Study Chinese hot

Chinese language learning is a hot topic today. Why? It is widely known that the pace of China’s development in the world arena is rapid. China’s international status has also been rising rapidly. Besides, the 5000-year-old splendid history of Chinese civilization is another aspect counting for the highly increasing number of students learning Chinese language. Numerous foreigners have stepped into this ancient land, appreciating Chinese culture.

Additionally, China’s rapid economic growth and especially its entry to the WTO attribute greatly to the fever. More and more business people cast their eyes on the Chinese market, and want to get more profit from it, which largely inspires the enthusiasm for learning Chinese.

Today, more than 40 million people around the world are learning Chinese language, and various educational institutions in over 100 countries have offered Chinese courses.

The rising study Chinese fever has been spread across the world. People from outside China are not just learning Chinese only at schools, some also learn mandarin Chinese at home through the internet. Almost every foreigner coming to China can speak some simple Chinese such as nihao, zaijian, xiexie, etc. Are you ready to welcome the Chinese language fever? 

Learn Chinese at school or home

Chinese learning is not all about learning Chinese characters or pinyin, or saying a few phrases or sentences. When people learn mandarin online, they should also focus on Chinese culture, history or just know what it is about China, such as the higher education in China, especially for those who want to further their Chinese learning in Chinese universities.

The Chinese higher education normally last 3 or 4 years, with some particular major lasting 5 years or more. In order to be admitted to universities, all students must attend the College Entrance Examination, which has been on hot discussions these yeas in China, because the exam values a student only by how many scores the student get in the exam. No matter how capable the student is or how well he performed at high school, he may not be considered “good” if he performed badly during the exam.

A good education should train students to think for themselves, but the value outlook of traditional education pays much attention to the examination system. A student’s ability is valued by weather he or she can pass the all kinds of tests designed by school or other institutions.

Attending universities to study may seem a little traditional, but there is good news for those who want to lean Chinese online, especially for those who are not in China. With the development of internet and China’s economy, online higher education has been spread in many parts of China. They can learn mandarin online at home with traveling to China.

So, which one do you prefer? Study Chinese at school or home?

The Chinese is Coming

The Chinese is coming! I do not mean the Chinese people are coming, but the Chinese language is coming! If so, are you ready for the Chinese language learning?

Why are the Chinese studies becoming so popular? There are some reasons. First, Chinese has long history full of legends. Second, Chinese is spoken by the largest population in the world. Third, China has raised its international influence, furthermore the rapid economic development dramatically. Fourth, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games has provided a good chance to show the Chinese culture to the world, and thus attracted more foreigners to study Chinese.

As a Chinese tutor, I'm very pride myself on the popularity of Chinese language. The fact that more and more foreigners study Chinese reflects China’s economic development in a sense. Take America as an example, from kindergartens to a high school, there is a rapid rise of interest among American pupils to study Chinese language. On the other hand, over two hundred Confucius institutes have been set up in 69 countries; from TV we can see many foreigners take Chinese learn online. The number of foreign students who are attracted by the mysterious and charming language and come to china learning Chinese also increases steadily every year.

While Chinese learn online is a fever among foreigners, many Chinese learners tend to ignore the importance of their mother tongue, grammatical mistakes constantly occur in their essays, not to mention coarse wording and improper style. That’s why we should attach equal importance to our mother tongue when we study Chinese.