Mandarin is no longer confined to just China, as it’s increasingly spoken all across the world. In the ‘Chinese is a World Language’ series, GoEast follows some native as well as foreign Mandarin speakers. This time, Jaap Grolleman from the Netherlands, who since 2018 lives in Shanghai. “My hometown Hattem has around 11,000 citizens, with […]
Dear GoEast Mandarin students and friends, thank you so much for celebrating our 8th anniversary together with us! Here’s a small recap of yesterday night with 50 of you at our online party. Video of our Chinese students & teachers Flying kites, learning Mandarin, loving cats, and changing lives. See it all with Hanzi, Pinyin […]
From time to time we’ll share perspectives from our students. Everyone learns in a different way, so feel free to agree or disagree! — by Jaap I’m nearly finished with HSK3, starting from zero Mandarin skills just over a year ago. Here are 9 things I learned about language and myself. 1 — Learn to […]
From her hometown in the USA, Cynthia has been studying Chinese online with GoEast for half a year, and she was kind enough to show us her approach for online learning. How does your usual online Mandarin class go? We normally spend five to ten minutes chatting about various things, mostly me trying to practice […]
Mandarin is no longer confined to just China, as it’s increasingly spoken all across the world. In the ‘Chinese is a World Language’ series, GoEast follows some native as well as foreign Mandarin speakers. This time, Sarah Johnson (江 淼 Jiāng Miǎo) from the USA, after having lived in Shanghai for three years. She writes […]
GoEast student profile Name: Alex Gibson Nationality: United Kingdom Time in China: 2 years Chinese Level: HSK4 Other languages: English (native) GoEast teacher: Kathy Meng 孟洋 Campus: French Concession in Shanghai Favorite Chinese phrase: 授人以鱼不如授人以渔 Shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yú. (Teach a man how to fish, don’t give a man […]
GoEast student profile Name: Cat Nationality: American Time in China: Since 2018 Chinese Level: HSK 2 Other languages: English (native), Spanish GoEast Teachers: Dana Chen 陈乔丹 at GoEast’s French Concession campus in Shanghai Favorite Chinese phrase/word: 没关系 Méiguānxi (it’s ok) Why did you come to China and Shanghai? I came to China in January 2018 […]
GoEast student profile Name: May Nationality: Thai Time in China: 3 years Chinese Level: HSK5 Other Languages: Thai (native), English GoEast Teachers: Winona Liu 刘科含 Campus: French Concession campus in Shanghai Favorite Chinese Phrase/Word: 冰淇淋 Bīngqílín! (icecream!) Why did you come to China? I’m pursuing a medical degree at Fudan University, a six-year program in […]
Name: Santiago Robayo Nationality: Colombian Time in China: 7 weeks (out of 1 year) Chinese Level: HSK2, I’m now learning HSK3 Other Languages: Spanish (native), English, Italian, French GoEast Teachers: Stella Qiu 邱烨, and Ellie Liu 刘晓丹. Before I was taught by Myra Li 李璇 and Lilly Cheng 程垚. Favorite Chinese phrase/word: 你行你上 (nǐ xíng […]
Robert from Germany has been a student at GoEast for several years, going from zero to HSK4. We decided to put him (and his Chinese skills) to the ultimate test, in a trip to a rural village. A variant of this article was also published on China Daily & ThatsMag Shanghai. Robert: “My trip started […]