Studying Chinese?

[Jinkouyuki]

I was curious if anyone was fluent in Mandarin, or wanted to study with me. I will be going to China soon so I want to study before my extended stay.

[水銀灯]

I must first of all say that Chinese is not Mandarin. Chinese includes all the dialects used in China and depending on where you are, the natives will claim their dialect as "Chinese". Example: in Hong Kong, if you say Chinese, they will think of Cantonese. In Mainland China, if you say Chinese, they will think of Mandarin or what they call 普通话 (pǔtōnghuà), etc.

Well, anyway, you've been to China and went back I assume, how was it? I myself am not fluent in either Cantonese or Mandarin, but I know a little bit here and there.

[darkash]

mandarin can't be learnt through online courses I believe
I study mandarin in courses, but I only got a tiny bit of it
it's truly a hard language to master, especially traditional chinese (mandarin) which is used on Taiwan x_x
my teacher frequently ask me to watch chinese TV program so we can practice our hearing and widen the vocabulary
maybe you could try doing that