Dominic Balbed is a first year student at Georgia State University studying applied linguistics.
Learning more about the vast universe of languages is important to me for a multitude of…
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Tag Archives: Chinese
Trends in College Language Learning [INFOGRAPHIC]
Spanish tops out as the most-studied language across U.S. campuses, followed by French and German. Only one percent of those in the U.S. have studied Chinese, but…
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A Journey to China with Rosetta Stone TOTALe PRO
One of the most difficult languages for native speakers of English to learn is Chinese, but that hasn’t deterred students from learning it. In fact, the Modern Language Association…
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Learning Mandarin to Improve Professional Opportunities
As a lawyer with localized, small-town experience (rather than international, corporate, or financial expertise), I knew that finding work here in Taiwan would be difficult. Because my family’s relocation for my wife’s…
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Rosetta Stone Changed My Life!
Rosetta Stone has been life-changing for me. With no background in Mandarin, I began three years ago with Level 1 and continue to enjoy every moment of my daily…
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Language Myths and Complicated Languages
My recent video answering the question “Why are some languages so complicated?” sparked a great discussion among some of our readers—and it raised some good questions. I…
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Immersion after Rosetta Stone: Movies!
My students here in China often ask what they can do to improve their oral English. Memorizing a dictionary is all well and good for passing their college-entrance exams,…
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Rosetta Stone: Helping Me Feel at Home in Taiwan
One of the great advantages of my family’s relocation to Taiwan is that we now have relatively easy access to some fantastic Asian vacation destinations. In the course of…
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A Journey on the Silk Road
My husband,…
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Level Up!
With the release of Chinese and Russian Levels 4 and 5, the…
