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DEmeant0r

Ok, I've seen a good few topics on here before advertising chinese lessons or someone wanting a teacher. If you want to learn/teach Chinese please post your advertisement here so we can save disk space

mei guanxie

I'm learning Chinese and based in Dublin, if anyone is interested in language exchange with me ? Stephen

huangyangChina

mei guanxie wrote:

I'm learning Chinese and based in Dublin, if anyone is interested in language exchange with me ? Stephen

Hello,I am Elvis huang a chinese boy,23 years old,who is major in teachng chinese as a foreign language.I am now in the first grade of my postgraduate's period.I found this board by chance.I'd like to help anyone who wanna learn my language and culture.If you are interested,please send your email to elvishuang2006@gmail.com for more details,also you can put my ID into your IM or MSN,I am available to talk online.
Blessings
Elvis huang (my chinese name as follows:::: 黄阳)

infinita

It was a pleasure to discover so many chinese learners in Dublin.
Well,I am a chinese multi-linguist and translator who lives in Dublin and would be glad to answer any questions referring chinese study.

violent

i'm a chinese native speaker.can i help you ?

Enda-Winters

Hi,
My name is Enda i am Irish and am currently learning chinese. i would cinsider my chinese as intermediate and i have lived in Taiwan for six months. i was wondering if anyone is interested in a language exchange, i know i have been learning chinese using classical characters but dont if you are not familiar with these at the moment conversation is more than enough.

Thanks i hope someone can help me.

Enda

yangzhao

Dear all
glad to find ppl interested in chinese.
i am a native madarine speaker living in dublin.find me around belfied and merrion square area.

anyone interested in chinese or even just a chat about china, feel free to give me a shout zhaoyang_0131@hotmail.com

DaniloDiogo

I seeking a mandarin instructor.

I am part of a group of individuals spread in several countries that is developing a Mandarin online course. Right now we are in the planning stages and we need a Mandarin instructor for this initial process and potentially (depending on instructor's availability and performance) an instructor to be fully part of the group.

All lessons will be done online. We will provide the methodology and online platform used. Previous teaching experience is not needed.

The requirements for this position are:

* Native fluent in Mandarin;
* Fluent in English;
* Knowledge of pin yin, simplified chinese and traditional chinese;
* Good computer knowledge and usage (internet, websites, Office programs);
* Fun and dynamic.
* Initially about 8 hours a week, flexible scheduling. We should have a greater increase in hours needed in the near future if candidate is willing.

All payments will be done through credit card or paypal. All meetings through the internet. Contact with time and date for interview, I am on -3GMT timezone.

Please let me know if you are interested or know someone who is.

roight

looking for chinese tutor in galway city area, email 2007chinese@gmail.com , anyone got any tips on how i could contact the galway chinese community with this message?

DPZ

Hello yangzhao, I am an American living in Dublin. My mother is from Taipei and I lived in Taiwan when I was 9 years old for about 1 year. So I have some Chinese experience, but have forgotten quite a bit. I'm probably now at the level of a 5 year old. I'm interested in improving my skill. Can you help?
Thanks, David.

ColinJennings

I learned a little bit of Chinese whilst in UCD - and even have a cert to proove it - but sadly I have not done anything for over a year, so even my little Chinese is not very good. I'd love to learn more and have a few like-minded friends (one of whom can speak Cantonese, but wants to learn mandrin) who also want to learn/improve thier chinese.

Pure Cork

Does anyone know where I can learn Mandarin in Cork? Are there any language schools, night classes, etc. Do they teach it in UCC? Could someone recommend any book/CD sort of thing to get started?

Carsinian Thau

Pure Cork wrote:

Does anyone know where I can learn Mandarin in Cork? Are there any language schools, night classes, etc. Do they teach it in UCC? Could someone recommend any book/CD sort of thing to get started?

UCC has a Chinese Studies course in its Art faculty. It's new but they aim to teach culture as well as Mandarin. They expect students to be fairly good at it by the end of first year so even if you don't continue it you'd have a good grasp of it. There is some literature avaliable online at http://www.ucc.ie/en/DepartmentsCentresandUnits/ChineseStudies/ . Use the links on the left to find what you want.

Snowwhite20006

Hi, I am able to teach Chinese as well as Chinese customs, culture, traditions, etc. My mobile: 086-2284342.

modriscoll

I'm looking for a Chinese tutor, preferably with experience of teaching or giving private classes, in the Waterford area for my daughter who has to resit her Chinese exam in Aug/Sept.

Can anybody help?

Snowwhite20006

I live in Dublin, cannot help in Waterford. But anyone in Dublin interested please contact me.

rivers

I've heard of chinese corners in dublin but i don't know the location of them.
Does anyone know or would be interested in trying to start one?

Also in the ilac centre library they have language exchanges for many other major languages, why dont they have a chinese language exchange?

ChineseSpeaker

I am a native Irish person. I lived and studied in China for 16 months. I am available to give beginners lessons to anyone interested in learning Mandarin Chinese. I have all the books and resources necessary.
These beginner lessons would be suitable for anyone who wants to get a basic grounding in chinese speaking/listening/reading/writing. Also anyone travelling to china who just wants to learn the basics to survive there.
Please let me know.

my number is 085 7508779

yoko

Hi, everybody. I'm looking for some students around Galway here for Chinese lesson(i'm native mandarin and cantonese speaker).
I'm a Qualify and epxerienced teacher, i used to teach in main land China and Tibet for Chinese. Especialy in Tibet, i teach Chinese as a foreign language for two and half years.
if anyone is interested at this message, please contact me by email: yoocowu@yahoo.com.cn

seraphimvc

hi everybody:D

just in case someone needs help,i speak mandarin and cantonese fluently;)

PM if you need me:)

zvivian

Hi DaniloDiogo

I am interested in this position. I am from Beijing (Mandarin speaking) and I am currently giving private Chinese lessons in Dublin. I think I am qualified for the requirement below. Can you send me an email to china75892@hotmail.com and discuss in details please?

Zvivian

DaniloDiogo wrote:

I seeking a mandarin instructor.

I am part of a group of individuals spread in several countries that is developing a Mandarin online course. Right now we are in the planning stages and we need a Mandarin instructor for this initial process and potentially (depending on instructor's availability and performance) an instructor to be fully part of the group.

All lessons will be done online. We will provide the methodology and online platform used. Previous teaching experience is not needed.

The requirements for this position are:

* Native fluent in Mandarin;
* Fluent in English;
* Knowledge of pin yin, simplified chinese and traditional chinese;
* Good computer knowledge and usage (internet, websites, Office programs);
* Fun and dynamic.
* Initially about 8 hours a week, flexible scheduling. We should have a greater increase in hours needed in the near future if candidate is willing.

All payments will be done through credit card or paypal. All meetings through the internet. Contact with time and date for interview, I am on -3GMT timezone.

Please let me know if you are interested or know someone who is.

zvivian

I am from Beijing and working in Dublin. I am giving private Chinese (Mandarin) Lessons in Dublin. I am an experienced teacher. Please contact me at china75892@hotmail.com for more information.

easy2chinese

Hello everybody
I'm learning at www.easy2chinese.com for a short time and i think it's not hard to try to speak & listen , so hope you think like me too

jagcoolz

I would be happy to have someone Chinese speaking to teach me. I am Finnish Guy living in Dublin, I am planning to start beginners course on January in Sanford language school. email me j-r@iki.fi

annieie

An enthusiastic PhD student with 1st Class Certificate of PSC (Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi, i.e. China National Test of Standard Chinese Mandarin Speaking) plus Chinese Mandarin teaching experience across both private and group lessons for both adults and/or children in London

For adults
- Identified individual learning needs and referred to learning support as appropriate
- Produced schemes of work and lesson plans
- Undertook tutorials and assessment of adult students

For children
- tried to make Chinese Mandarin learning fun and interesting
- created games, songs and stories to inspire children’s interest on Mandarin learning and practice

If you are interested to learn Chinese Mandarin in a fun and easy way, please contact me at mx_annie@126.com

cheers

davis lu

Glad to see so many guys want to learn Chinese,I'm from Shanghai (Mandarin speaking and Shanghai native speeking). If anybody want some help ,just feel free email me: obs6@hotmail.com

carsonsunhao

sounds fantastic if i can talk in chinese with you, willing to try my best to help. 0877801274 welcome to call.

thefinalstage

How would an absolute beginner start to learn chinese and which type is best? Mandarin I know is the main one but Cantonese seems to have a large following too. I am a native Irish male with fluent english if that helps any.

davis lu

Mandarin is your best choice because all the people can communicate with Mandarin over mainland of China.Evenmore most of the Cantonese speakers also can use Mandarin!

thefinalstage

davis lu wrote: »

Mandarin is your best choice because all the people can communicate with Mandarin over mainland of China.Evenmore most of the Cantonese speakers also can use Mandarin!

Thanks a lot

yoko

Refer to the below, i would like to know if you are still looking for sb, i was a Mandarin teacher in the school before, and now i'm available for this job. please contact me : yoocowu@yahoo.com.cn
thanks a lot
a xing

DaniloDiogo wrote: »

I seeking a mandarin instructor.

I am part of a group of individuals spread in several countries that is developing a Mandarin online course. Right now we are in the planning stages and we need a Mandarin instructor for this initial process and potentially (depending on instructor's availability and performance) an instructor to be fully part of the group.

All lessons will be done online. We will provide the methodology and online platform used. Previous teaching experience is not needed.

The requirements for this position are:

* Native fluent in Mandarin;
* Fluent in English;
* Knowledge of pin yin, simplified chinese and traditional chinese;
* Good computer knowledge and usage (internet, websites, Office programs);
* Fun and dynamic.
* Initially about 8 hours a week, flexible scheduling. We should have a greater increase in hours needed in the near future if candidate is willing.

All payments will be done through credit card or paypal. All meetings through the internet. Contact with time and date for interview, I am on -3GMT timezone.

Please let me know if you are interested or know someone who is.

yoko

hi, everybody, i teach Mandarin and Cantonese in Galway, flexible time and resonable charge, experienced in teaching. contact me if you are interested: yoocowu@yahoo.com.cn

akuma25

Hi, I'm looking for a Chinese teacher in Dublin. I would prefer if the teacher is a guy with experience in teaching Chinese. Please e-mail me directly on littlegerald@gmail.com

vickie

hi,
just saw your message now, r u still looking for someone to teach your Chinese? I am a native Chinese mandarin speaker who is studying in DIT in Dublin now and looking for for someone for English exchange.
e-mail me if u r interested: vickiez0825@gmail.com

rivers wrote: »

I've heard of chinese corners in dublin but i don't know the location of them.
Does anyone know or would be interested in trying to start one?

Also in the ilac centre library they have language exchanges for many other major languages, why dont they have a chinese language exchange?

Bob24

Hi,

I'm not really looking for a teacher, but if there are Chinese people around interested in meeting for having a chat and language/cultural exchange (my mother tongue is French, my English is pretty good - and I took some Mandarin classes but I was no brilliant) you can PM me or contact me directly at borisonline[at]netcourrier.com. The language part would be great but I don't have to high hopes (about myself anyway) so on my side it would more be about fulfilling my curiosity about China :-)

And if it is of interest, I am French, 27, and have been studying/working in Dublin since 2004.

Boris

Supercell

Hi,

I'd very much like to learn Mandarin. I'm looking for a tutor thats qualified and can give one to one lessons and has experience/qualifications in doing so. I'd like to learn with a Beijing accent if there is someone from there that can teach.

I live in Wicklow but can commute to Dublin city or the county southside.

Please PM me if you can help.

Supercell

Just an update here, I found a course that seems to suit my needs that might be of interest to others here - [url=http://www.tcd.ie/courses/extramural/az/course.php?id=142
]TCD - Introduction to Chinese language and culture[/url]

You need to apply by 12th of September and the course lasts 24 weeks and runs on Thursday nights 6.30 - 8.30 .

innocentsmile

Carsinian Thau wrote: »

UCC has a Chinese Studies course in its Art faculty. It's new but they aim to teach culture as well as Mandarin. They expect students to be fairly good at it by the end of first year so even if you don't continue it you'd have a good grasp of it. There is some literature avaliable online at http://www.ucc.ie/en/DepartmentsCentresandUnits/ChineseStudies/ . Use the links on the left to find what you want.

I did it this year and found it very difficult.
The oral work was fun and Pinyin was in general fairly manageable but when it came to characters, most of the class got lost.
The teachers are all Chinese and I don't think they understood just how difficult it was for us to get our heads round the characters.
They expected us to recognise about 200 by the end of the year.
I'm not continuing it this year, even though I would love to do the culture.
As far as I can gather, I could do only culture in 2nd year if I want to but in 3rd year I'm obligated to do 3rd year Mandarin.
Nonsensical.

yoko

hi, everybody. I'm still teaching Chinese lesson in galway area. I'm a qualified and experienced teacher. i offer all level, group or private lesson. the lesson can be designed by your purpose or aim. flexible time and reasonable charge. contact yoocowu@yahoo.com.cn or tel: 0873251047

Cully

Pure Cork wrote: »

Does anyone know where I can learn Mandarin in Cork? Are there any language schools, night classes, etc. Do they teach it in UCC? Could someone recommend any book/CD sort of thing to get started?

Since Oct 07, there's a Michel Thomas CD... beginner and advanced. You can learn Mandarin (zhong guo hua) very well with that.

thelastangryman wrote: »

How would an absolute beginner start to learn chinese and which type is best? Mandarin I know is the main one but Cantonese seems to have a large following too. I am a native Irish male with fluent english if that helps any.

There is no "best"... Mandarin is more common. Cantonese is generally spoken in Hong Kong and a select few areas. The characters they use when writing is all the same though, so that part is good

Supercell

Cantonese is spoken in the south, Taiwan and Hong Kong amongst other places.

There are two writing systems - traditional and simplified. Traditional is used in Cantonese and simplified mostly used in Mandarin.
The official language of China is Mandarin and most newspapers, street signs, books and websites are in simplified format.
There is a lot of cross over between simplified and traditional writing but its tough learning either and simplified gives you a usability payoff straight away unless you are going to be researching ancient Chinese scripts or something.

Cully

Supercell wrote: »

Cantonese is spoken in the south, Taiwan and Hong Kong amongst other places.

There are two writing systems - traditional and simplified. Traditional is used in Cantonese and simplified mostly used in Mandarin.
The official language of China is Mandarin and most newspapers, street signs, books and websites are in simplified format.
There is a lot of cross over between simplified and traditional writing but its tough learning either and simplified gives you a usability payoff straight away unless you are going to be researching ancient Chinese scripts or something.

It is also worth noting that Taiwan have their own dialect. Which is much different than Mandarin or Cantonese.

In Taiwan and Hong Kong, they will understand Mandarin if you learn that one. I think they switched to using simplified characters after 1955 or something, so only old people will use those.

Unless you know you are going specifically to Hong Kong, it is probably best to learn Mandarin...

Sodoro

Hello, myself an a couple of my friends are very interested in learning mandarin chinese and we were wondering are there any classes in the sligo area???
if not then whats the closest place?
there are at least 4 of us very enthusiastic to learn in order to give us a competitive edge when we start looking for work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
regards,
sodoro.

wheelbarrow12

My son would like to learn to speak\write Chinese. He is very bright. We are in Tralee. Would like someone experienced. Unfortunately we do not have a lot of money.

Thanking you.

Panda2009

infinita wrote: »

It was a pleasure to discover so many chinese learners in Dublin.
Well,I am a chinese multi-linguist and translator who lives in Dublin and would be glad to answer any questions referring chinese study.

Hi Infinita, How r things? I am looking for a position of freelance Mandarin Chinese -English translation or interpreter. I thought you might be able to help. thanks in advance!:)

Shiner88

Learning chinese is very interesting..
i'm live in indonesia & i can speak n write chinese very good..
If anyone wanna study, i can share a little bit with u..
just like to help other people!
my YM : hallowen_boy2005

tianew

HI,

I am so interested in learning cantonese or mandarin.
I am new in Naas and would love to have some lessons and i can teach french in return or we organise sthg.

tia.

randomcorkgirl

hey i was wondering if there were any chinese(madarin) tutors available in cork, i have the very basis in it, my name, my family etc but i would like to continue learning!

Canonfan

I'm afraid most of us are living in Dublin.

tianew

Hi,
i am looking for a chinese class in Naas,does anyone know if there is any?
thanks a lot
i can swap with my french or dutch? or even vietnamese lol
would be very lucky if i can find someone to teach me mandarin
x

conchubhar1

looking for a teacher in chinese in dublin - preferably north

can exchange irish or english - or money of course

free would be fantastic:D:D:D