Lauren Martin2 minThe "Journey" of Chinese Tones and the Importance of Knowing ThemUnlike most European languages, Chinese is a tonal language. This means that the pitch at which a word is pronounced can entirely change...
Lauren Martin3 min10 Hilarious Chinese Literal Translations In my last blog post, I argued that Mandarin Chinese isn’t as hard as it looks - or as hard as most of us think. There’s no doubt that...
Lauren Martin3 minGrowth Mindset in Language LearningPraise effort, not talent Sentences like "They're just good at languages" or "They have a talent for languages" may sound harmless but..
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