Articles tagged with ‘How I learnt Chinese’
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How I learnt Chinese, part 7: Teaching, writing, learning
What’s it like to study Chinese when you’ve already reached the goals you had when you started out? How can you keep on learning when you’re no longer studying the language? And is there such a thing as being done with Chinese?
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How I learnt Chinese, part 6: Graduate program in Taiwan
I’ve spent two years in a master’s program for teaching Chinese as a second language, designed for native speakers and taught in Chinese. Here’s what I learnt from the experience!
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How I learnt Chinese, part 5: Returning to Sweden
In this fifth part of the story of how I learnt Chinese I write about the two years I spent in Sweden after returning from Taiwan. I learnt on my own, through online course and by hanging out with exchange students.
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How I learnt Chinese, part 4: My second year in Taiwan
This post covers my third year of learning Chinese, which was spent at NTNU in Taipei and at Wenzao in Gaoxiong. I round off with important lessons I learnt about learning Mandarin during this time.
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How I learnt Chinese, part 3: My first year in Taiwan
My second year of learning Chinese was largely spent in Taiwan, where I learnt a lot, despite not always using the best approach.
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How I learnt Chinese, part 2: Learning Mandarin in Sweden
My first year of learning Chinese was spent in an intensive but conventional university environment in Sweden. While I learnt a lot, many things were also left out!
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How I learnt Chinese, part 1: Where it all started
This is the first part in a series of articles about how I learnt Chinese. It covers the very beginning, why I became interested in learning Chinese and how that transformed into an opportunity to actually learn.
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