Turning Taiwanese

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atest press release from the Taiwan Center For Mandarin Learning In Ireland, issued on Sunday, February 5th 2023…

Catching the tail end of the lunar new year, the open day for the Taiwan Center For Mandarin Learning In Ireland was held on Friday, February 3rd at the Masonry, where TCMLI holds its classes in Dublin.

As it’s the Lantern Festival this weekend, a number of activities related to the festivities were held to let potential students experience the spirit of traditional culture.

The event was kicked off by Evan Furlong, Director of the TCMLI, who introduced the centre, the course, the benefits to subscribe, the textbook and workbook of Let’s Learn Mandarin book 1 and 2. Ms Furlong said the common perception about learning Mandarin is that it’s difficult, but she used the wordplay and pictures to allow the audience to recognise and learn 30 words and phrases in just a few minutes.

The activities also included calligraphy, with writing Spring Festival couplets and idioms with a brush, the lantern riddles, bubble tea and the money scooping game, which is the most popular in Asia during the festivities.

The Taiwan Center For Mandarin Learning In Ireland also hold classes in Greystones. You can find out more here, and follow on Twitter here and Facebook here.