I love this book Speak Mandarin Chinese For BeginnersThe Michel Thomas Method (8-CD Beginner's Program)Michel Thomas Method Speak Mandarin Chinese Advanced I am the author of the Michel Thomas courses to learn spoken Mandarin. Innovative approaches to language teaching is one of my passions. So I am always on the lookout for texts and resources to support me in my journey. I have used most of the Chinese grammars out there. This is far and away the best. The entire series is outstanding. Why... Read Full Story
Join Martin: The Capitals: Edinburgh. The Join Martin Project has opened my eyes to a huge number of new experiences and new places. Last year, I spent two weeks and two days in the Scottish capital city, Edinburgh. From now, until the challenge ends in March, we’re going to be featuring the capital cities of the world. Whether I’ve taken Join Martin to them or not, the capital cities of the world will be featured on this blog ready for an exciting new project coming this March from Beyond... Read Full Story
Of all the languages in the world that is most talked about on the internet and least liked is Mandarin.
It is so damn hard! It is greek to me! It is just impossible to remember how people can even remember a character let alone a stroke in the character! The ones who have been converted, perhaps I am one of them, may just brush it off as part of a journey to satisfy an intellectual passion.
I am pro-Mandarin for it’s language. Insofar as Chinese culture is concerned, there is nowhere... Read Full Story
Newspapers and other media often paint a dark picture of contemporary education. Studies that compare the knowledge of mathematics of children in different countries add little to the discussion, since many question if teaching algebra to seven-year-old kids makes any sense at all. The modern school curriculum contains a wide range of subjects and attempts to develop children's talents in all directions. From music to History, from drawing to sports, everything is there to fascinate and... Read Full Story
Today I will be introducing Annie, she is an expert language teacher, who has experience in teaching Mandarin and English. She will be writing a post in our blog once every two months, so that we can have accurate and helpful information regarding learning languages.
Also, we will be writing articles in her blog about learning spanish , if you are interested in any of these languages it will be helpful to follow these sessions.
Author: Hanifa (Annie) Cook
The pleasure is mine. I have... Read Full Story
People who already speak more than one language tend to be better at learning other languages than people who only speak one. It's often thought that people who master more than one language have a natural aptitude for languages. Rather than studying adult language learners researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago studied children who had grown up bilingual and compared them to monolingual English speakers; they did this to see whether it was bilingualism itself, rather than any... Read Full Story
Learning languages is fun and very advantageous: you will have the opportunity to communicate in another tongue and enjoy the fruits of your labour as you use your new language in your future endeavours. There are so many ways in learning languages and one method that has been proven to be effective is the method used by Languages Out There : language learners go out on the streets and learn to speak their target languages in a real setting.
Recently, Languages Out There has caught the... Read Full Story
English is one of the most learned languages in the world as a second language and it is considered to be the lingua franca of planet Earth. Many people learn English for self-improvement, for additional skills, for business and educational purposes, or just for the pleasure of learning English. Some learn English so that they will be equipped with the language whenever they decide to travel or migrate to an English-speaking country in the future. If you are interested to learn English and... Read Full Story
The official name of the language spoken in China is Mandarin (850 million speakers), which is mostly spoken in mainland China and Taiwan. Even though Mandarin is the official language, in China there are many other languages and dialects spoken, such as Wu (77 million speakers), Min (70 million speakers) and Cantonese (55 million speakers). We recommend you to start with Mandarin, since most people in China and other regions can speak this language and also because it is considered to be... Read Full Story
For many of us who have family, friends, and business contacts abroad, we communicate with most of them through the web on instant messengers. Instant messaging or chatting is one of the fastest and cheapest ways to communicate with people on the web and it is very useful especially if you need to send important information immediately. There are many instant messaging applications available for download from the internet for free and most of them have almost the same features.
Chatting is... Read Full Story
