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I am a linguist with a background in teaching English and other languages and a busy career in radio and tv. I am now doing research and would always welcome enquiries from people who love languages and would like to exchange ideas and learn from each other. I am very happy to help learners with their English and I am bilingual in Polish as well. I have a particular interest in varieties of Chinese such as MinNan (Hokkien) and Hakka as spoken in Taiwan. My interests include travel, cinema, photography, books and playing various musical instruments.
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    September 26, 2014
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    My Taiwanese adventure 學臺語無簡單! o̍h tâi gí bô kán tan! Learning Hokkien ain't easy! The third day, practising sounds and tones. Pumped up about my Skype chat tomorrow afternoon. :)
    September 25, 2014
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    Thank you KP. Early days yet. :) How are you getting on? D.

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    September 23, 2014
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    Wow! A fellow linguist. That's fantastic. Thank you Allen, I'm now following you and hope we can connect on Skype soon.

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    September 23, 2014
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    Learn a new language by Christmas. How to learn Taiwanese?

    Hello Everyone,
    Welcome to my new project; I would like to learn to speak MinNan (Hokkien) also known as Taiwanese by Christmas. Given the amount of time available, I would be very happy to be able to hold a simple conversation by the end of this year and have approximately 3000 words at my disposal. I'm using books and recordings from Taiwan as well as materials published by SOAS in London and would love to have lots of opportunities to practise with native speakers. If you can chat with me in Taiwanese I would be very happy to help you with your English. Given that my ability to read Chinese is not very strong I would also welcome any suggestions with further resources to study and practise this language. I heard there is drama available in Hokkien on youtube but could not find much. I seem to remember a series called "Night Market Life" or something like that. Or songs would be nice also. I can update you on my progress and hone my writing skills; for this I can use Pe̍h-ōe-jī (POJ), 白話字, if anybody can read it here that would be great. Anyway, wish me luck and happy learning to you all! :). Darek.

    September 22, 2014
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