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Top 150 Chinese Vocabulary Words
If you’re reading this blog post, that means you’ve begun learning Mandarin and you want to increase your vocabulary. Congratulations! Maybe you’ve started with Duolingo or Rosetta Stone, or have enrolled in classes at a community college. No matter what program you’re doing, I’m going to assume you have a firm grasp on the basics,…
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Is Mandarin the Hardest Language to Learn?
No. It’s not. When I tell people I can speak Mandarin, they’re usually surprised, and say, “Wow! That must have been a hard language to learn!” I don’t know how to tell them that I finally settled on Mandarin because I’m lazy. I don’t know how to tell them that in all the languages I’ve…
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Should I Quit Teaching English Abroad?
“Should I quit teaching English abroad?” It’s a question all expats ask themselves at some point. From what I’ve observed, it happens when you’ve been abroad for two years, then again at three years in, then five years. I know what you’re feeling. You’re burnt out. You’re tired of the language. You’re getting apathetic at…
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