Songs To Learn Chinese
Learning a foreign language sometimes devolves into memorizing new words and reciting textbook passages. However, it does not always have to be the case. Learning Chinese through songs is a…
Supercharge Your Learning with These 15 Mandarin Chinese Podcasts
Podcasts have become increasingly popular over the past decade, and they cover a wide range of topics, including language learning. Have you ever thought about using podcasts to learn Chinese?…
How To Use The Structural Particle “地” In Chinese Grammar
The Structural Particle 地 contains 土 (tǔ) and 也 (yě) and acts like the -ly suffix in English. It changes adjectives into adverbs by going at the end of them.…
Monthly Digest of Chinese Learning – August 2014
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 Importance of Learning Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation
So, you've started the long interesting path called 'learning Mandarin Chinese', but what should you learn first? Characters and how to write them? Or would spoken Mandarin serve better? Really,…