[lg policy] Measuring up to learning Chinese

[Harold Schiffman]

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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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