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Hi, I'm from and live in the Republic of Ireland. I have lived in China. While there, I worked as an English teacher and spent my free time learning Mandarin (Mainland China). I'm looking for people to practice Mandarin with, but also have an interest in other languages too. 大家好，我是Stephen。我来自南爱尔兰。我住在爱尔首都。我住过了山东。我在哪儿过了三年当外教（英语）。我主要想学习普通话，但是我也对其他语言感兴趣。
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Danny Chen
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Sep 11, 2025
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    Learning Uyghur/Uighur - Best Online Resources
    Hi all,

    I'm just wondering if any language learners can point me towards their favourite language learning resources for learning Uyghur. Any app/audio/online recommendations would be much appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Stephen
    August 10, 2020
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    Thanks Vitaly
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    August 6, 2020
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    Thanks Juan. I use douban for films, but television shows seem to be dominated by romantic stories, period dramas or Korean soaps! I'll take a look at 《钢的琴》and《让子弹飞》
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    August 3, 2020
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    Thanks Juan, I think you're right. For now I should focus mostly on building up vocabulary and communicating.
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    August 3, 2020
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    Thanks Ethan. Do you know of any good youtube videos or other resources that explain cross-talk? Prefereably in English as well as Chinese?
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    August 2, 2020
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    @Elpri Sure, I'm always interested in hearing how people learn Chinese, especially when not an English speaker as you might use different approaches when learning. @Ethan, thanks. That makes sense. I suppose, for me something that I find difficult is understanding Chinese humour (without needing someone to explain) because Chinese jokes often involve wordplay and puns. I'm curious as to what you would recommend for improving on this aspect?
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    August 2, 2020
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    @Vitaly
    Thanks for your reply. I have done dictations before and found them helpful. I probably need to just do it more often and in a more structured way. Out of curiousity, how did your teacher carry out the dictations? Did they play a random recording from the news/a film etc. or was it focussed on a topic?

    On shadowing, I think it's better for speaking and working on intonation to be honest.

    @Edson Paulo
    Thanks for your reply. I lived in Shandong for three years and find that I am able to communicate. However, I'm just looking to bring my Chinese up another level and reduce the amount of basic errors I make.
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    August 2, 2020
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    @YuanZhang
    Thanks for your reply. I'm curious as to how students in China learn standard Mandarin.I can see from your profile that you are in Shenzhen, so I'm wondering if you could share the process of learning tones in Mandarin from when you were at school?

    @Joseph
    Thanks for your comment. I'm wondering if you have used this technique yourself when learning? I can see the advantage of the technique but I would be a little be concerned that if nobody is correcting my intonation, then I may not get much benefit from it.


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    中国电视节目 Chinese Television Programmes 大家好， 我经常看中国电影，但是我还是不太熟悉中国电视环境怎么样。有人会推荐几个电视剧？下面有几个我很喜欢的电影。也许这能帮你推荐一个适合我口味的电视节目。 谢谢您们的帮助。 Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone can recommend some programmes/series in Mandarin? To give you an idea of my tastes. the below are some of the films I like: Farewell My Concubine (1993) 霸王别姬 Bà Wáng Bié Jī - Drama - (set largely during the Cultural Revolution) To Live (1994) 活着 Huózhe - Drama - PRC (set during pre-Communist China to Cultural Revolution) Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) 白日焰火 Báirì Yànhuǒ - Crime/Thriller Ash Is Purest White (2018) 江湖儿女 jiānghú érnǚ - Crime/Thriller If You Are the One (2008) 非诚勿扰 Fēichéng Wùrǎo - Drama/Comedy I am Not Madame Bovary (2016) 我不是潘金莲 Wǒ Búshì Pān Jīnlián - Drama
    August 2, 2020
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    HI Ibnu,

    It might be helpful if you could say which type of films normally appeal to you and also which areas you want to learn, but the below are some of my favourites in any case. Also, just to note some are not fully in Mandarin but are interesting to watch anyway!

    Also, just a tip of new to China/Chinese culture, it helps to read a lot about China and Chinese news to gain an understanding of the culture!

    <em>Farewell My Concubine (1993) </em>霸王别姬<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a>Bà Wáng Bié Jī - Drama - (set largely during the Cultural Revolution)
    <em>To Live (1994) </em>活着 Huózhe - Drama - PRC (set during pre-Communist China to Cultural Revolution)
    <em>Black Coal, Thin Ice</em> <em>(2014) </em>白日焰火 Báirì Yànhuǒ - Crime/Thriller
    <em>Ash Is Purest White (2018)</em> 江湖儿女 jiānghú érnǚ - Crime/Thriller
    <em>If You Are the One</em><em> </em><em>(2008)</em><em> </em>非诚勿扰 <em>Fēichéng Wùrǎo - Drama/Comedy</em>
    <em>I am Not Madame Bovary (2016) </em>我不是潘金莲 Wǒ Búshì Pān Jīnlián - Drama


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    August 2, 2020
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