Rob Kilpatrick teaches English in Taiwan, where he’s lived in the past 11 years.
Listen to this podcast to find out:
- What made him choose Taiwan over other countries
- What gave him his initial motivation to learn Chinese
- How he was able to integrate the Chinese he was learning in class into his day to day life
- The benefit of having local Chinese friends to learn the language and culture
- The benefits of living in Taiwan in general
- The benefits of learning Chinese in a classroom environment
- What can be done on your own to improve your Chinese
- Why he thinks learning characters from the beginning is important
- The importance of having local Chinese friends
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