Learning to read Chinese means memorizing one or more characters for every single piece of vocabulary in your head. The characters are based on over a hundred base characters. So, after a while, you can see a new character and guess that it has something to do with talking or driving or is esoterically related to the heart or an open door, but for the most part, it is pure memorization. The Chinese language is like an epic movie, starring a cast of thousands of characters.

Antonio Graceffo explains why you can never be too old to start learning a foreign language.

Antonio Graceffo describes some of his experiences learning foreign languages in a perhaps slightly less orthodox method.

Antonio Graceffo writes about his experience learning foreign languages and offers his advise to others seeking to do the same.