The nytimes.com recently reported a story titled “Arguing, Learning, Waiting” by Gordon Matthews. The story was about Gordon Mathews, a professor of anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, who has been teaching English to African and Pakistani men, generally in their 20s and 30s, who came to Hong Kong seeking asylum. …
So what is the best way to learn Chinese? Learning Chinese can be a challenge, especially if you are a beginner. Some argue that it is a complex language and, indeed, one of the most difficult languages to learn. Others insist that is is one of the most logical languages and is in fact quite…
New to our YouTube channel this week is a Q Language Quick Chat video featuring the charming Lucy from South Korea. At the time of this informal interview, Lucy had been studying English at Q Language for approximately five months. You’re Korean! Why Come To Hong Kong To Study English? Lucy came to Hong Kong because of…
When new students arrive at Q Language from overseas they are often keen to learn about the various things to do in Hong Kong aside from studying English, Chinese or Korean. As mentioned in an evocative description of Hong Kong on the lonelyplanet website, Hong Kong is a place you can delight in. In…
We have just published a new video to our QLanguageHK YouTube channel featuring the lovely Carolina from Colombia in South America. Carolina first heard about Q Language from her husband, who we were very happy to have studying with us last year. She had only been in Hong Kong for one week at the time…
There are over two hundred islands in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, and the main island, Hong Kong Island, isn’t the largest. At nearly twice the area of Hong Kong Island, Lantau Island is the biggest in the SAR. It’s also relatively rural, with less than one fiftieth the population density of Hong…