As a professional Mandarin instructor with almost two decades worth of teaching experience in American schools, I came to recognize how language-learning in a school setting is only one step in the long journey of acquiring a foreign language. I felt a need and urge to bring my profession beyond school, and I believe professional teaching should be accessible to anyone at any point in their life. It is with this belief that I founded MAD Mandarin LLC in 2018 with the goal to incorporate the latest teaching methods with my own innovative approach of Mindful-Active-Dynamic to positively achieve the best language-learning results.
2020 年从一开始就充满了挑战，而最大的挑战就是现在全球肆虐的新冠肺炎。“幸” 或 “不幸”，这场战争，我打了“全场”。 我在中国经历了小区封锁，在美国正在响应在家隔离。我觉得自己两个月来每天都在坐“过山车”，每天都有新情况，而且每个变化都让人心惊胆战。
糟糕的是，我们已经培养好的学习习惯，很容易在这个混乱而又艰难的时刻被打断。
你还要坚持学中文吗？怎么学习才更有效？为了帮助你找到答案，你可以先问自己三类问题：
学习中文还是那么重要吗？疫情总会过去的。 中文是否在你的人生目标，职业规划中，有了变化。
我有时间学习吗？把时间花在学习上，应该会帮助减少不必要的担心和焦虑。
我是否应该调整自己的学习方式，方法，和作息?
