I am new to the New Orleans area and would like to start a meeting group for a adults (junior/high school students with their parents okay too) who would like to practice Mandarin Chinese on a beginner/intermediate level. Lived in China for a year and want to maintain and improve my language proficiency.

I am chinese, but was born in the states and English is my primary language. When I was little, my parents spoke cantonese a lot so now I can speak it very well. I can understand a little bit of mandarin, but I can't write chinese at all. Can I take chinese as a course in college? In other words, would it be okay for me to take chinese even though I understand it a little? Would it be weird?

I am new to the New Orleans area and would like to start a meeting group for a adults (junior/high school students with their parents okay too) who would like to practice Mandarin Chinese on a beginner/intermediate level. Lived in China for a year and want to maintain and improve my language proficiency.