In this episode, I interview Edward Greve. Edward is an American who has lived in Taiwan for the past 8 years. He initially started as an English teacher and is now doing a master's degree in Applied Linguistics.

Listen to find out:

	What brought Edward to Taiwan in the first place
	What process he took to learn Chinese on the side
	His standard process to learn a new language
	His stance on learning characters from the very beginning
	The difference between learning simplified versus traditional characters
	Who he practiced speaking with
	His take on learning Taiwanese and other local dialects
	What he's doing now with computational linguistics
	How learning Chinese compares to learning other languages like Italian, Dutch, French, German, Thai and Indonesian
	About the scripts used in different Chinese dialects like Taiwanese and Cantonese
	The importance of being able to express yourself through written Chinese
	The advantages of being able to speak Mandarin while living in a Chinese community

Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 004: Edward Greve

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