Learn Chinese for Business
If this is the year you've decided to fully commit yourself to learning Mandarin, I want to offer some tips on the best and most efficient ways to do so, based on many years of my own experiences...
View ArticleTomb Sweeping Day 清明节
Today is the Chinese holiday known as Tomb Sweeping Day, literally 'Clear Bright festival.' As with most Chinese celebrations, this is an ancient one with a long history stretching back over 2,500...
View ArticleLearn to Read a Chinese Newspaper
Here's a guest blog I wrote for the interesting and informative 'Learn Chinese Business' blog last week featuring practical tips on how to read Chinese newspapers. Check it out and tell me what...
View ArticleLearning Chinese: the Wonderful World of Tones
Because Chinese is a tonal language, it presents an additional challenge to native English speakers because we're not used to having to pay attention to the pitch of the sounds we make, just the...
View ArticleLearning Chinese: 影响 and 印象 - What's the Difference and How to Use Them
When I was first learning Chinese, I had a hard time distinguishing between 影响(yǐngxiǎng) and 印象(yìnxiàng). Even though the two words don't share any of the same characters, the pronunciations are...
View ArticleWhy Sounding Like an Idiot is a Good Thing (When Learning Chinese)
A guest blog of mine that was recently featured on the website Study More Chinese. Check it out and share your thoughts!...
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Should Kids Learn Chinese Online?
At Discover Mandarin, we pride ourselves on the wide range of students we teach - everyone from complete beginners to advanced learners with a high-level working vocabulary. And that range covers...
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3 Things to Look for in a Mandarin Tutor
Discover Mandarin is a business to be sure, but we are a Chinese language school first and most importantly. And any Chinese language school is only as good as the Mandarin tutors whom it employs,...
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How to Speak Chinese? Be a Kid Again!
When people find out that I speak Mandarin and run an online Chinese language school, the most common question they ask is: "How did you do it?" Followed by, "...And is it possible for me to learn how...
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Be Your Kids' Chinese Teacher - Even if You Don't Speak Chinese!
None of our elementary or middle school students' parents speak any Mandarin, but all are fully supportive of and enthusiastic about their children's efforts to learn the language. Many people...
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