Measuring up to learning Chinese

[Francis Hult]

English.news.cn

 

Measuring up to learning Chinese

 

The response of Chinese on learning their foreign friends are learning Chinese, is almost invariably - "Learning Chinese is very difficult."

 

This is true, but I don't think foreigners should be discouraged, as learning Chinese can also be easy and fun.

 

What makes Chinese hard for a learner whose native language uses the Latin alphabet? Chinese characters. In this case, a learner of Cyrillic, Arabic, Tibetan or Hindi faces the same challenge. Chinese is even easier than these languages because pinyin helps a lot.

 

Full story:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-07/07/c_13388011.htm

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