Learning simple Mandarin Chinese phrases and words is easier than it seems. Mandarin Chinese is the most common language in ...

No matter what language you learn, the goal is always to communicate in that language—through listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

It's a challenge many of us face, and it stems from the way Chinese names are romanized using Pinyin, the standardized system for Mandarin pronunciation. The transliteration can create ambiguity ...

Mandarin is taught in schools using pinyin, a romanised, phonetic system of writing Chinese. There’s a brief introduction to how Chinese characters are formed and how calligraphy is still ...

In 2016, she received her PhD in Foreign Language Education from KU. Her doctoral dissertation, Effects of High Variability Phonetic Training on Monosyllabic and Disyllabic Mandarin Chinese Tones to ...

Unlike the English language, which uses the Roman alphabet, Mandarin does not have an alphabet. Mandarin characters have developed over approximately 4,000 years. But Mandarin characters aren't ...

In 2016, she received her PhD in Foreign Language Education from KU. Her doctoral dissertation, Effects of High Variability Phonetic Training on Monosyllabic and Disyllabic Mandarin Chinese Tones to ...

The course builds on the proficiency in Putonghua (Mandarin) that is developed in 241.101 Chinese 1A. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have acquired the phonetics, a further ...

The course provides the students with a basic proficiency in Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese). Upon successful completion of this course, students will have acquired the phonetics, knowledge of a set of ...