Language exchange? Chinese or English for Russian?
I am an American teacher living and working in China. I have a good level of Chinese if anyone would be interested in trading Russian for Chinese or English.
A little background. I studied Russian in college for 3 years and studied an intensive course in Petrozavodsk in 1999. I have not been using the language for the last three years, but can pick it up quickly again.
Hope to hear from you.
Re: About learning Chinese
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Originally Posted by stavrogin2001
I understand very well you frustration with Chinese learning material. A lot of it is really unuseful stuff like talking to the bus driver about Tiananmen Square while on the way to the Great Wall. It is horribly 爱我中华. "Love my China" and worst of all it has almost no use in everyday conversation.
Having said that, I studied Russian for several years before going to Russian and it was a hard transition too. Listening was not easy.
I dod not know if you can find it, but the Beijing Language and Culture University has a good series of books. No English name on it, but it is the first year/second year/ etc/ series.