Distance Learning Tips – The Skills of Note-Taking
Note-taking, in its broadest sense, is done to produce a 'summary' of the text and its meaning, and therefore combines the skills of reading, listening or visualizing with the ability to write a summary. Many distance learning courses have written, spoken, audio and visual components, and you may find it useful to make notes on them.Faking good notes from text requires a thorough understanding of the text and its meaning in relation to (a) particular task(s) or question(s). In other words, you are Read more [...]
The Best Way to Learn Mandarin Chinese (Standard Chinese)
As Chinese continues to grow in importance here in the United States and around the world, many will no doubt be seeking to find a way to learn the ancient language of Chinese.More than 8,000 years old, Chinese has been for a long time the most spoken language by default due to eh more than billion plus people that reside in China. Now more than ever as China's influence grows on the world stage; Chinese will become one of the leading languages of commerce to learn. But! Learning this language is Read more [...]
Learn a Language Fast: 3 Great Ways to Improve Your Speaking Abilities
In my years of being a language instructor I have met thousands of students who have spent years learning a language but who cannot speak a lick of it. Sure, their test scores are off the charts, and they understand grammar points that even many native speakers don't fully grasp. Their lack of speaking skills can be attributed, of course, to the fact that they never actually speak out using their target language. Most make the excuse that they lack opportunities to converse with native speakers.You Read more [...]
Having Fun Learn to Speak Mandarin Yet?
If you are not yet having fun learning to speak Mandarin, then this article is for you. In this article, I am exploring some fun and effective ways to learn the language with you.Mandarin is the official dialect of China. There is numerous dialects of spoken Chinese in China. To facilitate communication across the country, Mandarin is recommended by the Chinese government as the official dialect for Chinese education system.You can't go wrong by learning Mandarin in order to communicate with the Read more [...]
Learning Chinese – 5 Myths That Make No Sense
Many people think of Chinese as some sort of a mystical, ungraspable language learning which is not too dissimilar from walking on fire. While it is true that the commonly used forms - Mandarin and Cantonese have many thousands of characters which must be mastered before you can even gain a semblance of fluency, understanding the language enough so that you may get your idea through is not that hard. Here a few of the myths surrounding learning Chinese:You need to learn 40,000 characters just to Read more [...]
Best Way to Learn Mandarin Chinese
Are you desperate to learn Chinese, but don't know where to go. Well my school has done studies on this, and our conclusion is; the easiest way to learn mandarin Chinese is online. Here are the main reasons why we have decided so.1. Price- With the traditional in-class way to learn Chinese, you may end up spending over one thousand dollars, and you may not even learn Chinese like you want! The first class that our school tried came up with a total of $1,208.76. That's outrageous. When we tried our Read more [...]
Rocket Chinese Course Review
Are you interested in learning the Chinese language using the Rocket Chinese course package? This language can be one of the greatest assets for anyone's career as it is widely used all over the world. Statistically, it is spoken by 20% of the population in the world, which consists of more than 1 billion in total. Having tried various speak Chinese courses online and offline, I have found Rocket Chinese to be one of the most effective and user friendly.1. How is the Rocket Chinese Course Broken Read more [...]
What’s the Most Popular Second Language English Speakers Choose to Learn?
A look into the language courses people are searching for online reveals some curious things.Overture provides a research tool that allows web developers to work out what people have been typing into the search engines over the last month. Being involved in language teaching, I ran a search on the 12 July 2007. This isn't scientifically well founded research, but it is interesting.Looking for what language courses people have been searching for, the top search is for English with 2,762 searches. Read more [...]