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Chinese is one of the partnership popular languages all over the world, spoken by more than one billion people in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan partnership many other places in East Asia. It is the second most commonly spoken language, only after English. It consists of a large number of dialects, which have the same written language but differ when spoken.

Chinese has grown in popularity all over the world according to statistics from the Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. Not surprisingly, it has become the most frequently learned language after English

Why learn chinese language

From researches done in some Chinese language schools, some students learn chinese language for general cultural reasons, as they are interested in more than 5000 year long culture. Others learn it as a big challenge, as it is a difficult language to learn because it is a tonal language, meaning that one word can have a different meaning depending on the tone.
But the most important reason is that parents worry about their kids’ future, and send them to learn chinese language. It is undeniable that China is becoming the biggest market in the world for different products and services after its transition from a central- planned economy to a market-oriented one. Learning chinese language will help today students to be more successful in business in the next years.

How To Learn Chinese Language

Of course, if you are able to learn Chinese Language attending a school in China, it would be great. One or two months in China can be helpful.
But not everybody can do that. You can attend a Chinese School in other country and complement that learning with online material such as podcasts or audio books to help you practice.

If everything continues in this way, Chinese will continue to be the most frequently learned language all over the world after English, with a great impact in business in the next years.

Alberto Abudara is the owner of Audio partnership Fortress, an audio book store with a great number of audio books to help you learn chinese language He also runs a Squidoo lens with more information about how to
learn chinese language

Many parts of the world are in recession or at least facing a downturn in the economy. At these times, redundancies and cutbacks are announced on almost a daily basis. Like all events, the current economic challenges present the opportunity for learning for current and aspiring business leaders. So what are 5 key lessons from the current recession?

Lesson 1: Take a long term view

Businesses exist or are established with a view to growing and existing for a long time. With so much information so freely available about opportunities to make gains now or the constant focus in the media about how bad things are, it is easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. By keeping a focus on the bigger picture and recognising that the economy generally goes in cycles, you can avoid taking short term decisions which are not in the best long term.

Lesson 2: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

In business it is important not to put all of your eggs in one basket. It is important to have a portfolio of products and/or services so that you can spread risk and reduce the impact of downturns in the economy. This is exactly what we do when it comes to investing or saving. We have a range of options to spread the risk.

Lesson 3: Continually innovate

Successful businesses don’t stand still. They are continually looking for new products or services they can offer or new and innovative ways of offering what they currently have. In large organisations it is easy to become complacent, to stop looking out for ways to address an unmet need or to believe that the good times will stay for ever. Having different products and services at different stages of the life cycle is important and this requires constant innovation.

Lesson 4: Focus on the way forward

Pick up any newspaper, listen to radio or watch TV and chances you will come across lots of negativity about how difficult things are. While without doubt things are challenging at the moment, there is little point in investing time and energy focusing on what has happened. Time and energy focusing on the way forward is much more productive and beneficial than focusing on what has happened. Make a commitment to focus on how you move forward and achieve even more success.

Lesson 5: Expect uncertainty

Uncertainty is part of parcel of being in a leadership role and it is essential to your success that you expect, accept and prepare the best you can for uncertainty. Regularly look at trends in the area which you operate. Consider what might create uncertainty. Develop your ideas on how you will address the uncertainties if they arise.

Bottom line- The economy will always go through periods when it is strong and periods when it is weak. As a leader you need to prepare yourself the best you can to prosper in both good and bad times. I invite you to take the first step by signing up for my free e-course and monthly newsletter at

http://www.goalsandachievements.co.uk

Duncan Brodie- Goals and Achievements