Becoming fluent in Chinese: May Goal Check-In
Another month have gone by and it’s time to take a look what I did during May. Now my final exams are getting closer and I have noticed that taking 5 selective courses wasn’t really that smart of a decision.…
Mandarin Monday: 要坚持才能成功
This Chinese essay I wrote last week during our 45 minutes class. That’s never enough time for me to write a longer essay and my teacher always likes to point that out, my essays are way too short! Click the…
Mandarin Monday: My contribution to Chinese essay competition
Every semester Sun Yat-Sen University has an essay competition for us foreign students. Last year I came second among us advanced students and this year I participated too. The results aren’t out yet, but I’m not too hopeful. There were…
Sara’s Mandarin Monday: Watch out these mistakes in your Chinese essays
While writing Chinese blog posts here and studying teaching Chinese at university, I’ve learned a lot about writing Chinese essays. This Monday I decide to share all my mistakes with you so you don’t have to do the same mistakes…