Abstract
Learning a foreign language offers numerous cognitive, professional, and cultural benefits while also presenting certain challenges. Acquiring a new language enhances cognitive abilities, improves memory, and boosts problem-solving skills. It also increases career opportunities, facilitates cross-cultural communication, and enriches personal experiences. However, language learners often face difficulties such as complex grammar rules, pronunciation barriers, and vocabulary retention. The learning process requires consistent practice, patience, and effective strategies, including immersion, technological tools, and a growth mindset. Anchored to the research question, this phenomenological study revealed that themes were generated in response of the learners to the analysis made by the researcher which included the difficulty on the linguistic competence, and the fear to communicate well the language. The findings supported the need to push the Chinese literacy program in the teaching and learning process in Sun Yat Sen Elementary School. As the school engages learners in the Chinese curriculum, the research reflection requires integration of the program that observes a more consistent inclusive practice.
