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Learn all about 小红书 so you can use it for language immersion As I mentioned in my previous blog, immersion is a big part of learning a language, and there are a lot of different ways to be immersed in Chinese language, but my favorite one is using  小红书 also known as  RED. What is 小红书 ?  Red/ 小红书  is a social media platform filled with interesting content and amazing creators, the topics range from book recommendations to celebrities, in 小红书 you can find everything you can imagine, in my opinion it is like a mix between Instagram and Pinterest and the best part is that everything is in Chinese.  Why I use this App for language immersion I like this App, because it's all in Chinese and the content is so diverse that it helps you learn new vocabulary and even some slang, you will be able to practice your reading and listening, because there are a lot of videos and most pictures have long captions. Something that is important to know, is that you are not going ...

Learning a new language  Learning a new language is amazing, it will give you a lot of new opportunities, a new perspective and a new hobby, the best part is that there are so many languages that you can choose from, and you can learn as many languages as you want to, but as in every beautiful story you will encounter some problems, but this post is here to help you move past them. A little background on my language journey  My mother tongue is Spanish, but ever since I was little I was taught English and to be honest I never realized how much I was improving as time passed, then a little more than two years ago I started to learn Chinese, it was difficult for a while, but I overcame all of my difficulties and that was the first language in which I saw my progress, but when I got to a point where I was comfortable with my Chinese I decided to learn a new language: Korean and this is where I really started to struggle.  But why did this happened ? When I started to learn K...

How to practice Chinese outside your classroom  Learning Chinese is a long process, and the rate in which you improve at, not only depends on the effort you put in your Chinese class, it  also depends on how much practice you get outside your classroom, that’s why you need to immerse yourself in the language. First let's talk about language immersion, by this I mean getting constant exposure to Chinese language, there are different types of immersion but this time I'm going to focus on intensive immersion and free flow immersion, the first one is Intensive immersion in this one you analyze what it is being said and research the things that you don't know, meanwhile in free flow immersion you continue getting the exposure of your target language even though you don't understand everything.  If you want to learn more about language immersion, I recommend checking refold.la   Reading Resources  Learning to read characters can be challenging, but you need to be con...

Chinese Language  Mandarin is currently one of the hardest languages to learn, it has more than 1.2 billion speakers, and it's the official language of 5 countries,  but Mandarin is more than just a useful language, it is also a beautiful language that is f illed with culture and history. My story with Mandarin Chinese  I wish I could tell you a more interesting story on why I chose to learn Chinese, but in reality I started to learn this language because there was a Chinese language school near my house and I had a lot of free time, but this small decision has changed the course of my life.  Now that I have been learning Chinese for more than 2 years, I have a lot more reasons on why Chinese is the best language to give your time to. Chinese writing system Every aspect of this language is beautiful, but the one that I find specially pretty is the Chinese writing system, even though it's quite hard to remember each character, there is a certain logic behind chinese c...