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    September 2018

    Chinese is the group of languages the Chinese people speak, that includes Mandarin, Cantonese Shanghainese and other regional dialects. Mandarin is the language most Chinese people speak. People from Mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore all speak Mandarin while people from Hong Kong and the Guangdong Province in China speak Cantonese. Since the majority of Chinese people speak Mandarin, when you hear people talk about Chinese it usually refers to Mandarin Chinese. Many find Chinese difficult to learn, but is that really the case? That is a matter of opinion but some experts

    Everyone loves listening to music and surely, have favourite musicians. But, did you know that it helps in learning a language too? It is an excellent way to enhance your passive knowledge of the language like listening comprehension or recognising patterns & pronunciation of any language. However, with music, you can turn your passive knowledge into active language skills. Here are some of the tips to do that: Select a mainstream radio station and start following it Try to choose a station where they talk and also play music in different languages. Radio stations

    You might be asking what is a “tone”? How does it tie in with Chine language characters? While there are certain tones in other languages, including English, Chinese is even more tonal. This means that while tones in English stress a word to change the overall meaning of a sentence, in Chinese, changing the tone could mean something else. Chinese has four tones, starting from a long, high pitch (1), moving to an increasing pitch (2), doing a complete U by lowering a pitch at first and then increasing it again

    Being bilingual or even trilingual is one of the most useful and admired skill in the world currently. Being proficient in multiple languages, be it for conversational or written purposes, allows you to communicate effectively with people from different cultures in many different countries. If you are thinking of learning a language and you’re interested in signing up for classes such as the Chinese language courses, then these tips will help you in learning a language effectively so you can be proficient in no time. Most languages that you’ll be interested in