Carolina Navarro: Overcoming Cultural & Learning Barriers to Reach Professional Proficiency in Chinese

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Today’s podcast episode is all about Carolina Navarro, a language educator from Spain whose Chinese learning adventures saw her overcome numerous cultural obstacles on the way to reaching professional proficiency in the language.

Speaking of learning adventures, if you're a Chinese learner based in Europe, listen up! This year Mandarin Retreat are planning an awesome, fully immersive five day summer camp in the UK, packed with fun Chinese learning activities. And they want your input.

In order to plan the best event we possibly can, we’re currently running a survey giving you the chance to register your interest and have your say on preferred dates, locations and activities: https://www.mandarinretreat.com/choose-your-dates

Our last camp took place in Wales in August and saw learners flying in from three European countries to participate!

Everyone had an awesome time learning Tai Chi, playing Mahjong, making Chinese dumplings, watching Mandarin movies and exploring the stunning countryside together, all under the guidance of professional tutors in a totally immersive Mandarin language environment (check out the photos!)

Now back to today’s guest, Carolina.

Carolina first went to China in 2010 where she worked and studied for the next few years, becoming fluent in Mandarin. After returning to Spain she put her Chinese skills to use working for the Confucius Institute for nine years.

Her current focus is on aiding learners in discovering their motivation for language acquisition. She conducts talks on language learning and assists families in comprehending and supporting their children's needs in learning Chinese.