Have you ever wondered how someone would go about learning Chinese character and if it's even possible to learn to read and write the Chinese script? It's challenging to learn, but it's possible.China is one of the world's oldest and richest continuous cultures, over 5000 years old. It's also is the most populous nation in the world, with 1.28 billion people. One fifth of the planet speaks Chinese and Mandarin. Chinese is the mother tongue of over 873 million people, making it the most widely spoken first language in the world.Spoken in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan, Mandarin Chinese is also spoken in the important and influential Chinese communities of Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, and Mongolia. China is the second largest economy in the world and is one of largest trading partners of the United States. Many US companies do business in China and have long-term investments there.The study of the Chinese language opens the way to different important fields such as Chinese politics, economy, history or archaeology. But to study Chinese finally means to study a culture, a people. At the heart of Chinese civilization is its rich heritage of novels, short stories, poetry, drama, and, more recently, film. They reflect the values, the struggles, the sensibility, the joys and the sorrows of this great people and often offer insights even into the most intimate feelings of people in the past or into high-level Beijing politics at he present that cannot be found anywhere else. These works help you understand what is behind the language, what makes it powerful, and how it actually functions in Chinese society.To be at ease and effective in a Chinese environment, learning the language is half the battle, but knowing about the culture behind the language is the other.If you've read this far, go ahead check out our - Language Tip of the Week: How to learn Chinese characters http://bit.ly/rqJ24eIf you're still fired up and ready to give Chinese a try give Foreign Language Academy a call.
