Learning to Communicate in Chinese: The Dos and Don’ts Learning any language is for the majority of us about using it to communicate in a certain, or a number of capacities or situations. For example one person may wish to learn colloquial phrases to chat with a spouse’s family, whilst another may need to know how …
Learning to Communicate in the Chinese Language: The Do’s and Don’ts Read More »
When I tell people I am fluent in Chinese, they usually respond by saying that they have always wanted to learn a language, but that they are just naturally bad at languages or don’t have the “language gene.” Many of these people had a negative experience studying a language in high school or college—myself included. …
Today I learned to juggle. Not well but enough to keep three balls up in the air for a moment or two. Maybe two moments is pushing it. I’m still very much learning and expect to be doing so for some time! What has this got to do with learning a language and in particular …
What the Art of Juggling can teach us about How to Learn Chinese Read More »
What are we actually talking about when we talk about how to learn a language? We talk about how to learn a language a lot. It’s worth stepping back and asking what exactly we mean by “learning”: what is learning and how can we get better at it to achieve language goals faster. Learning is making an …
Fail Fast, Fail Often – Learning to Love your Mistakes and How to Learn a Language Read More »