Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Useful websites check out ahead of visiting China

My friend Bev send the first link through to me - pretty exciting!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/asia/china/1586107/Beijing-travel-guide-introduction.html

This site below I'm going to definitely have a thorough look through and try out the games and exercises :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/

I'll admit I have been a little lazy with my Mandarin studies after I finished my TAFE course last year, distractions like my rehearsals for the musical production of "The World Goes 'Round", and planning Bollywood-themed parties with my fellow housemates seem so much more robust and immediate than sitting down for an hour everyday to look through my textbooks; but now that the countdown to the Olympics is under 100 days away I think the time to begin the mandarin language revolution is now!

If nothing else, if I see our Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd on TV while I'm in China I might be able to understand 1 out of over 10 words he says :)

1 comment:

delpino said...

Also visit this site:
http://www.chinese-course.com/