Got a few moments to spare between class, or during those weekly meetings? Love doing Sudoku, but wish there was something similar for practicing Chinese characters? This week the Skritter blog is all about sharing fun ways …
Breakfast Shop Diary (Part 2): The cab driver chronicle
It’s true… I love the breakfast shop across the street from my apartment. I know that from the moment I sit down for breakfast I’m no longer just another laowai hanging out in Taipei; an unknown entity living …
Breakfast Shop Diary (Part 1)
Walking out of my apartment I head for 吉美早餐 (jí měi zǎo cān), one of my neighborhood’s best breakfast shops. As I head across the street to the small corner store I begin to hear …
Learning #Chinese on @Twitter
Why wait till #FollowFriday to find great Chinese language learning resources? Why limit yourself to 140 English characters? Just think about how much you can say in Chinese with 140 characters. This week is a …
Sentence Mining: Increase Vocabulary with Context
Are you struggling to find an effective method for studying vocabulary? Are you wanting to find a study method that can help you learn vocabulary from context? If so, read on to learn more …
iOS App in Myanmar
Got another Skritter iOS app tester experience report for you, this time from Marleen De Mol. Marleen has been Skrittering like crazy and making a ton of progress; we last heard from her in the …
Language Typology: Principle Branching Directions
Continuing on from my last grammar post, I thought I would share another concept from a grammar class I’m taking in our TCSL program. This time we are looking at how Chinese fits into the …
iOS App in Australia
We’re working harder than ever to get this iOS app to you! Since our tester pool is full, while you’re waiting, we’re sharing some stories from those testers who have had a chance to take …
An Afternoon with Benny, Part 2
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet up with Benny the Irish Polyglot here in Taipei and talk about his current mission: learning Mandarin Chinese in three months (see the original article …
An (elementary) question: why do we say “我很好”?
Take a moment and think back to the first exchange that appears in just about every textbook created for second language learners of Chinese. In most cases it probably looks a little something like this: …