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@zhuru523 I took two years of Mandarin in undergrad and then spent a semester abroad in Hong Kong where I took beginning Cantonese for one semester. Seven years after my last undergrad class, I did a grad school summer internship in Shanghai where my Mandarin improved dramatically. But then I...

@phausof Thank you! I'll try introducing pinyin using the example you shared. That's super helpful advice. So far my son has been very patient with me stumbling through Chinese, even giving me time to grab my Google Translate app and using it's picture function to translate. I think right now...

@aldredian Thanks for these resources! ChalkAcademy is spot on for me as a non-native speaker. I have found that the Sage Books series is incredibly hard to find in the US and expensive...in some Facebook groups I've seen there seems to be a 2nd-hand market for these! I just downloaded the...

Hi everyone - my son is now 4 years old. We raised him speaking Mandarin Chinese as his first language, supplemented with Cantonese and a bit of Spanish. Ever since he went to preschool, he has switched more and more into English, although he switches between Mandarin and English pretty...