Milena Pinzón Rincón (Colombia)

current student of Graphic Design from Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogota

Period of stay in Shanghai:  September - December 2008

What I think about Mandarin Plus:

Mandarin Plus is an excellent course, you can learn fast and you can understand everything that the teacher tries to explain you… In my personal case, that I’m not familiarized with the sound of and pronunciation of the words can see the difference between many words, when somebody talks me   

What I’ve gained the last weeks:

The abilities to communicate with the local people, because the unique way that I had before, was the mimic, and this kind of communication was so funny, because I felt like a circus’ monkey, without many words, but with many grins 

Tips for the next students:

+ Firstly, and I guess that the most important, is being positive and good attitude

+ Patience, you don’t have to pretend to be a good speaker in less than a week

+ Pay attention in class, to the difference between the things that you know, read, and think, because sometimes our native language is totally different to the Chinese language, so it can be quite hard