22 min

Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 040: Ed Gonzalez Learn Chinese Insights

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In this episode, I interview Ed Gonzalez, a Mexican-Canadian restaurant owner in Taipei, Taiwan.



Listen to this episode to find out:



- What brought Eddy to Taiwan?

- About his initial journey learning Chinese

- His experience after briefly goes to Chinese school

- How he has benefitted from learning zhuyin / bo-po-mo-fo

- The benefit of being able to speak Chinese in Taiwan

- About Eddy's podcast and how that helps him learn Chinese

- How he learned slang Chinese that isn't taught in textbooks

- How he has fun with Chinese and how he uses it in public settings

- The technology he finds helpful for translating Chinese

- How he learns Chinese from reading subtitles

- What he would have done differently if he could go back and learn Chinese again

Watch this episode on youtube



In this episode, I interview Ed Gonzalez, a Mexican-Canadian restaurant owner in Taipei, Taiwan.



Listen to this episode to find out:



- What brought Eddy to Taiwan?

- About his initial journey learning Chinese

- His experience after briefly goes to Chinese school

- How he has benefitted from learning zhuyin / bo-po-mo-fo

- The benefit of being able to speak Chinese in Taiwan

- About Eddy's podcast and how that helps him learn Chinese

- How he learned slang Chinese that isn't taught in textbooks

- How he has fun with Chinese and how he uses it in public settings

- The technology he finds helpful for translating Chinese

- How he learns Chinese from reading subtitles

- What he would have done differently if he could go back and learn Chinese again

22 min