Taiwan is the best place in the world to learn Mandarin Chinese! Not everyone comes to Taiwan to travel or become an English teacher. People are starting to realize that Taiwan is one of the best places in the world to study Mandarin Chinese. Click here to read a brief introduction about studying Mandarin in Taiwan! […]
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Information About Studying in Taiwan The most common question Taiwanese people ask when you tell them you are studying in Taiwan is, ironically, “why didn’t you go to mainland China?” Taiwan still sees itself as the youngest of the Asian siblings, dwarfed by the economy of Japan, the hi-tech futuretopia of South Korea, the tremendous […]
Studying Mandarin in Taiwan
The study of Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language is no doubt picking up speed. As China’s economic growth and innovative businesses saturate the Western news media, the appeal for taking the heady dive into the study of the language is growing quickly. Studying Mandarin in Taiwan – The Basics Before discussing the particularities about […]
Learning Chinese in Taiwan
The best place for learning Chinese in Taiwan is the Taipei Language Institute (TLI) in Taichung City! I have studied Mandarin Chinese at many language centers in Taiwan during the past 10 years, and my favorite one is without question the Taipei Language Institute in Taichung. Learning Chinese in Taiwan can either be an awful […]
11 Reasons Why You Should Study Chinese
With well more than a billion speakers around the world, Chinese language, also known as Mandarin, is the most widely spoken language on earth. As China has grown in power over the past several decades, there has been a big push worldwide for foreigners to study Chinese. Chinese classes have cropped up in colleges and […]
Choosing the Right Mandarin Language Program
Ask yourself some questions and find the Mandarin language program that’s right for you! So you have decided that you want to learn Chinese. Now comes the difficult task of choosing the right Mandarin language program for yourself. There are so many considerations when it comes to picking a foreign language course, and the huge […]
What to Expect from a Mandarin Language Class
Enrolling in a Mandarin language class for the first time can be a daunting task. Questions swirl through your mind, such as, “Will I be good at learning Chinese?” and “What if I make a fool of myself in front of my classmates?” You might be worried that the Mandarin language will be too difficult […]
Read Mandarin Language the Easy Way!
What is Pinyin? For most new Mandarin students in Mandarin language classes, the most daunting aspect of the Chinese language is the written system. Since Chinese relies on a set of ideographic characters, rather than an alphabet system, it literally takes years to learn every Mandarin character you would need to recognise just to read […]
Learning Chinese in Taiwan
The best place for learning Chinese in Taiwan is the Taipei Language Institute (TLI) in Taichung City! I have studied Mandarin Chinese at many language centers in Taiwan during the past 10 years, and my favorite one is without question the Taipei Language Institute in Taichung. Learning Chinese in Taiwan can either be an awful experience or an […]
Facts About Mandarin Chinese
Learning Mandarin Chinese is a very trendy thing to do these days. It’s also one of the hottest topics on the internet. How do I know this? Well, in order to build this website, I use a tool that tells me what are the most popular queries on Google and Yahoo. Every day, thousands of people […]
What’s So Difficult About the Chinese Language?
Is Mandarin Chinese the most difficult language in the world? I have been speaking Mandarin Chinese for ten years now, and people still ask me this question all the time: Is Chinese difficult to learn? Chinese language is generally considered to be one of the most difficult in the world to learn. Most people that […]
Thinking about enrolling into a Chinese course?
Think twice! Maybe Mandarin is not for you. Article by Megan Eaves, Contributor Chinese language has become such a popular thing to study over the past few years, primarily because of China’s growing economic importance on the world scale. But the economy is not necessarily the best reason to learn a new language, nor is it […]