03. Reverse Culture Shocks As A Taiwanese Immigrant ft. Crystal Hsia

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Real You Mandarin: The Podcast

Angela Lin

15 episodes

4 days ago

Taiwanese-American Angela Lin is on a journey to elevate her Mandarin skills with the help of her Mandarin teacher guests. On this show, Angela engages in meaningful conversations using only the Mandarin she knows, while her guests provide live corrections along the way. This practical format allows both Angela and listeners to learn "grown-up" Mandarin and correct common mistakes naturally, offering an approachable way to help American-born Chinese (ABCs), American-born Taiwanese (ABTs), and other advanced Mandarin learners find their voice in Mandarin on the topics they care about.

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03. Reverse Culture Shocks As A Taiwanese Immigrant ft. Crystal Hsia

Real You Mandarin: The Podcast

7 minutes 6 seconds

8 months ago

03. Reverse Culture Shocks As A Taiwanese Immigrant ft. Crystal Hsia

Crystal Hsia (an LA-based Taiwanese born and raised Mandarin teacher) joins us again to cover the second half of our conversation around culture shocks. This time, we're going in reverse!

After living in the U.S. for 10 years, what reverse culture shocks does Crystal experience when she visits Taiwan? We talk about how much more self-conscious she is of both her external appearance and the way she acts when she's back, and feeling like she needs to code-switch between "Taiwanese" Crystal and "Taiwanese-American" Crystal. Listen in to learn useful new Mandarin vocabulary from this conversation!

If you want to find Crystal and/or work with her as your teacher, you can head over to https://crystalmandarin.com

Deepen your Mandarin learning through the transcript of this episode, which includes Traditional & Simplified Chinese, Pinyin, English translations, and the highlighted vocabulary -- find it at: https://transcripts.realyoumandarin.com

If you like learning new vocabulary through real-life conversational formats like this, preview a free lesson of the Real You Mandarin: Beginnings course at https://www.realyoumandarin.com -- the course covers a whole swath of topics from everyday ones like dating & pop culture to deeper ones like mental health and media representation.