Should I learn Chinese? (confession of a foreigner living in China) IFA Paris SHANGHAI 上海 vlog
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Personally I think you should continue studying Chinese just because knowing another language is great for work as well as professional reasons. But you shouldn't rush the decision. I think once you're in Paris you'll probably notice yourself whether or not you miss China and speaking Chinese on a daily basis. And if you do miss it you can go back and improve your Chinese 😊
true, it's always good to know another language! I just moved to Paris and I definitely do miss China a bit so I guess that's a good sign :)
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阳彩 你是中国人吗。。。。其实你的语气和用词有点不太礼貌。。。用could好点，然后少用点you。。。
@@xavierpeng784 我不是中國人，我是德國人。我去年住在深圳但是我覺得我的中文還不好。我現在在大學學習中文。
阳彩 I live in Shenzhen, it seems like you really like our culture. I really appreciate about it.
Putting extra effort into learning Mandarin and living in China is going to give you an extreme advantage over anyone else in the world. Such advantage correlates to extreme dividends.
Here are my thoughts. First, don't panic. A lot of PhD students are older than you and not sure about their future like you. You don't have to decide right now. Second, when you are in Paris, think how much you miss China/Shanghai, and see if you prefer to live and work in China for an extended period of time. If so, learning Chinese full time should be worth it.Otherwise, a daily conversational level might be enough.
haha yes I was definitely stressing out a bit too much back then, you never know what the future will bring.
Hi Kaja i used to work for a Chinese office that has a lot of foreign employees. From my personal experience, I think even if you don't speak work-proficient Chinese you can still be able to find a job and work in China. However the type of work you can do will be very limited and it might be harder to get promoted to a management level in an office. if you do speak proficient a Chinese your career development will be probable a lot more quicker. So it really depends on how long you want to spend your life in China/Shanghai and what level of career you want to achieve here.
I think you should definitely spend more time to master Chinese. I also worried and about starting working after graduating from university in China. But now looking back, I realized I was still very young back then. Since then I have moved to Australia and have done another Masters and a PhD. When you are 24, spend a few years to get your critical skills sorted before starting a career is fine because you will have less and less such opportunities later in life. You don't have to focus on one career before 30. Good Chinese mastery will serve you lifetime. It will open many doors and greatly accelerate your career later.
that's true! it makes me little more motivated to keep learning! :)
you should learn Chinese, as you have spent so much time on learning it, so keep learning and master it which will be helpful in the future.
If you wanna live or work in China, I think you have to learn Chinese to fit into this country.Learning a new language will get you a lot of surprises.And if you really want to learn Chinese, I would be glad to talk to you in Chinese and correct you,hope you have a very nice experience in China.
You are talent in Language, keep going on learning Chinese.
中文、学的越多，就可以发现越多乐趣……不仅仅影响现在、不仅仅影响你自己，还会给未来、你的孩子们带来非常多便利。
take it ez， you are not supposed to worry too much. If you want to live in Shanghai, a full-time study is not so necessary. If you can communicate in daily life, you will learn about the words about your sphere during your work. Just have more native speaker friends and talk to them, take a note to write down the word you confused, day by day. You can handle that, believe in yourself.
I’m Chinese and I’m glad I can fully understand what you r saying without any subtitles, lol. I was sad when I left US. Hope you have a wonderful job in somewhere and master the most difficult language on earth.
Hey Kaja ! I just discovered your channel because I'm going to Shanghai soon yay ! LOVE your videos. I think learning Chinese would be very useful for you if you wanna do business with China (not necessarily from China, while living in China. You could also live elsewhere !). So maybe if you can get a better idea of want you want to do as a job/career or which industry you want to work in then you can decide if you want to commit to learning Chinese or not ! :)
Hi Charlotte! I'm glad you like my videos! :)and yes that's actually true Chinese can be super useful even if you don't live in China! :)
Actually in China, foreigners cannot work in normal companies except that you are in secondment from a multinational company and working in its Chinese branch office. The other choice to work in China is to be an English teacher for speaking training. In Hong Kong it's different, you can apply for any jobs as long as the company is willing to hire you and give you visa.
You are right，i'm a Chinese，can't imagine a foreigner work in China except as a teache，and also need speak Chinese well
you are totally right
Seriously? There are ppl believing this? Many of my friends are hired by local Chinese companies and have visas to stay in China. You can also start up your own company (although no legal min capital requirement, in reality it should be no lower than RMB 200k) and get a visa.
I am a professor with SUES. I taught some German exchange students at the same campus where you study Earlier this year. I know many foreign students, unfortunately, almost none of them speaks passable Chinese. So you should really go for Chinese learning as it will present you to a lot of good job opportunities only available to foreigners fluent in Chinese, and there aren't many out there. I know expats living in China for years and don't go much further from 谢谢 and 你好. Chinese is a one of a kind language and so different from all the other alphabetical languages in the rest of the world, which makes it daunting for many to learn. That'a exactly the reason you should put you nose on the grindstone and try to master it, with you living in Shanghai and knowing the culture as your advantages.
Of course. Because there can only be advantages.It will open your opportunities for more job prospects.Besides other benefits,there is one very important factor that many seldom mention .Because Chinese characters are pictograms which is completely different from Roman characters, it will unlock another part of your brain which is largely untapped if you are only learning one type of writing.That means it will improve your perception of things and make u into a wiser person.Besides, you will be more empathetic towards another culture as you learn more about their history in the forms of writing ,in poems, etc.The feelings and meanings is also quite different if u translate Chinese into English.For e.g.. Heart in Chinese is not merely a heart ,but can mean effort .So if u understand Chinese and English, you can immediately knows what 'heart' means from another perspective.
I am from Shanghai and I love your videos. I am very happy to see you enjoy living in Shanghai. I feel it is not quite worth taking fulltime to learn a language. The most efficient way is to use the language more often. Maybe make more local friends in Shanghai, communicate more in your daily life. Watch and learn from Mandarin TV shows would also help. "Informal talk(非正式会谈)" is one of my favorite Chinese shows (You can watch the show on CZcams or some Chinese video website). It's an interesting show about a group of foreigners in China discussing their cultures. Hope it can help you learn Chinese better.
thank you for the recommendation! I'm always looking for some fun and easy ;D Chinese shows that I could watch to improve my Chinese :)
If you are in China, you do not need to study Chinese in language school, you can study with your Chinese friend, Chinese is very important to work in China
If you plan to live in Shanghai for a long time in future, the Chinese language is required. It is not essential to speak it very fluently, but need to know about baisc daily language. But it doesn't mean you have to learn chinese for a whole year. You can first try to find a job that doesn't require chinese language (usually international company) and learn chinese after work or at the weekend, by attending some college courses. It has never been easy for people to live in a different country with different language. You have to take more effort. Come on.
Hi Kaja, my suggestions to you is try to find a job after you got your degree. If can find a job matchs your major, that would be perfect situation. If you don't, does not matter, but it should have a reason to motivate yourself to keep working on that job. E.g. high salary, or well benefits provide by the employer. Once you have a job (you want/like to work on), you will find out more and more what knowledges and skills you really to promote your career. Then you can back to school in your spare time to learn more, no matter you stay in China or any other countries. But as a white people, I believe if work in China you may have bigger oppertunity and benefits than in western countries. As you know if you back to western countries, you are just a like millions of local students and have to complete with them without any advantage. Since you stayed and study in China for a long while and know about China in some degree, you should have more chance to get a job in a cooperate/global company in China. Such as foreign banks in China. Don't not keep studying without work exerience. That won't help for your caceer. Even you get a master or doctor degree but in age of 28 or elder but without working experience, you won't get a good job for sure. No matter in eastern or western countries.
Learning new things surely requires investments in time and energy, if you don't need to live on it than just quit ASAP, otherwise it will occupy a certain amount of your precious time and energy. If it is beneficial for your future career path, I highly recommend you to continue. And in terms of Chinese, more Chinese people have mastered English as their second language, so it is not difficult nowadays to find bilingual Chinese people who can well understand your expressions, which to some extent further reduces the necessity of learning Chinese. However, if you plan to work and live in this country for a long term, than learning the language can be a wise option, and as Chinese myself, I really love to see more foreigners are willing to learn my mother tongue.
I'm a CPA and in charge of recruitment in a Fortune 500 company, and i can tell you, doing a MBA before having any full time business job experience is useless. As a recruiter in this situation I would actually completely ignore your MBA degree.
well I will have to make sure not to apply for a job at your company then ;)
Sebastien what’s the reasoning?
An MBA is just useless, and the uselessness also applies to a bachelor's degree to a lesser extent.
byKaja true ，what a fortune 500 company
Sebastien ....that is stupid!
An extra skill will never be a burden, so why not keep learning Chinese. Especially when you are in China, you have a huge advantage.
1.Get a Chinese boyfriend, that you can really be the expert of what China is like.
2.Learn Chinese language on a daily basis with ur BF.
3.Find a well-paid job, staying in China, the fastest developing and the safest country in the world.
4.Explore the rest part of this country, which as you know is very big.
5.Denmark-China come and go.
6.You know life is short and limited, it depends on what you want the most in the coming ages.
Kaja, I don’t know if u’ve already made the decision about continuing learning Chinese or going back to China, here’s my opinion: if after ur MBA u can get a job in an international company in an language-wise easier country which has its branch in Shanghai, then go to those kinda companies and try to be sent to China as representatives. In this way ur Chinese ability can be definitely a plus, yet u don’t need to speak Chinese at a native level, cuz the working language would be in English. I’m Chinese and have been living in Germany more than 8yrs and I used to work in an international company in Shanghai, personally I think there’re many opportunities in China these days and with ur experiences in China and your Chinese language ability (u don’t need that much under the circumstance of the before mentioned believe me), the experience in China would help ur career path anyway.
Hey Kaja i think you are a natural vlogger ,content creator and you have such deep connection to Shanghai and the chinese culture/language. Maybe have you considered pursuing a youtube career in china related topics? Im sure there are many more topics on china that the world would like to see. Regular office jobs are the worst!!
Why keep buying metro tickets manually? Alipay supports public transportation in Hangzhou. In Beijing and Shanghai there are certain apps, could save you sometime. Maybe it's not available in 2018, anyway it can be helpful if you keep that in mind when you're back in Shanghai again, if you ever got the chance. Wish you the best~
that eggplant dish is more commonly served with preserved (or fermented) eggs, and I love it
Why not put them together? As in, get a job at an international company in Shanghai. Yes you'll be using English most of the time, but compared to studying everyday in English, working means that you're get a lot more exposure to Chinese clients and colleagues. MBA degree really works well with actual working experience, so I think that has to be a priority. Since you're at conversational Chinese already, I think you can relax for now --- learning "advanced Chinese" is more like a life-long journey/hobby than a crash course, so just treat it as such.
Hello, Kaja. I am your channel fans. In fact, I am trying my best to learn English and want to know some advanced English usage. I think your video helped me a lot! In my view, if you want to use Chinese as a native speaker, you can make some Chinese friends. It is not a difficult thing, you know, many Chinese undergraduates are willing to have foreign friends, they want to learn English, including me! Chat with a Chinese speaker would help you a lot, trust me! Best wishes to you!
SAME! I get anxious, confused, pressure, and just annoyed when someone brings up the future or what are my plans after graduation .... im like "chill! let me breath ... let me roam around ... let me just ... idk do whatever I want.. I don't know what I am going to do ... " I feel like people think that after you graduate you have your whole life settle and planned when in reality it's not like that ~ I am graduating in just a week and I am in this situation, I definitely need to get a job -_- sadly but, I know what I want to do later and ironically it's to study another language abroad :)
ah yes it can all be so stressful ;/ but good luck! I hope you will find something that you like! :)
Learning a language is very fun.
And a pain in the ass
I’m now in the exact situation as you, 24 years old, stayed in school all my life till now, struggling about thesis and graduation, feeling anxious about getting a job and where to stay in future(I’m Chinese and studying abroad for master degree)
100% Indonesian students learn English but 93% can't speak fluently.
1% Indonesian students learn Mandarin and 95% speak daily Mandarin conversation well.
Some advice, as you already know three languages and you should be able to get a good management job in Shanghai, but if you study Chinese for a year or two, you will do great for your future in Shanghai.
15:43 I teach you a way to make yourself young forever(I did it for a long time)....just forget your age and birthday,don't celebrate it every year,some years later you will know that it workssssssss!Till one year your body wake up and can't resist the nature :p
You are in China now, make full use of it. Of course it's easier to hang out with this girls in your videos because you speak the same language and have the similar culture background, but you need to jump out your comfort zone，that's the point of being far away from home and living overseas. As for Chinese learning, in my opinion the best way is to throw yourself into a bunch of Chinese people who don't speak English at all and force yourself to use it. Babies start talking without knowing how to read, we don't need it too, just listen to people talk and imitate them.
hello, kaja- i have been travelling china several times for my business purpose-- CHINESE Language is most Crucial If you want to know in-depth, Its Impossible to perform the simple daily works. I feel so sad while i say Ne Hao to other people and they replied and add another sentence but i stop at that point i couldnt go further i feel very bad =--and from inner heart my courage and interest start boiling that -- I WILL LEARN CHINESE ONE DAY AND SPEAKS FLUENTLY. ITS MY DETERMINATION. I will learn it and want to know more about Business Management and Supply Chain.
I'm working at Uni in the UK. You are a very smart and bright girl. I'm sure you can find a good job in the future. If you like staying in China, then learn some basics would be enough for daily conversations. Most of the time, Chinese people would like to speak English with you. Good luck, if you have weChat, we can add each other.
0:59 when your mom forces you to dress with extra clothes to not catch a cold but you are upset about it
Chinese language is different from English in the way that they use different part of the brain. So, think about learning Chinese as a brain practice. I think most graduating students are anxious to some extent, because we don’t know what we can offer to the employer, what is our competitiveness, and don’t know what the employer is actually looking for. So, It’s totally normal. In terms of career and learning Chinese, BBC’s Carrie Gracie’s case may inspire en.people.cn/90782/8132310.html.
emmmm, i'm 24 as well. and worked for 3 years now.
And now i work remotely. previous jobs were dull and the companies didn't worked out.
It really depends on what the specific job is. Maybe it needs advanced Mandarine. who knows. and work isn't that scare or exciting. it just, gets dull. which means you really want to doing what you love. but you need to try to know what you really love.
I like watching your video because the place you’re living and studying is so closed to my home. And I am studying in the US and I miss my hometown so much, your video is really to make me feel I’m back home.
I'm happy to hear that! :)
Hi. I think a daily Chinese level is OK. If you find a job in China in the future, you would be pushed by something to learn more Chinese. So don't worry about that.
you should be comfortable with your small goal, like start learning little Chinese, work in a French company in China maybe , or just a English teacher at the meantime you start a Chinese learning program at Shanghai
I think you should learning Chinese, because you are in Chinese spoken country where you will live for a long time. Chinese has long history and a lot of books.Trust me, you needn't to take it much serious, just go and speak Chinese with Chinese people, then you will get it.In Chinese,it means "潜移默化".
This is a late comment, but I think if you really love Chinese culture, like Chinese literature, Chinese character or ancient poetry, or if your ideal job is about Chinese language, like translator or interpreter, you can improve it to a advanced level. But if you just love your life in China, not the language itself, there is no need to do that. Your perfect English plus your professional skill plus basic intermediate Chinese are enough to grant you a good job in China, if you want to work here.
Take it easy! I've been studing chinese in my past 26 years of my life, and I'm still shitty at it.
It's OK to be anxious about future when you are about to graduate. Just try to live with it. Gradually you will find life is filled with anxiety ever after :( -----------------from a sad previous graduate.
You could continue learning Chinese in Singapore / Malaysia. Also, most people in these countries speaks English very well.
I knew a new zealand guy who can speak chinese, he got a offer which is chairman assistant from chinese listed company in beijing with good emoluments. I think shanghai is more internationalized city with less culture clash rather than beijing. it may be a good starting point for expat. all the best
My husband is Chinese and he wants our daughter who is 16 to go and study chinese when she turns 18 in beijing which she is more than happy to do he also says that right now their is so much opportunity in china for foreigners but he also thinks now is the time because in 10 yrs it's going to be more difficult
When you get old, you will realize how difficult to make a real traveling ( not tour ) and study a new language, because you simply will not have the same stamina at your younger age. Some people just died before they realized that due to accidents or diseases. It is sad, but it is a fact. The 100th comment is always meaningful 😳
It is no problem for getting a job in China, especially Shanghai with English. But it is not a perfect way to live in another country than your home country. Chinese culture is very much isolated comparing to Western, you will be always staying at the edge of the culture wirhout Chinese. I am myself a Chinese, studying and working in Norway but in English. I feel difficulty to involving into the culture and network, even you know Norwegian speak good English. So my decision is to learn Norwegian as good as I can.
I have a Danish friend, who is working at Danish company branch at Shanghai He doesnt need to speak any Chinese during work. But he can speak very well, which is very impressed me within 2 years. He went to Shanghai Jiaotong Language school for studying during weekend, the more important is to talk with Chinese.
Hope that help, good luck!
thank you for sharing this! :)
I am exactly in the same situation, it's been 3 years since I started Chinese but my level is not that great... I also recognised myself when you talk about getting a job, idk but I just want to study for lomg time because I feel that I'm not ready to really work and have the same job my entire life. Can you do an update later, it would really help because I also stressed out too much😂 beside don't worry about living in Paris (I live there) you can find really cool places and you can travel Europe more easily 😊
ahh yes Chinese is not an easy one, I think it really requires at leat a good couple fo years to learn it. I just moved to Paris and it's not that bad so far, I actually really enjoy it ;D and yes I will definitely do updates, this whole job/ school situation is definitely something I like to talk about a lot in my vlogs ;D
You can do both , like working in China and studying Chinese simultaneously in night courses
In some of China's megacities (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen) or provincial capitals, young people in urban areas can understand English more or less, 24-hour convenience stores, and almost all public transport in English. Marking/tips. In other places, especially small towns inland, it would be less optimistic. English labels would be scarce and there would be fewer people on the street who could understand English.
The way of learning language are making local friends and watch movie or TV. Hope you learning Chinese better.
I like your video.don't worried about your future .just live in China ,you can get a very good job .trust me.
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If You're still in China, my advice is try to find a native speakers so you can practice your mandarin, it's faster to learn the language that way.
It's kind of important to learn Chinese well if you decided to live and work in China for a long time, and the fastest way to improve English is find Chinese friends or bf, just a piece of suggestion.
Love your video for a common question even for oversea Chinese descents!
thanks!
Did you actually end up learning Chinese more intensely? Would love to see a video about your current Chinese skills! I'm also thinking of going to Fudan for a year :)
Test your Chinese, 做得好不如长得好，长得好不如嫁得好😄 Two years on, how are you doing now? Back in China?
You know what？I am a Chinese studying in the UK and I am learning English by watching your video.😂
你知道吗？我是一名在英国留学的中国人，正在通过看你的视频学英语。😂
Thank you very much
The future is yours to conquer Kaja. I think you should devote time to Chinese mandarin. I did study for a while though on Coursera and it was a wonderful experience. Helped me in business conversations and negotiations. If you give more dedication to it, be sure you'd be better for it. You'd get so much benefits from it certainly.
That's good to hear! it's always so motivating to hear that it actually benefited someone else! :)
byKaja Yes Kaja. You could even begin on Coursera too. Took a course from Peking University. Also, I sent an email. Hoping to get a response soon. :)
It is hard for you to get a proper job in China. However there is opportunities. I suggest that try to find a job in china meanwhile learning Chinese . If can not find a job you like in China. Then go to somewhere else, there are many opportunities for you
同是留学生，特别理解你对未来的一些迷茫和焦虑。加油
Maybe it's winter in Shanghai? Actually the temperature of Shanghai in May can be 68 degrees F or higher.
I feel like speaking fluent Chinese is no longer a requirement for working in China since most people who works in in foreign companies speaks ok English. I think the main benefit you gonna get from learning it is to be able to make more Chinese friends. There’s also this article I read couple months earlier talks about how Chinese workers find Chinese speaking foreigners are more trustworthy than others, My parents and I did not agree with this at all but there might be people out there who finds this to be true. Anyway I would say you don’t have to learn Chinese but it would be nice to learn it just think through is it really worth it or not cuz it’s gonna be very time consuming.
Yes that's true, more and more people speak English in China so that also makes me wonder if speaking fluent mandarin will be that important in the future. I kind of do understand that point, I think sometimes we tend to relate more to people that speak our own language :)
im a little confused about the logic why u love Chinese. as a native speaker i don't like learn Chinese at all.
I'm 24 too and will get my master degree from a shanghai Uni in 2019. all i have to do is just to improve my oral english if i want to get a job in shanghai. so from my perspective it's not necessary to be skilled in Chinese
I strongly believe that studying Chinese would be a great investment of your time and money, China is not perfect but definitely worth your investment. Just work hard and do your best! Chinese WILL be as important as English in the future. Try to learn some basic grammar and pinyin and also make some local friends to practice then you will make it!
Hi Kaja, I guess we're in similar situation somehow. I'm doing my PhD in Germany, though I want to learn German for sure, i just can't manage it. Meanwhile my program is in English every my colleague speaks perfect English that gives me an excuse escaping from German learning. But still it's very frustrating when you go out you feel like you're an illiterate. So I would say if you really want to stay in Shanghai having your career you should leatn Chinese, yet idk if it is a good idea to use a whole year only studng Chinese without job. Maybe you should do it in weekend and holidays. I know it's super stressful but seems like you're smart and energetic enough to manage it. Good luck!
The most people spoken language on the earth.
I think,If you want to know the real culture in China,It is necessary to learn. As for the job,I think to be a teacher is the good choice,because you can learn Chinese and teach the English at the same time~by the way,I am your fans,I will keep focus on you😋
thank you :) I'm not a teacher tho and I'm not planning to be :)
continue to study like me already 30 still study , 24 too much young, and btw Shanghai the best city I think as a local Shanghaiese , even in Asia korea , Japan etc , Shanghai the best
加油!
fighting!!
Haha I suppose if you can speak different language ,it will have helpful for your career in the future,and you stay in China so long time,having a good mandarin learning environment,you can have more chance to practice speaking Chinese, if you didn't use this chance,I think it is a regrettable thing , mandarin is one of the most popular language in the world, and china’s economy develop very quickly,if you can speak Chinese, maybe it will take you some amazing opportunities in the future
making videos can be a good option too , plus you've been making good videos! Yeah, if you speak good Chinese, you can have a lot more opportunities in Shanghai. Good luck .
thanks! :)
What restaurant do you recommend in Shanghai to have a nice dinner ? I’m going to be in Shanghai in July. Thanks
China is a good place to live.
I heard that six months in a homestay family that doesn't speak any English is enough to speak conversational Chinese. ???
Why don't you take a gap year in China?? to develop yourself and do what you really enjoy (like living in Shanghai, Shenzhen, HK...) while you study chinese full time, travel (even around china to avoid disconecting from chinese), think about your future and enjoy life :)
your chinese is very fluent
I learned a lot Chinese in 2 months!
My father thought me.
作为一个在正在加拿大留学的中国人（我认为学中文还是很重要的，所以我用中文回复你，但是我尽量用标准的语法，方便理解或者翻译：)），如果你达到相当于英文雅思IELTS6.0 的水平，找 一份需要多语种的工作应该是不难的。 但是说实话，绝大多数这种工作估计是面向同样在中国的外国人，或者是外国客户。随着你的中文的提高，如果你想回法国，或者其他法语或英语国家工作，也会相对容易的多。万事开头难，剩下的看造化了哈哈哈哈。。。
Hmm, so I can empathise about your situation and nerves when it comes to graduating soon. I think because you have only experienced a life in education you may be swayed to go back to school to learn Chinese - purely because it is comfortable for you. Not so much because it's the right move for you. I would advise to try and find a job - as once you've started working especially after a top qualification like an MBA, as you can then decide what you like and don't like about the working life, and alter your choices from there. There's no harm in going back to your home country and rebuilding yourself, then heading out to Asia again. After two years of working in London as someone from the UK, I then got the opportunity to work in Singapore. A lot of what you're going through may just be due to fear of the unknown/leaving China. But I truly believe if you put your career first you will then end up where you need to be. And if that is China then you can really immerse yourself learning Chinese. For now I'd say leave the world of education that you are so used to and try the working life! It'll give you clarity and you'd be doing things for the right reasons :)
that's true, I do no the school life but I don't really know the full-time working life, so I guess maybe you're right I should just try it out and see how it goes :)
If you want to work in China, then you really should go to learn more Chinese. Otherwise, after sometimes, Zheng your patient disappears, your life in Chine will only get bored. You can only hang out with foreigners, you can express nothing to anyone in Shanghai with their languages, then you’ll move to another place and start a same life again. If you don’t learn chinese, then believe me, that you’ll soon lose passion about this place and get bored everyday until you move away.
An advice from a student who had an optional course of psychology.
Kaja, are you still in China? How is your Chinese getting along?
ARE YOU LIKE CHINA FOOD？
forget it...4 years is too long...you dont want to 😊
I'm so freaked out after uni diploma, I'm passing a diploma in engineering but I plan on being a language teacher, friends slowly are graduating, some are afraid, some are feeling limitless in possibilities, I'm freaked out but I'm sure It will be okay because If it isn't okay for me, a normal person, will it be okay to others?
The buildings look very dirty due to constant dusts and air pollution.
I can understand it... Chinese is a difficult language 😬 I also try to study chinese.
I mean you can speak three languages, and that is already valuable. You should try to found something that can reflect that value. I hope you got something sorted out by now.
I feel you ,hehehe because like you I'm 24 and still have no work but I'm a fresh graduate .. and like you I also don't know what's my plan for my future ,My GoD! ... by the way if I were you, you should learn and study mandarin especially if heart found happiness in shanghai... GOod luck!
My goal is to make money, about my future,
云南菜好评，最爱吃那个炸洋芋了！！！
Find a Chinese boyfriend, then you learn Chinese really fast!
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Lol
As you have visited SEAsian countries, you may have realised that many people speak a few languages besides their mother tongue.
Cheers
if i find a good job, then i will not studying Chinese full time, if I don't, then its a good choice
Hi byKaja, which school you go to? R u living in Xuhui?