Parental Strategies in Supporting Their Children to Learn Chinese
1. What group of children are we talking about? When we talk about children learning Chinese, we must distinguish between the two groups. On the one hand, we have the…
Chinese Textbook Review – Developing Chinese (发展汉语)
The Developing Chinese (2nd edition) has been published based on the well-designed structure of the 1st edition. This series of textbooks are learning tools strategically crafted for those who want…
Fun and Interesting Ways to Help Your Child Learn Chinese
What if Chinese is not your native language? What are you going to do to help your child learn a second language? Why not learn Chinese with fun? Let’s do…
Topic-Oriented Method: The Most Efficient Way to Learn Hundreds of Chinese Characters
The Chinese language has a reputation for its complex grammar and difficult writing system, not to mention its deep culture background. Only a few brave souls go and attempt to…
Learning Through the Screen: How Chinese TV can Become Your Chinese Teacher
No matter how much I love learning Chinese, studying from a textbook can start to get boring after awhile. While the textbook’s explanations are clear, sometimes I just need to…
How to Properly Address People You Meet in China
Chinese language learners probably know the words “老师”( lǎoshī), “先生”( xiānsheng), “女士”( nǚshì) or “小姐”( xiǎojiě) because they are commonly taught in introductory courses. However, only using these honorifics won't…
13 Commonly Used Chinese Idioms With NUMBERS
In this article, we are going to explore some special Chinese idioms or figures of speech that involve numbers. Numbers can be used to express a lot of things, not…
You’ll never learn this from textbooks: The Latest Chinese Buzzwords Collection
From textbooks, you can learn proper grammar, regular words and vocabulary, as well as sentence structure. You can also learn simple and ordinary conversations and dialogue. But what you can’t…
Exploring Emphasis: Understanding the ‘是…的’ Structure in Chinese Grammar
If you’re a beginner Chinese learner looking to delve beyond the basics and start creating more dynamic sentences, look no further! In our Chinese Made Simple Level 1 Course, we…