Languages
I love learning different languages. My best language used to be Chinese (Mandarin). I learnt this for about a year and a half with a teacher from China called Xiao Ye. She lives in Foshan which is near Guangzhou in the south of China and in the summer of 2008 I went to visit her which was amazing! I have been to China twice now and really loved it. It is definitely the best way to learn a language as I got much better and even started to pick up some of the characters. As of 2011 I have begun to re-learn Chinese and am trying to learn to read and write characters. I'm also hoping to take some lessons via Skype with a new teacher in Yangshuo, China.
At secondary school now I am learning French and Latin and Ancient Greek. I studied German for a year as well last year but unfortunately haven't been able to carry that on, or take Spanish as which I wanted to.
Before we went on our trip in 2008 I had 2 Russian lessons at my local library. At least I was able to read the signs on the train and in Moscow!
I would really love to learn Arabic and that is definitely something I want to do in the future.
Click here for my a VideoPodcast I made when I was 10! - A trip to the Supermarket! You'll need Flash Player to view it. Click here to download free Flash Player. It's not the best quality but there is a file limit on the upload.
Here is my version of the story of the origin of the dragon boat festival for my Chinese teacher Xiao Ye, who lives in Guangdong Province in China:
Qu yuan shi min zu ying xiong. Ta tou jiang zi jin yin wei jin zhu hen fu bai he jin zhu bu xihuan ta. Zheng shang de ren hen shang xin yin ta men xi huan Qu yuan. Zong zi bu yu chi Qu Yuan de shen ti. Long zhou sai ji nian Qu Yuan hou dong.
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