Like many people I used think learning a Chinese language would be too difficult.
I retired last year, there are still many things to do, mostly relating to my family, but now I have more time to explore my interests.
Some friends announced that they were going to China to live for a few years and suggested I visit. I looked into it, read a bit and became interested in this new more open China that had been difficult to visit during much of my life.The more I read about China the more I realized that if i wanted to see things for myself and meet people I would have to learn some basic language.
Oh, English is spoken by some people in the major cities, but most people in China have limited opportunity to meet native English speakers and practice the language. So I started to learn about the language and where to find some good resources. After a while I found Italki http://www.italki.com/
Through Italki I met many wonderful friendly Chinese people who are helping learn me to Mandarin and I am assisting them to learn English.
Meanwhile I am still at home in Woden, a suburb of Canberra, Australia.
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I also used Italki to meet you.Welcome to China and see a real China.----Leo
It's always great to read your words!
I’m Nina Wang from Tianjin, China. I’ve been learning English for more than a decade since I was an elementary school student. I used to be confident that I had a good command of English because I was doing well on most English exams. After entering into university, I realized that I was learning English as knowledge but never used it as a tool of communication.
My English study began a brand new start when I met Philip Lean online. We chat on msn most days. His advanced accurate language and objective perspective inspires me to think actively and to express what my thoughts in English.
I always have various questions for Philip, most of which are about reworking my Chinglish pattern sentences and some words or passages I have read but cannot figure out their meaning.
With his step-by-step instruction, I’m becoming familiar with sentence structure and passage layout, which in turn helps me to know more about what is real English.
我是王妮娜，来自中国，天津。从上小学起至今，我学习英语已有十多个年头了。 我曾经对自己的英语很自信，因为在许多考试中我都取得了较好的成绩。但进入大学后，我才发现我原来一直都是将英语当作一门知识来学而没把她当作一种交流的工具。
当我在网上遇到Philip Lean时我的英语学习有了一个全新的开始。大部分时间我们都在msn上交流。他熟练精准的语言以及客观看待事物的角度促使我积极思考并用英语来表达自己的想法.
我经常会问Philip各种各样的问题, 大部分都是关于如何改进我的中式英语以及一些我读不懂的段落.
在他循序渐进的辅导下, 我已逐渐熟悉了一些句子结构和段落安排. 这些帮助我了解了什么才是真正的英语.
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