Studying in a foreign country can be exciting. It can also be difficult, especially when the country is very different 1 your own.
For 18-year-old Kusedyo, a Chinese language learner, to learn the language, hard work is not just enough, a certain level of "craziness" is also 2 . "To learn and understand Chinese, you have to be a bit crazy. You have to understand the tones（音调）and the 3 , and change your thinking," he said.
For many students, the learning process is not easy. Prosper Marindiko, 4 Chinese language learner, believes that motivation（动机）is very important to learn a second language as an adult. "5 it gets so frustrating（令人沮丧的）trying to learn a language because you think you have understood this word, then when you meet a Chinese out there and try to say the word, they don't understand you at all," he said.
"The reason why I am learning Chinese is because at work we communicate a lot with the Chinese, and usually we have some wrong understandings 6 language barrier（障碍）," said Marindiko.
Nowadays, for some foreigners, China has become a more popular study place than some 7 English-speaking countries. At the same time, knowing Chinese 8 doors to many job chances.
Although learning Chinese is a difficult task, technology and the Internet are making it 9 difficult, even for those with no chances to meet native speakers of the language. In the future, the Chinese-speaking 10 will become larger and larger.
