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Young children are interested in pets. They are keen on learning anything relevant to pets. I could not find right materials which are easy, fun and relate to learners, so I decided to create a book, featuring Chinese nursery rhymes / children’s poems. Little by little, I finished this book last year. I used it in my [...]
May 23rd, 2011 | Posted in General | No Comments
If you don’t understand Chinese, making orders in Chinese restaurants can be difficult. If you want to order meals in a local Chinese restaurant, that can be mission impossible. Luckily, a visual Chinese menu appeared on internet. Since its appearance, it has become really popular among foreigners.
All the characters have the basic shape of the [...]
March 4th, 2011 | Posted in Amazing China, Chinese Basic Words, Chinese culture in picture, General | No Comments
Happy new year.
May all your wishes become true!
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January 1st, 2011 | Posted in General | No Comments
Adrian Fisk travelled on a 12300km jouney through China to find how young Chinese think about life under global influence. He chose 16-30 year old Chinese people, asked them to write on a piece of paper whatever they wanted to write and then photographed them. The whole experience became a small gallery as shown below:
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December 10th, 2010 | Posted in General | No Comments
It is always a good way to learn words in new language when the word is presented together with a picture. In case of Chinese learning, knowing the order of strokes of writing the word can further help learning experience. Today I want to introduce an excellent flashcard resouce where words are categorized as Animals, [...]
October 15th, 2010 | Posted in General, Learning Chinese | No Comments
Please see the flyer. For any questions, please leave a message either to me or in the comment field. Thank you.
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September 2nd, 2010 | Posted in General | No Comments
I read an article featured in the New York Times recently and I thought it is interesting to read.
According to the article, a lot of families in USA are hiring baby sitters with a foreign language background. Why?
Parents cite different reasons for hiring baby sitters and nannies to speak a second language with [...]
August 20th, 2010 | Posted in General | 1 Comment
For many of the Chinese language learners, getting the learning materials is challenging; getting the right materials is even more challenging. This is the reason I create books and worksheets to cater to different needs. Frankly speaking, it is not easy. It requires a lot of thinking and it is time consuming. To credit own [...]
August 8th, 2010 | Posted in General | No Comments
Two little one-eyed mascots - Olympic mascot Wenlock, Paralympic mascot Mandeville - were unveiled to the world recently. Here is the story video explaining where they came from. Of course, the video is in Chinese!
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May 25th, 2010 | Posted in Cartoons in Chinese, Chinese songs, General, life-event | No Comments
In the Chinatown, the Hague, Spring Festival is always a big event. This year is of no exception. Various celebration activities will take place in the Town Hall as well as in the streets on Feb. 13. Have a close look at the agenda:
13 February [...]
February 8th, 2010 | Posted in General | No Comments