As you may be able to deduct from the picture, I'm a student at the University of Portsmouth, pursing a degree in International Development Studies and Languages (ok, so the last part might not be glaringly obvious from just the photo). It just so happens that the language happens to be Mandarin. In the final year of a degree (or half a degree in my case) in Languages, one of the required classes is Language for Professional Communication.
As delightful as all of that information isn't, the real question here is obvious, "Can you say(read, write, understand, cook, wear, etc) something in Chinese/Mandarin?" Yes I can, but please let me finish explaining what's going on first.*
For this Language for Professional Communication class we're required to pick a topic and present on it in Chinese at the end of the semester. Thing is, it's not just as simple as a presentation. We have to do a video, podcast, create a website, brochures, etc. to accompany said presentation.
WELL! The end of the semester (and uni life) is fast approaching, so it seemed best to get a move on. As it turns out, I already have a website, so have decided to write some pieces (and perhaps a video or two) in Chinese on my chosen topic - social enterprise - and post them on this blog, as OrangeMouth falls quite securely under that scope (and would undoubtedly be the subject of several of the entries).
And that's it for today, but keep an eye out for some bi-lingual posts in the near future!
Remember to #livepositive!
* 什么。
As delightful as all of that information isn't, the real question here is obvious, "Can you say(read, write, understand, cook, wear, etc) something in Chinese/Mandarin?" Yes I can, but please let me finish explaining what's going on first.*
For this Language for Professional Communication class we're required to pick a topic and present on it in Chinese at the end of the semester. Thing is, it's not just as simple as a presentation. We have to do a video, podcast, create a website, brochures, etc. to accompany said presentation.
WELL! The end of the semester (and uni life) is fast approaching, so it seemed best to get a move on. As it turns out, I already have a website, so have decided to write some pieces (and perhaps a video or two) in Chinese on my chosen topic - social enterprise - and post them on this blog, as OrangeMouth falls quite securely under that scope (and would undoubtedly be the subject of several of the entries).
And that's it for today, but keep an eye out for some bi-lingual posts in the near future!
Remember to #livepositive!
* 什么。
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