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Writing Skills in Language Learning Are More Important Than You Think!

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Q-Admin in ,

Writing skills in language learning are often overlooked. Many language learners concentrate much more on skills such as speaking or listening. However, not practising and developing your ability to write in your target language is potentially slowing your progress. Writing seems to be less important as people feel they don’t have to do that much…

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Health Benefits of Learning a Foreign Language – 7 Reasons Why Language Learning is Great For Your Health

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Q-Admin in ,

The health benefits of learning a foreign language are not always the first thing people think about. After all, language learning offers many advantages that are a bit more tangible: work and education opportunities, easier travel, access to great content to name just a few. However, the health benefits may actually be the bigger and…

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5 Huge Benefits of Learning Chinese For Business – (No. 5 Might Surprise You)

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Q-Admin in ,

Chinese is the world’s largest language if you only count the number of native speakers, so you can probably guess that the benefits of learning Chinese for business are immense. Whether you are an employee, a business owner, or someone who’s only planning their career, learning Chinese will open up lots of great opportunities. Chinese…

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The Importance of Having Fun When You Learn Chinese

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Q-Admin in

One of the misconceptions that people often have about learning Chinese is that it is a really difficult language to master. Many associate it with cramming thousands of characters and struggling with tones, believing that it takes years and years of learning to even reach an intermediate level. However, this is far from the truth….

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为什么学习中文看起来很困难,而学起来却很容易?

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Q-Admin in

                听说在西方一些国家,当人们觉得对方的表达方式太复杂的时候,会说:“你是在说中文吗?” 这一点都不足为奇,毕竟对母语为印欧语系、亚非语系等人们来说,中文是一种古老、遥远,而又陌生的语言。 不过随着中国经济的开放和发展,近年来中国学习中文的外国人与日俱增,越来越多的外国人都可以说一口流利的中文;这说明中文并不是一个不可能完成的挑战,甚至有很多老外开始在YouTube教起了中文。这足以证明——中文,并没有你想象中那么难! 我来介绍一下中文是一种怎样的语言。简单来说,中文是由发音、声调、汉字、语法组成的。 在香港学习中文 中文的发音难不难 第一是发音,中文的发音一点也不难,分为声母和韵母, 1958年以后中国政府制定了“拼音”系统,将错综复杂汉字的发音变成了和大部分印欧语系一样的字母发音。所以这对于大多数外语学习者来说并不难,三到五个小时的学习时间足以。 如何掌握中文的声调 第二是声调,声调可能会让有些学习者觉得有点陌生,并不是所有语言都有声调,中文有四个声调,其实当你掌握了唱歌的技巧,掌握声调技巧自然不是什么大问题,而且多说多听多练习,你的大脑也就自动记忆了。 中文是一种古老的语言 那么第三,之所以说中文是一种古老的语言,是因为汉字在公元前3000年以前就已经产生了,而汉字起源于图画,发展至汉朝才被取名为“汉字”。对于没接触过汉字的外国学习者来说,这一点正是让人觉得遥远陌生而又不可能完成的“任务”,所以很多学习者看到很多图画一样的汉字就望而却步了。但其实汉字并不是想象中那么难学习的,而恰恰相反很多外国学习者在接触了解汉字背后的故事以后,爱上了汉字,更有很多学习者开始练习书法。前面提到,中国的汉字来自图画,是表意文字;那么每一个汉字的背后都是一幅画或者有一个故事。 学习汉字的乐趣 当你在学习过程中,老师会告诉所有学习者汉字的意义以及汉字和汉字之间的关联。举个简单的例子,比如说,“日”的意思是sun,那“日”原本的字形是“⊙”,是按照古人眼中sun的样子画出来的。所以其实当你真正开始学习汉字的时候会发现,并非想象中的一些毫无关联的笔画串联在一起。久而久之,学习者们还会具备自己猜汉字意思的能力,这对很多外国人来说也是一种乐趣。 简单的中文语法 最后我们来说说语法,也是中文学习中最容易的部分。中文的语法结构和英文很像,但是又没有很多动词,时态,词格变形等。而中文的词语也不像一些欧洲语言有性别之说,并不需要去记忆太多规则。其实中文语法就好像拼图一样,把所有词语拼在正确的位置,就是一个完整的句子了。即使你的句子存在着奇怪的顺序,人们也会明白你想表达的意思。 中文以及中国文化的学习 另外,还有一点也会是学习一门语言会遇到的问题——文化。显而易见,中国文化可能和大部分西方文化有很大差别,当然也会体现一些在语言表达方式上。但其实学习汉字已经是了解中国文化的开始了,你会发现其实中国文化早在唐朝的时候就输出到西方了,而沿着丝绸之路中国文化在西亚地区也有一定的影响,所以慢慢地在学习中文的过程中可能会发现越来越多有趣相通的知识。 一旦你开始了这趟语言之旅,就会发现中文是一种结构清晰而简单易学的语言。   阅读更多关于香港中文课程的信息 关于作者 Anika Wang(王一為)来自中国天津,毕业于香港理工大学对外汉语专业,硕士学位。在过去七年时间里教授超过30个国家的学生。Anika目前在香港 Q Language Centre 任职高级中文讲师。  

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