Welcome to another Podcast interview! Today’s guest is Ivan Batishchev who is a PR and digital communications executive from Italki. Ivan lives and works in Shanghai, China and can speak 5 languages: Russian, Ukrainian, English, German and, of course, Mandarin Chinese! In this interview, he shares lots of his interesting experiences and stories about his learning Mandarin Chinese journey.
In this Podcast interview, we talk about:
1. How Ivan got started learning Mandarin Chinese in University
2. His personal stories and experiences living and working in Beijing and Shanghai
3. The most crucial lesson Ivan has learned about learning Mandarin Chinese
4. Tips for you to find a suitable online Chinese teacher for you
5. Mandarin Chinese learning resources (both free and paid) for Chinese learners
Resources we mentioned in the interview:
1. Italki: A recommended platform for finding online Chinese and other language teachers. For our Learn Mandarin Now listeners, you can click through this link to get a “buy 1 lesson get 1 lesson free bonus”
2. Pleco: The best Chinese dictionary App that you can use on your phone. It’s highly recommended by many Chinese learners
3. HelloChinese: Mandarin Chinese learning App
4. The Chairman’s Bao: A Chinese newspaper, written for Mandarin students
5. Tinycard: App for Flashcards
6. Anki: A very popular programme to help you remember words more effectively. They provide not only a Chinese character version but for other major languages as well
Thanks for Listening…
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