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Learning Chinese

Language: New Approach to Learning Mandarin

August 19, 2009

I am pretty up-to-date on the new technology, websites, and other tools to help learn Mandarin. That was until I found Re-Learn Chinese (no longer being updated). In this blog, the author proposes a new way of learning Mandarin Chinese, and I think it is worth reading about. The author is quite good at Mandarin [...]

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Language: Learning Chinese

February 10, 2009

I am still meeting once a week with my Chinese tutor, but I have to admit that I have not been making the most of it. I was really busy with school, which means I did not have a lot of time to prepare.
There are a couple of different things I am working on, but [...]

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Link: Interesting Sinosplice Post

December 11, 2008

John from Sinosplice posted a really interesting article about tones. You can find the article here, and I will leave a short quote below:

At ACTFL 2008 one of the presentations on TCFL that I found most interesting was one called “An Alternative Way to Teach Mandarin Tones in Speaking” by Dr. Rongrong Liao of the [...]

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Language: My New Chinese Teacher or 新的中文老师

November 7, 2008

I feel as if I am starting to learn Chinese from scratch. The only difference is that my lessons are all in Chinese instead of English.
The other day I met with my new teacher, Mr. Huang (Huang Laoshi).  Since the market rate for a good tutor is pretty high in Singapore, I can only meet [...]

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Language: List of Resources for Learning Mandarin Chinese

October 24, 2008

I hope this will serve as a useful tool for those studying Chinese. Even though I am talking about my experiences in Singapore, most of the resources and strategies will help students everywhere. As of this moment, I am not taking a Chinese language course, or studying under a tutor. I don’t think I will [...]

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