We’re always pushing news as a great way to learn Chinese and see how the words you’re learning are actually used by native speakers, and the Taiwanese newspaper The Liberty Times seems to be feel the same way about English. … Continue reading
If you’ve already read Rebooting America, then you’ll know it’s a collection of thought provoking essays written by many forward thinking writers. If you haven’t read it then you’re in luck, as it’s licenced under creative commons you can download … Continue reading
There really isn’t an excuse… try one. Give one reason why you can’t read more Chinese today and improve your Chinese reading and comprehension ability. There really isn’t a reasonable excuse, unless of course your house has burnt down, and … Continue reading
In addition to with watching Chinese language movies and television programmes to improve your listening ability, you should also be listening to music. Listening to music is particularly useful for learning and and retaining new words, since if you like … Continue reading
Want to know more about contemporary Chinese writers? Well, you’re in luck. MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has recently launched a collaborative website project that aims to showcase the best of Chinese, Taiwanese, nay the whole Chinese diaspora. The … Continue reading
Reading Chinese online is a great way to practice your reading and comprehension, but nothing is more daunting than arriving at a web page only to be greeted by a wall of Chinese characters. Here is a list of some … Continue reading
Over the last few weeks we have been looking at what words are useful for reading Chinese news about technology and also hacking. We got some great feedback about these posts and will be continuing that series, though in addition … Continue reading
As we’ve mentioned in the past, one of the most common benchmarks of language ability is being able to read and understand news. So over the next few weeks we’ll look at all the major news categories and pick out … Continue reading
Don’t check the dictionary on your first read-through of a text. This is something that is extremely difficult to achieve, and mainly because when learning Chinese it’s not easy to find out the pronunciation of a word without looking it … Continue reading
In light of the recent Russian bombings, and attacks on the American Embassy in Pakistan you may well find yourself staring at a Chinese news article about similar attacks and wondering what certain words mean. Here is an outline of … Continue reading
