‘Survive in Chinese’ Review
Today I will write a review of the ‘Survive in Chinese’ videos on FluentinMandarin. The website comes from the very admirable vision of 25 year old Chris parker to “share…
A Review of Lang-8 for Chinese Writing
Opening / Introduction With so much innovation taking place in language learning, it can sometimes be difficult to pick the best tools to match your learning level, goals and preferences…
Studying Mandarin Chinese: Flashcards Everywhere!
Flashcards are crucial for learning languages. I would say, for learning Mandarin Chinese, they are tremendously vital. If you want (or need) to memorize hanzi, you should surround yourself with…
Travel to China and Learn Mandarin with the Brazilian Game – “Mandarin Journey”
As a Mandarin student in Brazil, it is very difficult to find decent apps and books to supplement the content I learn in class. The few supplement materials I find…
20 Questions to Get You from Zero Chinese to Basic Fluency (Part 4)
Part 1: Questions 1 ~ 5 Part 2: Questions 6 ~ 10 Part 3: Question 11 ~ 15 Part 4: Question 16 ~ 20 #16: How to ask How are…
Chinese Textbook Reviews – Learning Chinese Characters
A year into my Mandarin studies it is becoming harder and harder to remember what each character means and how to pronounce it. The only method that has proven effective…
20 Questions to Get You from Zero Chinese to Basic Fluency (Part 3)
Part 1: Questions 1 ~ 5 Part 2: Questions 6 ~ 10 Part 3: Question 11 ~ 15 Part 4: Question 16 ~ 20 #11: How to ask do you…
Using Pleco as Your Guide to Daily Life in China
The Pleco app serves as a dictionary for the Chinese learner allowing them to search by pinyin, or by radical. While the dictionary part of the app is free, it…
Learning about Chinese Culture “Off the Great Wall”
If you really want to master a language, you should not ignore the spectacular culture associated with it. If you are interested in Chinese and the Chinese culture, you should…