Why Learning a Second Language?
I work as a Chinese interpreter in Melbourne speaking English, Mandarin, Cantonese as well as a southern Chinese dialect called Teo Chiew. Whenever people are impressed by the number of languages and dialects I speak, I tell them learning a language is probably the last thing on my list if I have been left to my own accord. I […]
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Assisting Job Seekers with Industry Specific Bilingual Vocabularies
I have been interpreting for many Chinese job seekers in their employment consultant interviews over the last 13 years. As a fly on the wall, I have witnessed the frustration of many newly arrived or established migrants struggling to find work in the industries they worked in their own countries, due to language barriers. For […]
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Know Thyself: Are You an Auditory or Visual Learner
We human beings are not born equal, some are good at making things with their hands, while others are quicker in picking up a new language. I have come to appreciate this much more after the birth of my daughter two years ago. So that is why we have the division of labor in our […]
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Simplified or Traditional Chinese
Simplified Vs Traditional Chinese Chinese characters were simplified after the Communist Party took over in 1949 in mainland China in an effort to increase the literacy level of the working class. This means the overall shape of a character was maintained while the number of strokes inside the character was reduced. For example, the character for […]
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