Articles for helping kids learn about china culture

Now that you’ve decided to take up  Chinese studying  I’m sure you’ve encountered this: “Woah so brave, such a difficult language, you know I’d love to speak another language, but…” Good motivation am I right… This kind of response can put off most learners before they even start. But still you’ve decided to take the plunge and start learning Chinese. Only to discover there is so much information out there! We call this information overload. There’s so much ‘advice’ online for the best apps, the best language, the best way to learn a new language that you might not even know where to start! That’s why we’ve taken the opportunity to spend today’s article focusing on the most frequently asked questions in regards to Chinese learning. If you’ve been keeping up with our blog you will have noticed that we have already written extensively on these topics. To save you from having to read so many articles, we’ve consolidated it all into one. But don’t worry, we’ve linked it to our oth

Since this is a big question we need to break it down into smaller bite sizes. If you’ve gotten this far you probably realize that learning a second language is never easy and to be successful it requires perseverance, lots of time, and helpful Chinese language resources . This is not to put you off it’s just to remind you that learning a new language is as much about hard work as your mindset, but we will talk about this a bit more later on. For now, here are some basic steps to help you to learn Chinese. Step 1: Learn Chinese with Determination and Persistence The first step on how to learn Chinese, actually begins with you asking yourself a very important but big question that you may be reluctant to ask yourself: is this language the right fit for me? Learning a new language can be difficult, but this is especially true for Chinese, there’s a reason why it’s often found on the list of hardest worldwide languages to learn! Learning Chinese is not for everybody, it takes as mu

But pinyin isn’t the Roman alphabet specifically, it’s something else entirely. So what’s the difference between pinyin and the Roman alphabet? How to learn Chinese? Specifically, why do we need to learn pinyin? To those without any knowledge of the Chinese language, Pinyin can lead to a lot of errors and look very confusing. For those of you that also speak a Latin based language like Italian or Portuguese it may look familiar because of the accent marks. But don’t let that fool you into thinking you’ve got the grasps on it. In Chinese language there are many word combinations that can’t be found in most Western languages.  On top of that although it’s using a Roman alphabet base the letters do not have the same sound, an X doesn’t sound like an X in Chinese! If you don’t believe me why not get a translator out and type ‘Thanks’ and listen, the X sound turns into a Q. Because of this when learning Chinese using pinyin your very first step should be to learn how to read the alphab