2011年12月26日 星期一
2011年12月22日 星期四
The Importance of Learning Mandarin
Mandarin is the national language of China and Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world. More than one billion of the world's population are Chinese speakers. The Chinese population is already one fifth of the population of the world and is rapidly expanding its presence everywhere. Modern Standard Chinese is an official language of the United Nations.
Even the Nationalists in Taiwan and the Communists in People's Republic of China agree on that matter: the national language of Chinese is the Mandarin dialect. It is also known as Beijing dialect or "putonghua", literally common language. It becomes the national language "g? in Taiwan and the Chinese language in Singapore and Malaysia. In Singapore it is one of the four official languages and also use by the diasporas in Indonesia, Russia, Mongolia, Vietnam, Brunei, South Africa, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Hong Kong and Mauritius as in many western countries like the USA, UK and Canada where it is already the third spoken language after English and French. A huge Diaspora makes it hard to find a town where there is no Chinese peoples to talk to.
Learning Mandarin is more than learning a language, it enables you to explore one of the most ancient culture of the world. It can easily become a life involvement. Knowing the Chinese language will enable you to communicate better with Chinese speaking people and provide you with a better understanding of Chinese culture. By learning Mandarin you will be able to speak with more people than any other language- including English. Mandarin is comparatively spoken by fewer non-Chinese than most European languages spoken by non-natives of their respective countries. That means there is a greater demand for Chinese since fewer Westerners are able to speak it. Furtehr more, the Chinese population is rapidly expanding its online presence. It will become increasingly useful for online communication.
Mandarin is also an open door to a huge job market in all of the countries where Mandarin is the language of commerce like Mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore. Learning Chinese today can help make a better future for you. Abundant opportunities for government and business careers as well as scientific and cultural exchanges await the student of Chinese. The China market is blossoming after decades of global isolation. As China is rapidly becoming a world economic power as it opens its doors to foreign investment expands its infrastructure, those who know Chinese will be valuable to business. In the past, foreigners learn Chinese because they are interested in Chinese language and culture. Today however, one can speak and use Chinese means he has more chances of getting a higher paying job.
Many universities from countries throughout the world offer Chinese language courses nowadays. This is because Chinese was considered an increasingly important international language because of China's successful Olympic bidding and last year's entry to the World Trade Organization (WT0). At present, it is said that the Chinese universities have foreign students where the majority of them come to learn Chinese language and culture. The number of foreigners that went over to China to learn Chinese has increasede tremendously.Even British is said to have plans allocating large educationfunds to promote the learning of Chinese among its citizens, since the Chinese language is expected to become a new global language in the new millennium.
In conclusion, learning Mandarin is importannt. The increasing impact of the Chinese language worldwide has become hard to stop. Those who learn and know Mandarin will definitely benefit much from it.
Even the Nationalists in Taiwan and the Communists in People's Republic of China agree on that matter: the national language of Chinese is the Mandarin dialect. It is also known as Beijing dialect or "putonghua", literally common language. It becomes the national language "g? in Taiwan and the Chinese language in Singapore and Malaysia. In Singapore it is one of the four official languages and also use by the diasporas in Indonesia, Russia, Mongolia, Vietnam, Brunei, South Africa, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Hong Kong and Mauritius as in many western countries like the USA, UK and Canada where it is already the third spoken language after English and French. A huge Diaspora makes it hard to find a town where there is no Chinese peoples to talk to.
Learning Mandarin is more than learning a language, it enables you to explore one of the most ancient culture of the world. It can easily become a life involvement. Knowing the Chinese language will enable you to communicate better with Chinese speaking people and provide you with a better understanding of Chinese culture. By learning Mandarin you will be able to speak with more people than any other language- including English. Mandarin is comparatively spoken by fewer non-Chinese than most European languages spoken by non-natives of their respective countries. That means there is a greater demand for Chinese since fewer Westerners are able to speak it. Furtehr more, the Chinese population is rapidly expanding its online presence. It will become increasingly useful for online communication.
Mandarin is also an open door to a huge job market in all of the countries where Mandarin is the language of commerce like Mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore. Learning Chinese today can help make a better future for you. Abundant opportunities for government and business careers as well as scientific and cultural exchanges await the student of Chinese. The China market is blossoming after decades of global isolation. As China is rapidly becoming a world economic power as it opens its doors to foreign investment expands its infrastructure, those who know Chinese will be valuable to business. In the past, foreigners learn Chinese because they are interested in Chinese language and culture. Today however, one can speak and use Chinese means he has more chances of getting a higher paying job.
Many universities from countries throughout the world offer Chinese language courses nowadays. This is because Chinese was considered an increasingly important international language because of China's successful Olympic bidding and last year's entry to the World Trade Organization (WT0). At present, it is said that the Chinese universities have foreign students where the majority of them come to learn Chinese language and culture. The number of foreigners that went over to China to learn Chinese has increasede tremendously.Even British is said to have plans allocating large educationfunds to promote the learning of Chinese among its citizens, since the Chinese language is expected to become a new global language in the new millennium.
In conclusion, learning Mandarin is importannt. The increasing impact of the Chinese language worldwide has become hard to stop. Those who learn and know Mandarin will definitely benefit much from it.
2011年12月20日 星期二
Sign up for PINYIN CLASS!!!!
Class starts in Jan. 2012.
Register for the lesson by the end of Dec. 2011
If you are interested in learning Chinese with "SMART Mandarin"
pls contact KATRINA!!! ;)
hurrikat1984@gmail.com katrina Lee
Register for the lesson by the end of Dec. 2011
If you are interested in learning Chinese with "SMART Mandarin"
pls contact KATRINA!!! ;)
hurrikat1984@gmail.com katrina Lee
2011年12月19日 星期一
SMART Mandarin - Flyers
Flyers and Logo designs for SMART Mandarin~
Any suggestions please let me know, don't b a stranger~~
Katrina ;)
2011年12月14日 星期三
February Class Schedule~~ 2012!!!!!
This is the ideal class schedule in Feb.
1. Yellow colored slots – Regular Classes with different levels
2. Red colored slots – 1 on 1 class, occupied
3. Blue colored slots- optional Class, students can choose the topic they want to learn!
4. Slots with no color - you can have your one on one private class
4. Slots with no color - you can have your one on one private class
l Please check out the schedule, if u see any class schedule works with your slots, you can contact “Katrina” and sign up for the class~
l But if you have the work schedule can’t work with ours~
please let us know, then we can try to make a change for you!!!
l If we have minimum 4 people sign up for a regular class, then we will start the lesson right in the beginning of February, but the number of the students under 4, then we still need to wait for enough student to have the class~
Contact Katrina Lee :)
Mobile : 0988-909-812
Email: hurrikat1984@gmail.com
Skype: katrinali0816@gmail.com
Mon. | Tue. | Wed. | Thur. | Fri. | Sat. | Sun | |
10:30- 12:00 | Pinyin Class | Starter (A) | Pinyin Class | Starter (A) | Starter (B) | Starter (A) | |
1:00- 2:30 | |||||||
4:30- 6:00pm | Starter (A) | Starter (B) | Starter (B) | Starter (A) | Optional Class | ||
6:30- 8:00 | Starter (A) | Pinyin class | Starter (B) | Pinyin class | Starter (A) | ||
8:20- 9:50 | Starter (B) | 1 on1 occupied | Starter (A) | 1 on1 occupied | Starter (B) |
2011年12月13日 星期二
Morning pre-starter Chinese class
I interviewed an ABC student who doesn't know a word of Chinese,
She wishes to have a small group class in the mornings,
Mondays or Wednesdays r both fine with her schedule~
I will be teaching the class starts on Feb (after Chinese new year)
She wishes to have a small group class in the mornings,
Mondays or Wednesdays r both fine with her schedule~
I will be teaching the class starts on Feb (after Chinese new year)
small group class : 4-6 people~ (at least i need 4 student)⋯⋯
It's a pre-starter class,
It's a pre-starter class,
I'll teach from the very beginning
(from pinyin all the way to daily conversation and basic Chinese structure)
Pls pass the info to all your friends~
(from pinyin all the way to daily conversation and basic Chinese structure)
Pls pass the info to all your friends~
Katrina ;)
you are interested in learning chinese with uspls contact me at : hurrikat1984@hotmail.com
2011年12月11日 星期日
About TOCFL ;)
The Test Of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL) is Taiwan's national standardized test designed and developed by the National Taiwan Normal University to evaluate and certify the Chinese language proficiency of non-native speakers
----> which means it's not an international standard Chinese test and I think it's only in Taiwan. I've checked out other website to see the⋯⋯ trial test with each level.
It's TOTALLY like GEPT& TOEIC tests!!!!!
sigh.......as a native speaker, the test can not be a total legitimate test to prove one's Chinese level.
However, if you feel like a challenge, feel free to give it a try~~ ;)
http://www.sc-top.org.tw/chinese/LR2/test1.php
http://www.tw.org/tocfl/
----> which means it's not an international standard Chinese test and I think it's only in Taiwan. I've checked out other website to see the⋯⋯ trial test with each level.
It's TOTALLY like GEPT& TOEIC tests!!!!!
sigh.......as a native speaker, the test can not be a total legitimate test to prove one's Chinese level.
However, if you feel like a challenge, feel free to give it a try~~ ;)
http://www.sc-top.org.tw/chinese/LR2/test1.php
http://www.tw.org/tocfl/
2011年12月8日 星期四
Learn Chinese - Speak Chinese - BCTV - First steps to dating
經常請空你 (今天晚上) 有空嗎？(這個星期六) 你有時間嗎？⋯⋯
我想請你吃個飯。
This is traditional Chinese for reference~ :)
you can paraphrase the words in the brackets with different time expressions~~
:)jiayou!!!!!
Learn Chinese - Speak Chinese - BCTV - First steps to dating
經常請空你 (今天晚上) 有空嗎？(這個星期六) 你有時間嗎？⋯⋯
我想請你吃個飯。
This is traditional Chinese for reference~ :)
you can paraphrase the words in the brackets with different time expressions~~
:)jiayou!!!!!
2011年12月7日 星期三
February Class Schedule- SMART Mandarin
February Class Schedule
Mon. | Tue. | Wed. | Thur. | Fri. | Sat. | Sun | |
9:00- 10:30am | Pinyin Class | Starter (A) | Pinyin Class | Starter (A) | Starter (B) | Starter (A) | Small Group Class Avail. |
11:00- 12:30pm | 1 on 2 Occupied | 1 on 1 Occupied | 1 on 1 Occupied | 1 on 1 Occupied | |||
2:00- 3:30pm | Starter (A) | Starter (B) | Optional Class | Starter (A) | Optional Class | Small Group Class Avail. | |
4:30- 6:00pm | Starter (A) | Starter (B) | Starter (B) | Starter (A) | Optional Class | ||
6:30- 8:00 | Starter (A) | Starter (A) | 1 on ? Avail | Starter (A) | Starter (A) | ||
8:10- 9:40 | Starter (B) | Starter (B) | 1 on ? Avail | Starter (B) | Starter (B) |
l Purple colored – Customized Small Group Class (1-4 students)
l Yellow colored- Regular Small Class (4-6 Students)
l Blue Colored – Optional Class (2-6 Students)
l Sign up for the slot you wish you have your lesson, then contact us for more info.
Or any questions please contact us :)
Email: hurrikat1984@gmail.com
Mobile: 0988 909 812 (Katrina Lee)
Blog: http://smart-mandarin.blogspot.com/
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