Speaker A. I live in a small town where there are few opportunities to learn such an exotic language as Chinese. I don't think textbooks and internet podcasts are enough to start learning such a difficult language. You still need a teacher. I hope one day I'll be able to learn Chinese because it's an exciting language, very beautiful and a great way to train your brain. Moreover, if you speak Chinese well enough, you have a wider choice in the job market.
Speaker B. I honestly don't understand why people choose to learn Chinese as a foreign language. They say there are a lot of native speakers of Chinese, but in my opinion, European languages are the ones of business, art and literature. Besides, Chinese is incredibly hard as it's composed of pictograms and semi-phonetic ideograms. So it's difficult, impractical and it's also impossible to find a good textbook or a professional teacher to learn it.
Speaker C. When I tell people that I learn Chinese, they are usually very surprised because they think Chinese is a very difficult language to learn. They are even more surprised when. I say it's a stereotype. Well, I admit there are languages easier to learn than Chinese, but still, apart from the writing system, it's not that hard. Chinese has no cases, no genders, and simple grammar. It also treats tenses in a very simplistic way, unlike other languages.
Speaker D. The Chinese language is high in demand now, so my parents advise me to try and learn it. School is not difficult for me, so I have a lot of free time on my hands. I think I'll try learning Chinese, and I hope I'll be good at it. The truth is, of all the things you can do with your spare time, learning Mandarin Chinese is one of the best investments you can make. I'm sure it will look good on my CV and will help me to climb the career ladder.
Speaker E. I want to try to learn Chinese. There are courses of Chinese in our local linguistic centre, so I think it's a wonderful opportunity for me. I've read it on the internet that now there are very effective ways to learn Chinese faster with the help of computer programmes. Huge dictionaries and poorly recorded tapes have long been forgotten. I hope computer-based learning will help me master the Chinese language quicker and without problems.
Speaker F. Not many people know this, but while much of the world shares a common online space, this is not the case for China. Due to government restrictions and the everpresent language barrier, China's internet sites are largely inaccessible to outsiders. The Chinese internet is full of its own unique multimedia, memes and other content virtually unknown to the rest of the world. I want to have access to this stuff, so I do my best to learn Chinese.