Tag Archives: business chinese
Choosing the right language course for your purpose
Nothing is as frustrating as being in a language class for passing a test, while your fellow learners are just taking the course for general interest. You may feel like you are wasting you time as the pace is too … Continue reading
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Results of my second business Chinese test (BCT)
I took the Business Chinese test in October 2009 and again recently in June 2010, after taking an intermediate Mandarin course. The question was: did I improve at all? Continue reading
Learning a language: 5 traps to avoid
It’s very common for people to get started with learning a language, only to get discouraged along the way and stop learning. When learning a language, try to avoid the following traps. Continue reading
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Are private language lessons worth the extra cost?
Here’s another installment in the series of questions we frequently get at Yago. Is taking private language lessons worth the extra cost? Continue reading
Learning Chinese for employment
Sometimes people ask me whether learning Chinese will increase the chances for employment. My answer: while there are exceptions, in most cases learning a new language hardly increases your chances of employment. Continue reading
Business Chinese Test (BCT) – my results
A while ago a wrote about the Business Chinese Test (BCT) that I took in August. The results took about a month to come in, but here here they are: Continue reading
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Business Chinese Test (BCT)
I had earlier written about the various tests you could do to assess your Chinese language proficiency. As I took part in the Business Chinese Test (BCT) this weekend, here’s some more background of the test and my own experience … Continue reading
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