jaapgrolleman Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 Hi Linguaholic! This is Jaap or 雅普 as my Chinese name goes. I'm pretty excited to join a new language forum, I would have never imagined this studying 15 years ago at highschool, as I was pretty bad at all languages. Although of course, in the Netherlands they don't teach Mandarin, I would never have taught I'd be learning Chinese some day. I'm learning Chinese online through Zoom, as well as sometimes sometimes in-person in Shanghai. My Chinese online school has been really good and I'm now able to hold good conversations with Chinese people, even though sometimes TV is still difficult. Newspapers and especially novels are still out of reach. I've done about 300 class hours and at least as much hours also practising and doing homework. But it's been great — Learning any language makes you more aware of how a language works, and I've really come to love idioms and mood modifiers. I hope to find more great tips and community here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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