Spoken Chinese

over. Spoken word poetry gave me the courage to express myself. Growing up, I had always been shy and awkward. In school, I would rather spend my time daydreaming than talking to classmates. When I was forced to socialize, whether it be by teachers or my parents, it was usually met with stammering, sweat and downturned eyes. As a result, I had trouble

Sarah Kay is a contemporary American poet. My first contact with her poetry was via YouTube. Writers occasionally read their works, I knew that, also I was a collector of song lyrics, however I was new to the existence of spoken word poetry. In brief, spoken word poetry artists perform their poems. This art form is lyrical, and, of course, more direct. The poem I saw her perform in a Ted Talk, was “B”. In her Ted Talk, Sarah asks the audience to do an exercise: to consider three things they know

Ellipsis of Subjects and Objects in Mandarin Chinese Mandarin Chinese as one of the unique languages in the world has many significant features, and one of them is ellipsis of subjects and objects. In English, a complete sentence consists of at least three basic elements which are a subject, an object, and a verb. However, compare with English, Mandarin Chinese does not have strict grammatical rules to form a complete sentence because people can leave out subjects or objects when they talk to each

Upon thinking of the “Chinese Language” most individuals who are not already familiar with the language or Chinese culture will be thinking about the world’s most commonly spoken language which is Mandarin. “Mandarin is the languages spoken and written by the han Chinese who constitute more than 90% of the country’s populations” (Language and Dialects). So, it is reasonable that many people have a more limited knowledge on this particular subject. However, the history of the languages of China is

Asian writing, Chinese characters, are completely pictographic. A single character is correlated to one sound or meaning. To convey more complicated meanings, pictographs are either combined into new pictographs, or multiple characters are simply used in succession. The meaning of words is depicted through pictographs, but for the most part, there is no

There has been a long debate on whether Putonghua should be used in teaching Chinese Language in the society since the Curriculum Development Council has identified Putonghua as the Medium of Instruction in 1999. However, Cantonese is the mother tongue of the majority of Hong Kong student for decades. Under this premise, Cantonese should be used instead of Putonghua in teaching Chinese in Hong Kong secondary schools to enhance both the quality and efficiency of teaching. To begin with, using Cantonese

The language I decided to research is Chinese. I always found the language to be very interesting due to the fact when it’s written they use symbols. Granted they are not the only language that’s written using symbols, but they are the only language that uses what I would think to be considered lines to form letters and words. The Chinese language is one of the oldest written language in the world with six thousand years of history. Chinese characters have been found in turtle shells going as far

The value of Chinese Language The knowledge of Chinese language opens many new perspectives for the people who have good command of this language. First of all, Chinese language opens the way to different important fields. These include: Chinese politics, economy, history or archaeology. The knowledge of Chinese language can help to study the unique culture of the ancient civilization. At the heart of Chinese civilization is its rich heritage of novels, short stories, poetry, drama, and other pieces

similar. After listening to a several different languages that originated from oriental countries I noticed slight similarities and differences between vietnamese and chinese. I had an interview with someone that spoke vietnamese which sounded so similar to chinese that at the beginning of the interview I was responding back in chinese. After the confusion was settled, Ms. Hang the individual I was interviewing continue on with her story also so there is no confusion she is telling her story in vietnamese

good ear for spoken American English? Do you have a Bachelor's Degree in something? Would you enjoy working with Chinese students? Then becoming a remote rater or " Remoterator" at Vericant might be something that you would enjoy. What Exactly is Vericant? Vericant is a site which recruits SEE (Spoken English Evaluators) to review video tapes of Chinese students applying to North American colleges and universities. Your job as a rater will be to evaluate how well you believe their spoken English to