So you’re thinking of learning to speak Chinese… and as you dive deeper, you learn that there are actually different languages of Chinese, ie dialects. So Cantonese vs Mandarin – Which should you start to learn to speak? A usual post will go into the pros and cons but I like to take a step …
This is a real easy question to answer… And all you have to do is answer ONE question – yep that’s it. Just one. WHY do you want to learn to speak Chinese? … waiting for your answer here… … If you don’t know WHY and just want to learn for the helluvit – check …
I’ve been thinking of making an entertaining video to explain why traditional chinese language classes are usually a big FAIL [leadplayer_vid id=”5064250CEDA66″] Yes, the video is made by another company who has quite a fair few marketing muscles and dollars to create this. Much better than me as a talking head to convey essentially the …
Hiring a Mandarin Tutor costs not only money but even more importantly your valuable time as well! So here are 3 ways to tell if your Chinese teacher or tutor is qualified to help you: Does your Mandarin tutor hold an official looking piece of parchment scrawled with the Bachelor/Masters Degree of Mandarin Chinese Teaching …
I help out and work part-time ocassionally in retail. Unfortunately ChinaSpeak doesn’t pay for all my bills 🙁 And one of the great things about retail is that you get to meet real people! As you probably know, I like dabbling in a lot of languages and Espanol – Spanish is one that I’m more …