I am a member of GuavaTalk. I am living in Beijing, China, which is an adventure in itself, and in my spare time, I enjoy reading, keeping up with the Boston Red Sox, and hanging out with my wife, Lynn.
Sorry for the long delay in posting. It’s a blogging faux pas, but things have been busy both professionally and personally! Still, it’s no excuse. Fortunately, I have a number of different updates.
1. We are pleased to announce that on May 14th, 2008 at 9 pm Eastern we will be having a free online public […]
Classes for our offline school, 1on1 Mandarin, and GuavaTalk are really starting to gear up now with students in Beijing returning from their New Year’s holiday, which is great, but our teachers are still finding time to create some more helpful survival Chinese videos. Check them out in the below links on youtube:
1. Learn […]
We haven’t created a good demo video yet for Mandarin 2.0 in the online environment, but because spring orientation day is happening tomorrow for our offline school, 1on1 Mandarin, we put together a fun little video to show our new students how they can request any topic they want at any time during their classes […]
I used to be a management consultant, so I used to create Powerpoint slides every day, and I once thought the only tangible skill I had was creating slide presentations! That might not seem like a great skill to have, but I will argue that Powerpoint is a powerful tool for communication when used […]
Several of our online students are currently using Mandarin 2.0, which is our unique communicative methodology for teaching Mandarin conversation. We love it because we have created a methodology based on modern 2nd Language acquisition theory, which gives students a safe environment to advance rapidly in speaking and listening, in the areas and subjects […]
At least 5 people emailed me recently about this article in the New York Times about learning languages online. Funny thing is that my twin brother, Mike, is a New York Times reporter, and that day had mentioned that he wanted to email a few editors about our company. I guess we missed out […]
You’ll definitely need this phrase when you’re bargaining in China.
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When you see something you want to buy in China, you’ll need to know how to say, “I want to buy it!”
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Bargaining is a way of life in China, but the first thing you need to know is how much is the item you want to buy!
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