Chinesepod.com is a website that has a great approach to learning Mandarin. The dialogues are available for free by podcast, with a subscription service that includes transcripts and other reference materials and archived lessons- Plus, the lessons are engaging and reflective of real life (flirting, going to a bar, shopping). A great improvement from my elementary school Spanish lessons about a bull falling down the stairs!


This week one of the lessons was regarding Tapioca Pearl Tea (Bubble Tea). So if any of you are thinking about learning the Chinese language, and have a fondness for tea, this mp3 is as good a place as any to begin!

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Tags: china, education, tea