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Recommended Mandarin viewing: American Factory
Clashes of culture give rise to great stories, as well as conflict. The documentary American Factory (美国工厂) tells such a story, a dreary yet hopeful one — all around the metaphor of manufacturing glass. As a Mandarin student, you’ve probably experienced lots of culture clashes in China, both interesting and confusing, sometimes upsetting. Now imagine […]
Back to school in Shanghai, Mandarin classes resume
It’s the announcement we’ve been waiting for! The Shanghai government has announced that private training institutions (aka schools like GoEast) can re-open, if they apply for it: and our permission is granted. We’ll clean off the dust and await you with open doors & arms on Monday June 1st. We’ll resume offline Mandarin classes in […]
Rex’s road to becoming a Mandarin teacher in Shanghai
“In June 2010, my mother asked me: “Have you decided yet?” I nodded silently, and showed the form of my College Entrance Examination form, which said ‘Major: Chinese as foreign language education’. I was just 18 that year and decided to be a Mandarin teacher. Learning to teach Chinese The College Entrance Examination, the 高考gāokǎo, […]
Dear Mandarin learner, we want your Chinese story (and we’ll help you with it)
You probably know how to speak Chinese, read Chinese, but have you ever written a story in Chinese? We’ll help you do it, so it’s a great chance to learn Mandarin. Together with Du Chinese we got some extra reasons why, because: 1 – The winning stories get read aloud by the Chinese poet 秦三澍Qin […]