When I tell people back home in the UK that I can speak Chinese, their responses are often something like: “Seriously? That sounds really hard, no way I’d want to learn!” But does Chinese deserve its super-difficult reputation? I’ve been learning Chinese for years (and have made lots of mistakes along the way),…

Let’s face it: if you are not a native Chinese person, you probably think that Chinese is a really hard language to learn.  Actually you probably don’t even question it… it seems to be a kind of global consensus that if you are going to learn a new language, Chinese is one of the toughest.

But…