Trying to grade my Chinese
One of my favourite blogs Confused LaoWai wrote about his Chinese proficiency according to Lingomi’s PRG scorecard for Mandarin Chinese. Looks like Neil is doing very well! Even though my Chinese isn’t quite there yet and it’s hard to rate…
Why did I come to Cantonese Guangzhou to study Mandarin Chinese?
Update from 2019: I’ve now been living in China for 9 years. I started teaching Chinese in 2014 and in 2017 I opened my own language center called Expat Chinese. We Specialize in teaching Chinese the Western way. If you…
And they forced me to leave my home
After spending my first spring in a dorm at the campus I wanted to have a real home. I rented a small apartment, meaning one room, from the nearby village and quickly started to call it home. I loved the…
My attempt to fight the negativity
During my first year in China I met and studied with lots of people suffering from culture shock. A few never got it, most of people recovered after some time and for some it was too much. With this post…