Counting the days: Reuben can’t wait for his 4th Junior Language Challenge
In today’s blog post, father and son Joseph and Reuben share with us their JLC story and how learning made... View Article
March 3, 2016 4:54 pmCategories for Mandarin
The Year of the Monkey
Happy Chinese New Year! Today is the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The period before Chinese New... View Article
February 8, 2016 2:53 pmStop thinking about it and get going!
In the spirit of ‘Linguists Anonymous’, I am Felicity Jones, 45, and I am mildly addicted to learning other languages.... View Article
January 28, 2016 3:32 pmEuroTalkers try… Chinese Mooncakes
Every year on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, millions of ethnic Chinese celebrate... View Article
September 23, 2015 7:02 pmA Language Journey
Today we’ve got a fantastic guest post from Kelly Wang – English teacher, accidental traveller, cake whisperer, dinosaur believer – on... View Article
April 9, 2015 2:08 pmHow well do you know Chinese New Year?
Happy Chinese New Year! Here’s hoping the Year of the Goat (or possibly Sheep) is a good one. See how much... View Article
February 19, 2015 5:23 pm10 reasons to visit… China
China is an amazing country, one that should be on every traveler’s must visit list. Few countries possess the wide... View Article
February 9, 2015 10:00 amA language learning love story
Why learn a language this new year? Well, for one thing, you never know where it might take you. Meet... View Article
January 13, 2015 4:54 pmJust how bad was Mark Zuckerberg’s Mandarin anyway?
A couple of weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg shocked the world by taking part in a 30-minute Q&A session in Mandarin Chinese. And... View Article
November 5, 2014 10:56 amWhy learn Chinese Chengyu?
Today’s guest post is by Joe Paterson, a student at Keats School in China. Joe explains Chinese chengyu, which are absolutely... View Article
October 23, 2014 10:24 am