Feb 07
Today I went to Bryant University for their Chinese New Year Celebration. [...more]
Posted: under Culture, Listening Day, Reading Day.
Tags: Art Troupe, Bryant University, China, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Celebration, Chinese Through Tone and Color, Dancers, Feathers, Learning Chinese, Pretty Girls, Rapid Mandarin Chinese, Renmin University of China, Sichuan Opera
Today we went over to Bryant University for the annual Chinese New Year Celebration. This is a wonderful event that celebrates the rich Chinese culture and the Chinese community in Rhode Island. There were some great displays of dancing, martial arts and singing. We had so much fun.
Something I noticed was that I was starting to pick up on what people were saying, just a word or two here and there but it was cool. Here are some photos from the event.
These little girls were amazing. So poised and focused.
Students exhibit incredible skills with swords at Bryant’s Chinese New Year Celebration.
The Bamboo Tree Dancers were so graceful at Bryant’s Chinese New Year Celebration
This was titled Dance: Pretty Girls (Sichuan Opera). The dancers were part of Art Troupe of the High School Affiliated with the Renmin University of China (RDFZ).
I was a few days behind again and so I listened to 23 minutes of Rapid Mandarin Chinese and 22 minutes of Chinese Through Tone and Color.
Feb 04
We are so excited to go to the Chinese New Year Celebration at Bryant University on Saturday. I hope I can get a few phrases nailed down by then. [...more]
Posted: under Book, Culture, Listening Day, Reading Day, Speaking Day.
Tags: Bryant University, Celebration, Chinese Language, Chinese New Year, Chinese Through Tone and Color, Language, Learning, Learning Chinese
As I continue to listen to and speak the words of Chinese Through Tone and Color I am becoming more confident in being able to understand the symbols and also to speak. I’m not quite in a place where I could have a conversation but I could try. I can’t wait for Saturday or Sunday to go to Bryant University for the Chinese New Year Festival.
Feb 03
Had to catch up because I missed a few days. [...more]
Posted: under Listening Day.
Tags: Bryant University, Chinese New Year, Learning Chinese, Rapid Mandarin Chinese
Okay so working on learning Chinese for 15 minutes a day isn’t as easy as I thought. I missed a day and then two and then three and so today I listened to Rapid Mandarin Chinese for an hour today. It was good to hear that again. Repetition is the key to learning however when I do this only for 15 minutes a day I don’t get much repetition time. I am back on track and will continue to learn more from Chinese Through Tone and Color, that is one of the better books I have so far.
I am looking forward to this Saturday when we go to Bryant University for the Chinese New Year celebration. This should be really fun.
