We have seen Chinese influence in fashion, furniture, home decor, and mall shops’ window displays.  Now it is fashionable to learn Chinese even on the top university campuses globally.   One of our students is attending UCLA, she was telling me, Chinese classes are the hottest on campus, they are all booked full the day when they are available, not only because there is a big Asian population on campus of UCLA, but also because it is trendy.  It is cool to be able to read the Chinese character on somebody’s t-shirt, it is even more hip if you traveled to China on your own with your broken Chinese, or just the few phrases you learned in high school.

With the demand is growing in learning Chinese online and market is very local and fragmented, we have launched a sister site, www.languagesphere.com, which is for a different learning community and market place.  We added English and some other subjects lessons which we can offer online for life long learners.  Enjoy learning!

Get Ahead, Learn MANDARIN is an old article online from Time ASIA – http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501060626/story.html, read it and let me know your feedback.

Read an article on WSJ,

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203946904574302052610981892.html?mod =WSJ_hps_MIDDLEForthNews#articleTabs%3Darticle

I think it is way pass the time to educate the companies about the basic of entering the Chinese market place, I was a consultant and taking large multinationals to China 15 years ago.  If any company still do not know all of those basic things before heading to China now, they might not be focusing on China, period!

It is time to learn Chinese, learn Chinese Culture, understand Chinese language and what China has done in the past three decades.

Learn Chinese Online is the way to do it since the web has provide equal opportunity to everyone with Internet access to learn and grow….

I was in Tianjin, P.R. China last month, there is no sign of recession anywhere to be found.

The restaurants are packed, I have visited more than 10 restaurants, none of them are empty in anyway.  Shopping malls are full, the high end, low end and mid range are packed with people.  Real estate prices are through the roof, I sold an apartment in September at 2007 Spring highest price range, and the price now is higher.  Car purchasing are back ordered for up to 6 months before delivery, my friend ordered a TOYOTA Highlander in September and it will be delivered March, 2010.

As a person living in sunny southern California, it is good to see Chinese domestic demand is picking up so much that they might be able to pull us out of the recession soon.

On wsj.com today (Nov. 13th, 2009), A Superpower Stirs, is one of the articles tittle since Obama is in Beijing now.  We can all debate about the pros and cons of China’s rise, and how it will shape the world in 21st century, one thing is for sure, learn to speak Chinese is definitely worth the trouble.  Personally, I have witness the demand for learning Chinese in the United States and globely.

Checkout the top US boarding schools like www.andover.edu and www.groton.org, you will know how many Chinese language and history classes they offer to their students.  Start learning Chinese online today, or give your kids a chance to learn……

Read an article on Fortune http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/07/news/international/china_natural_resources.fortune/index.htm

There are many advantages of speaking Chinese, even better if you can read and write Chinese.  While the global economic crisis is continuing into its 3rd year soon, the Chinese market has been growing again since the second quarter of 2009.  One of our students just got an offer in Beijing after graduated from college in 2007, working in New York, and studied Chinese online with us for two years.

Keep up the good work of learning Chinese, your future is brighter because of it.

My son is 10 years old.  He has been learning Chinese ever since he started talking (10 months).  Yet, learning Chinese while living in United States has been a challenge even for a kid with a Chinese speaking mother.  We tried parent teaching for a few years, and weekend Chinese schools for two years; nothing seems to get him speak Chinese naturally and willingly.  Until he has been taking private online Chinese classes through www.chinesesphere.com for the past two years (3 -4 lessons per week).  He has the best pronounciation among all the Chinese speaking kids here, he can communicate in Chinese without any issues, my friends in Beijing think he speaks perfect Mandarin – Putonghua last summer when we were in China.  We have summarized the reasons why private online Chinese is the best way to learn Chinese here, for that matter, any secondary language.

1. Online Chinese is the most CONVENIENT way for anybody to learn, it is no longer a burden.  Anybody can take it anytime and anywhere with an internet connection.
2. Since it is convenient, students can take as many time as they have time for it.  The high FRENQUENCY is another reason the online Chinese is the best way to learn.
3. Private online Chinese sessions allow the studentS to have teachers and their own dedicated ATTENTION for 50 minutes at a time.
4. Our teachers are college graduates with Teaching Chinese as Secondary Language degree, teaching QUALITY is another major reason.
5. Lastly, you learne from the NATIVE SPEAKER who speaks perfect Mandarin.

English – I love you

Afrikaans – Ek het jou lief

Albanian – Te dua

Arabic – Ana behibak (to male)

Arabic – Ana behibek (to female)

Armenian – Yes kez sirumen

Bambara – M’bi fe

Bangla – Aamee tuma ke bhalo aashi

Belarusian – Ya tabe kahayu

Bisaya – Nahigugma ako kanimo

Bulgarian – Obicham te

Cambodian – Soro lahn nhee ah

Cantonese Chinese – Ngo oiy ney a

Catalan – T’estimo

Cheyenne – Ne mohotatse

Chichewa – Ndimakukonda

Corsican – Ti tengu caru (to male)

Creol – Mi aime jou

Croatian – Volim te

Czech – Miluji te

Danish – Jeg Elsker Dig

Dutch – Ik hou van jou

Esperanto – Mi amas vin

Estonian – Ma armastan sind

Ethiopian – Afgreki’

Faroese – Eg elski teg

Farsi – Doset daram

Filipino – Mahal kita

Finnish – Mina rakastan sinua

French – Je t’aime, Je t’adore

Gaelic – Ta gra agam ort

Georgian – Mikvarhar

German – Ich liebe dich

Greek – S’agapo

Gujarati – Hoo thunay prem karoo choo

Hiligaynon – Palangga ko ikaw

Hawaiian – Aloha wau ia oi

Hebrew – Ani ohev otah (to female)

Hebrew – Ani ohev et otha (to male)

Hiligaynon – Guina higugma ko ikaw

Hindi – Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae

Hmong – Kuv hlub koj

Hopi – Nu’ umi unangwa’ta

Hungarian – Szeretlek

Icelandic – Eg elska tig

Ilonggo – Palangga ko ikaw

Indonesian – Saya cinta padamu

Inuit – Negligevapse

Irish – Taim i’ ngra leat

Italian – Ti amo

Japanese – Aishiteru

Kannada – Naanu ninna preetisuttene

Kapampangan – Kaluguran daka

Kiswahili – Nakupenda

Konkani – Tu magel moga cho

Korean – Sarang Heyo

Latin – Te amo

Latvian – Es tevi miilu

Lebanese – Bahibak

Lithuanian – Tave myliu

Malay – Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu

Malayalam – Njan Ninne Premikunnu

Mandarin Chinese – Wo ai ni

Marathi – Me tula prem karto

Mohawk – Kanbhik

Moroccan – Ana moajaba bik

Nahuatl – Ni mits neki

Navaho – Ayor anosh’ni

Norwegian – Jeg Elsker Deg

Pandacan – Syota na kita!!

Pangasinan – Inaru Taka

Papiamento – Mi ta stimabo

Persian – Doo-set daaram

Pig Latin – Iay ovlay ouyay

Polish – Kocham Ciebie

Portuguese – Eu te amo

Romanian – Te ubesk

Russian – Ya tebya liubliu

Scot Gaelic – Tha gra\dh agam ort

Serbian – Volim te

Setswana – Ke a go rata

Sign Language – ,\,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing’I Love You’)

Sindhi – Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan

Sioux – Techihhila

Slovak – Lu`bim ta

Slovenian – Ljubim te

Spanish – Te quiero / Te amo

Swahili – Ninapenda wewe

Swedish – Jag alskar dig

Swiss-German – Ich lieb Di

Tagalog – Mahal kita

Taiwanese – Wa ga ei li

Tahitian – Ua Here Vau Ia Oe

Tamil – Nan unnai kathalikaraen

Telugu – Nenu ninnu premistunnanu

Thai – Chan rak khun (to male)

Thai – Phom rak khun (to female)

Turkish – Seni Seviyorum

Ukrainian – Ya tebe kahayu

Urdu – mai aap say pyaar karta hoo

Vietnamese – Anh ye^u em (to female)

Vietnamese – Em ye^u anh (to male)

Welsh – ‘Rwy’n dy garu

Yiddish – Ikh hob dikh

Yoruba – Mo ni fe

As China rises on the global business stage, more people want to learn the Chinese language.

Currently,  two writing systems-traditional and simplified Chinese-are widely used in various parts of the world. Traditional Chinese, which has existed for more than 2,000 years, is written in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Learn Chinese language in a fun and interesting way that will attract students of this generation is a challenge to educators and parents. How to integrate language into their way of life that children would think its part of their learning? There are some tips for teaching Chinese Language to children at home and in the classroom.

The below simplifications will help you understand the Chinese language just a better way. Enjoy!

How are you? – Ni Hao Ma

I love you. – Wo Ai Ni

See me ASAP – Kum Hia Nao

Your body odor is offensive -  Yu Stin Ki Pu
Great  – Fa Kin Su Pah

Are you trying to save electricity? – Wai So Dim
Approach me – Kum Hia
Not very good  ­- Lao Zi
A small horse – Tai Ne Po Ne
Serving drinks to people – Ten Ding Ba
Your vacation in Hawaii agrees with you – Yu Mai Te Tan
A bashful person – Shai Gai
You need a face lift – Chin Tu Fat
A stupid person – Dum Gai
Cleaning an automobile – Wa Shing Kah
There is no reason to raise your voice – Wai U Shao Ting

Simple Tips for learning Chinese language:

Learn Chinese at Home: The above notes can be paste at the refrigerator, or as a letter on each other’s table. We can communicate to home members and when learns more Chinese words, the writing can be more interesting and complicated.

Cartoons: Through watching TV program & Chinese cartoons, we can listen and expose to the language in an informal manner.