Chinese Chat for serious Zhongwen learners!! 中文英文雙語的組，老外和中國人在一起！

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This group is for both a) foreigners who seriously want to improve their Mandarin, and b) native Mandarin speakers who want to meet foreign friends and help them with their spoken Chinese through friendly chat, coffee, beers & a relaxed environment!

Website: http://www.shanghaistuff.com/group/chineseenglishchatforseriouszhongwenlearners
Location: Shanghai China
Members: 50
Latest Activity: Apr 26

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WHY CHINESE CHAT????? HOW, WHERE, WHEN?

Background
I'm an Aussie in Shanghai, who learned Chinese for ages back home but never really had many jihui to lianxi the language. I always wondered: why aren't there more practical ways to practice and build the confidence? Getting high scores in tests (written) really meant nothing in the scheme of things. Hence: CHINESE CHAT FOR SERIOUS ZHONGWEN LEARNERS was born in April 2009 in Starbucks Cafe, Shanghai, with a total of 8 people (first meeting). From there it spurred on to 20, 30, 40 and at most 45 people attending my monthly pub events in Shanghai. I now have 500+ members on Shanghai Stuff alone and another 30-50 from other sites (and friends word of mouth advertising).

What?
You can practice online, hanzi, pinyin, yingyu. Post a topic, see where it goes. Be honest and open. Challenge yourself. Don't be afraid. That's the key!!!

When?
Anytime. Though I'm not in Shenzhen, it doesn't matter. The world is small these days. Feel free also to connect to my shanghai stuff link here. If you're in Shangers... come along to my event, over a beer, wine, sangria and join in the fun! We're not a traditional chinese corner group... no milk tea or duck's neck snacks there.... we have a huge and great bunch of people with a good attitude and no matter what level of Chinese, they're all willing to have a crack!!!

I was always passionate about languages and Chinese. I remember in high school my mum said "what the heck?? why chinese?? why not do something normal like French and go to Europe?" haha that was then and this is now! and thank god i chose to follow my 'heart' and not my mum's mind. I since learned Japanese and now Korean.. wanting to tackle some Swedish.. and eventually Spanish!

Anyway enough for now...

PHOTOS???? ON FLICKR!!!
To see pics of my previous events (held at Starbucks, Cotton's, Abbey Road - Shanghai) click here. Who knows. If i ever got enough demand/interest from here..... over 45 at least able to attend any one event.... i could always consider it!!!! (you'd all have to shout me a beer tho!)

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Lets start......................1... 22...333...........n here we gooooooooooooooooooo............

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Ni Hao. (Hello)Ni Hao Ma...(How are you)Ni xiao Shenma (What is your name) Please share your words.....Continue

PREVIOUS PHOTO LINKS!!!!

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See here for the previous meets! Will put a schedule on here closer to the time... Next meet in Shanghai will be most likely in early October! Will see! <b>PREVIOUS PHOTO LINKS ON SHANGHAI…Continue

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Comment by Jose Alves on December 5, 2012 at 4:35am: I am looking for language exchange partners, via WeChat (Weixin) or Viber.
I want to practice Chinese to improve my conversational skills (I study Mandarin in the Houston's Chinese Community Center) and can help you practicing either English, Portuguese or Spanish (I am fluent in all three). My Weixin ID is GenoMachines.

Comment by Prosen Mandarin on July 26, 2012 at 10:34am: Prosen Language Party
Prosen Language Party is an organization based in Shenzhen for Chinese people who wish to improve their English, make English speaking friends and learn about Western culture. It is also for expats and English-speaking people who wish to learn Chinese language and likewise, make Chinese friends.

Our intention is to become the number 1 meeting point for Chinese and English speaking people, helping people to improve their language skills, their knowledge of each other's culture and offer the chance of making new friends in our friendly atmosphere.

Prosen Language Party (CHINESE - ENGLISH Language Exchange PARTY)

Every Friday (19:00 – 21:00)
19:00-19:30 Presentation
19:30-21:00 Free talk

FREE ENTRANCE, FREE COCKTAILS
If you are interested about joining Prosen Language Party , please feel free to leave a message to Patrick on 13265728313 and at patrick.prosen@gmail.com

I look forward to seeing you next Friday or any subsequent Friday hence forth.

Comment by ISTERN on January 24, 2012 at 11:49pm: Hello! who knows where can i find some courses of calligraphy in Shenzhen?

Comment by ISTERN on January 22, 2012 at 1:40pm: 大家好！我一年学习汉语，很想提高我的中文水平。也很想了解更多中国朋友。

Comment by Keith Shenzhenstuff on April 12, 2011 at 11:26am: Is this group no longer??

Comment by Snehesh Sinha on December 4, 2010 at 1:09am: ok I am ready start...what do I do now??

Comment by kim_really_loves_SH! on September 5, 2010 at 6:40am: hey joe!!! whattya doin on shenzhen stuff..... haha i guess u would ask me the same~
hao jiu meiyou kandao ni.... ni zui jin zenme yang??? my half aussie mate!