Learning Chinese grammar doesn’t have to be daunting. Once you understand the similarities and differences between it and English, you can start to construct sentences instinctively, as well as apprec…
15/02/2021
There’s no getting around it – 2020 wasn’t a great year for travel, not to mention a terrible year in general for the whole world. But while there’s still a long way to go for things to go back to nor…
12/01/2021
Short for ‘Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi’ (汉语水平考试), the HSK is a standardised, internationally-recognised exam to test the proficiency of non-native Mandarin speakers. There are currently six different lev…
12/11/2020
It’s widely known that learning a language in its country of origin gives the best opportunity to absorb it more quickly. And while this can be true because you’re surrounded by people speaking the la…
13/06/2020
People learn Chinese for various reasons with different approaches. Based on the students I’ve taught over the years, those who have achieved high proficiency shared the same approach: they all adopte…
22/05/2020
Learning a language is easier with a teacher to set you tasks and hold you accountable. But what happens when you leave the classroom for the last time? When I decided to study for the HSK 4 exam, …
27/04/2020
