is there an online mandarin course i can take?
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http://www.chinesepod.com
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Just about every course that is offered online should work for you. It really depends on what classes you need to take (if you are working toward a degree) or want to take (if you are taking classes just because you enjoy learning). \n\nIt can be a bit difficult taking a foreign language class online, I imagine! I have also had a hard time with my Statistics class online. I just had a hard time getting what the textbook meant. A tutor would have been helpful, but my tutor hasn't really been available (it is a friend of mine). \n\nIt is really hard to narrow it down to specific courses, when really it depends on the way each course is structured, and how the teacher teaches it. Some teachers will have the whole semester planned out and you can access everything at once. This is great for me so that I can plan my time and try to plan my life a bit over the semester. Some will only open parts of the course at a time, so that they can update their material to match the current discussions going on in class and possibly reflect current events going on in the world. This was harder for me because I had several books to carry around and I had no way to project how much work I would be doing from week to week. \n\nSome classes have some visual information built in -- with slides and such. (love this!) Some colleges have "writing centers" or other virtual tutorial centers -- and I like the idea of this!!! Some colleges require a lot of group work -- which is not my favorite due to trying to follow peoples schedules and who knows if they will actually contribute or not. Some colleges have quicker paces than others as well. That is something to consider. \n\nI picked Empire State College in the end. I had a friend that went to Pheonix, and the fast pace was too much and a ot of group work. Things I already knew I didn't want. \n\nSo really, it depends...
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I'd have to go with everyone else and say Spanish (although, I'm hardly a business person, so I don't know how useful Mandarin would be). However, there is one language that no one else mentioned that I would really like to learn: Sign Language. Other useful languages could be French (If you live in the northeast or New Orleans area) and Italian. One of the nice things about Spanish, Italian, and French is that once you are competent with one of these languages, the other two are much easier to read because they are all Latin based.
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try www.studyspanish.com
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There are many options available on the web. Some are free some are paid for. The best way would be to go to free sites, get your bearing right on the language. Then go to a paid site and learn them fast.\n\nHappy learning.
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Please let me know what type of business.  I am tri-lingual, including Mandarin.  You may contact me at jpee_truecare@yahoo.com for further discussion.
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It is much cheaper to study Mandarin in Taiwan than in LA.  But it's also worthwhile to get a basic foundation before you head over there. I recommend UCLA -- they have a good continuing education program for non-degree students. Or check out their summer intensive:\nhttp://www.summer.ucla.edu/Institutes/LanguageIntensives/Chinese.htm
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Try Learndirect and vision to learn both are on-line courses and are free.\n\nhttp://www.learndirect.co.uk\nhttp://www.vision2learn.co.uk\ntry the links, I have and it is fun learning something new.
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You mean taking courses in Singapore but under distance learning?\n\nYou can try MDIS\nhttp://www.mdis.edu.sg/index.php\n\nor PSB Academy\nhttp://www.psbacademy.edu.sg/
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here is a list of online la courses hope this helps\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=law+course+online
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Yeah look online. You can take a quick one month course to get TEFL certified.\n\nCELTA is generally accepted as the best. Look it up online.
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Mandarin is extremely hard to learn to speak. First the pronunciation is quite difficult, and then there is the issue of tones. There are roughly 5 toes in Mandarin, and so you can say "ma" 5 different ways, and each one has a vastly different meaning. for example #1: mom, #2: horse, #3 ok, #4 scold, #5 (indicates a question)\nIf you truely want to learn to speak mandarin you need to MOVE to Taiwan or China. I have been living in Taiwan for 5 years and that's the only way to successfully do it. I tried for 2 years in my home country and learned nothing. \nGood luck.
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There is such language as 'Chinese'. The major languages spoken in mainland China are Mandarin and Cantonese, along with many others. Mandarin is the official.\n\nThe Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, is among those who have introduced Mandarin in its curriculum as an option.\n\nhttp://www.nmims.edu/welcome/
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Mandarin is more practical and easier to learn for caucasians...but I strongly recommend cantonese too! mostly bcoz I SPEAK CANTONESE! lol! there're many interesting slangs and cool stuff to do in Hong Kong! :p
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It's always good to learn as much as you can. If you have the opportunity to do so, grab it.\n\nWhen I was in school, I studied Mandarin Chinese for two years. I loved it, but never had a chance to pursue those studies any further. For years, I have wished I could speak the language fluently. You just never know when you might use it.\n\nI spent five years taking the police emergency calls (e.g. 911 in the States) and the number of times I needed to get interpreters on the phone to help people was phenomenal. By far, the most common language I needed to get an interpreter for was... Mandarin Chinese. I remember a time I received a call from a woman who was clearly desperate. The operator who diverted the call to me couldn't work out what service she needed (whether she wanted Police, Fire, or Ambulance) so she put the woman through to Police. I couldn't understand what the woman was saying, but I was able to recognise what language she was speaking. After about ten minutes, I finally established (with the help of the interpreter) that her mother had had a suspected heart attack and she needed an ambulance - not police at all.\n\nIt takes only three minutes without air, and a person begins to die.\n\nI had lost at least ten minutes already, and that didn't count the time it took to ascertain basic details and transfer the call to the ambos, who in turn would have to get another interpreter for the finer details, and of course, the time it would take for the ambulance to reach the woman.\n\nDid she make it? I don't know.\n\nBut had I been able to speak Chinese - or had she been able to speak English - she would have had a fighting chance.\n\nI strongly urge you to learn another language if you have the opportunity. You never know when you might use it - and you never know when it could save a life.
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My wife is also from Taiwan, I've found an excellent resource for learning Mandarin at:\nhttp://www.chinesepod.com/\n\nThis is a podcast for newbie, elementary, intermediate and advanced level.  Just download the mp3s and put them on your iPod, or burn them to an audio CD.
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I suggest taking a class for this language. You can take an online course lested below.