Author: Lewys Thomas (小鹿）

Over the last 12 months, busy Welsh accountant and father to a young daughter, Lewys Thomas, has been working to improve his Mandarin speaking skills with I’m Learning Mandarin founder, Mischa, as his coach. In this post, he writes about learning Mandarin in the UK around a busy lifestyle and showcases his impressive transformation in…

Over the last six months, Welsh accountant and father Lewys Thomas has been working to improve his Mandarin speaking skills with I’m Learning Mandarin founder, Mischa, as his coach. In this post, he writes about what the process has been like and showcases his impressive results in a video interview recorded entirely in Mandarin. Introduction…

In this guest post, Chinese learner Lewys Thomas takes some of the most common examples of textbook Mandarin phrases all learners get taught and offers more authentic alternatives he’s mined directly from native speakers. Table of Contents: Introduction: My Learning Experience I first started learning Mandarin over two years with the goal of communicating with…