Hi, my name is Niel, otherwise known as Confused Laowai. I blog about my exciting, yet often confusing adventure learning Chinese.
The Tipping Point
I’ve now studied Mandarin for two years and about two and half months in a formal classroom situation. It’s tough studying it in country that’s not China, however, I’ve think I’ve reached the tipping point. The point where input becomes spontaneous comprehension. Of course this is only within my vocabulary range, but I can understand if there’s a new word when someone speaks. After two years, before this year’s studies started, I felt inadequate with my Chinese; [...]
Back at University 回到大学
University has started today. I’ve signed up for third year Mandarin. I’m really excited! My goal for this year is to study a lot more than the previous two years. I kind of have no choice since our work load has effectively doubled from 2nd year. Where we did one text book in one year, now we’re doing one a semester! I’ll do a future post detailing the books. My aim is to maintain my [...]
