What makes someone motivated to learn Chinese?
My story My own journey of learning Mandarin Chinese is perhaps not the most usual one. My parents lived in Beijing in the 1980’s for a few years when my mother was working at the Finnish Embassy there. During their last year in the Northern Capital, my mom started expecting me, therefore I can say I was in China even before I was born! My parents didn’t continue the diplomatic adventure, instead returned Finland to their hometown. I was born and lived in Finland for the first 21 years of my life. My earliest memory of being interested in China and in Chinese culture is from 5th grade when I…
Taking a big step and pursuing further study
Since 2014 September I’ve been working as a Chinese language teacher and experienced the highs and lows of teaching a foreign language as a non native speaker. First year being unsure of my own capabilities while I was still a masters degree student and not yet graduated. After graduation in 2016 I experienced the busy years of running a business and being a teacher at the same time. Trying to juggle my own lessons and managing a group of teachers. As we know that was followed by the quiet season when the pandemic hit in the early 2020. Was literally babysitting dogs to bring income and food to the table,…
