In this episode, I interview Karen Chung, an American who has lived in Taiwan for 40 years.
Listen to find out:
- What brought her to Taiwan
- What Taiwan was like in the 70s
- Why studying in university is not enough to learn Chinese
- What mistakes she made in Chinese early on
- Why she began to worry about her English level, more than her Chinese
- Her experience teaching Chinese at the University of Hawaii
- The number one mistake foreigners make when learning Chinese
- The proper way to learn Chinese tones
- The importance of using proper tones beyond just being understood
- Her experience learning characters
- Why she prefers pinyin over zhuyin
- Common mistakes that foreigners make when learning Chinese
- What she recommends you do with your teacher / language exchange partner
- The benefits of being able to speak Chinese at a higher level
- Her advice on raising kids in Taiwan
- Her advice on improving English education in Taiwan
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