March 7th, 2009 | by brian | published in chinese language, learning Chinese
We’ve been pretty quiet on the blogging front for a while, but we’ve been working really hard on creating new programs and courses to help you learn how to speak Chinese.
We’ve restructured our Conversational Chinese program into 6 levels that will take you systematically from zero to speaking like a local. We don’t like wasting [...]
February 26th, 2008 | by chris | published in chinese language, learning Chinese
Classes for our offline school, 1on1 Mandarin, and GuavaTalk are really starting to gear up now with students in Beijing returning from their New Year’s holiday, which is great, but our teachers are still finding time to create some more helpful survival Chinese videos. Check them out in the below links on youtube:
1. Learn [...]
February 24th, 2008 | by chris | published in company, learning Chinese
We haven’t created a good demo video yet for Mandarin 2.0 in the online environment, but because spring orientation day is happening tomorrow for our offline school, 1on1 Mandarin, we put together a fun little video to show our new students how they can request any topic they want at any time during their classes [...]
February 21st, 2008 | by chris | published in chinese language, company, learning Chinese
I used to be a management consultant, so I used to create Powerpoint slides every day, and I once thought the only tangible skill I had was creating slide presentations! That might not seem like a great skill to have, but I will argue that Powerpoint is a powerful tool for communication when used [...]
February 19th, 2008 | by chris | published in company, learning Chinese
Several of our online students are currently using Mandarin 2.0, which is our unique communicative methodology for teaching Mandarin conversation. We love it because we have created a methodology based on modern 2nd Language acquisition theory, which gives students a safe environment to advance rapidly in speaking and listening, in the areas and subjects [...]
February 19th, 2008 | by chris | published in company, learning Chinese
At least 5 people emailed me recently about this article in the New York Times about learning languages online. Funny thing is that my twin brother, Mike, is a New York Times reporter, and that day had mentioned that he wanted to email a few editors about our company. I guess we missed out [...]
February 5th, 2008 | by chris | published in chinese language, learning Chinese
You’ll definitely need this phrase when you’re bargaining in China.
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January 29th, 2008 | by chris | published in chinese language, learning Chinese
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January 29th, 2008 | by chris | published in chinese language, learning Chinese
When you see something you want to buy in China, you’ll need to know how to say, “I want to buy it!”
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January 29th, 2008 | by chris | published in chinese language, learning Chinese
Bargaining is a way of life in China, but the first thing you need to know is how much is the item you want to buy!
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