It’s been quiet…

It’s been quiet on the main blog for the past week. In the background, I’ve been working on writing new resource pages about a variety of topics having to do with learning a language in Singapore. I have actually been pretty busy in updating the site, adding resource pages that I didn’t think all of you would want to pop up on your Facebook wall every time. So here’s a post to quickly update you on what has been added to the site.

I have updated the page on where to find a suitable language school in Singapore and added a page on how to select the best language school for you as well as an introduction to the different tiers of schools within the Singapore educational landscape, and a page that discusses whether you should sign up with a Singaporean language school, or go somewhere else to learn the language you want to learn.

I also added my own experiences with and recommendations for learning French, Spanish, German, Chinese and English, and for Korean and Japanese, which I haven’t studied myself so far, I added pages that talk about how popular and significant these languages are in Singapore, and where you can study them.

If any of you have studied Korean, Japanese, or another language, I’d love to hear how you’ve fared in doing so.

About Guus Goorts

Guus has traveled widely and has lived in The Netherlands, Ghana, Belgium and Singapore. In descending order of fluency, he speaks Dutch, English, Mandarin, German and some rudiments of Spanish, French and Italian. Guus lives in Singapore with his wife and two young children. He settled in Singapore in early 2006 from his native country The Netherlands. After working in a job for corporate training, he founded Yago Languages, Singapore's guide to language learning.

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2 comments

  1. Hey good luck with your language learning! I always loved languages and studied Mandarin in China before I switched to studying Japanese (in Mandarin). Now while still studying Japanese im trying to study Korean using Japanese. It’s quite fun though! I think it’s great that you’re studying Mandarin in Singapore and I think Dutch people are really good at languages…hahaha, ok dat was een beetje afgezaagd. oops! Nou weet je gelijk waar ik vandaan kom! :)

    Maargoed, wat tof zeg dat je daar zit, een dingetje, hoe komt het dat je Mandarin in Singapore studeert en niet in China? Eerlijk gezegd had ik voordat ik naar China ging ook het idee om het in Singapore te doen maar dit was omdat ik familie daar heb wonen (mn pa is Singaporean), maar het werd mij afgeraden omdat Singaporean Mandarin een accent heeft. Zodoende had ik het toch uiteindelijk in China (shanghai) gestudeerd. Anyways, wat toevallig zeg!

    哪你汉语现在应该很棒啦是吗。在新加坡很多人都会说福建话或广东话,你有没有学会一点啊?我自己也有一个博客,虽然关于日语,但喜欢的话请看一看吧。

    • Guus says:

      那我能看得到你对学语言真有热情。其实,我的广东话,福建,潮州话都没什么,只能点咖啡而已。不要一次血太多不同的。而且,为了我是白人,一般来说新加坡人已经很高兴能跟我讲普通话。。。。。

      Waarom Singapore, dat is me wel vaker gevraagd – ik had een goede reden: m’n vrouw. Die hier al woonde en overigens uit Beijing komt. Het was vanaf het begin de bedoeling om ons hier voor langere tijd te vestigen. Ik heb al eens geschreven over over de pro’s en cons van talen leren in Singapore, het is waar dat Singaporeanen een accent hebben, maar dat kom je niet tegen bij leraren (Taiwanese, Chinese en een enkele goed opgeleide Singporeaanse leraar)- en daarnaast wonen hier ook veel mensen uit mainland China, waar ik meer mee omga. Wat wel grappig is omdat ik geen moeite heb met dingen waar veel Singaporeanen moeite mee hebben, zoals ‘c’ vs. ‘ch’, ‘z’ vs. ‘zh’.

      So thanks for leaving your comment, I’ll sure keep following your blog!

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