Four Things to Look For in a Good Chinese Tutor (and What to Avoid)
Searching for a Chinese tutor online can be a headache. Whilst there are plenty of online apps and websites pairing language learners with tutors it can take a while before…
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Watch this Beautiful Animated Short Story & Discover the Key to Persevering in Your Chinese Studies
In this post, language teacher and I’m Learning Mandarin blogger Lingo Geek reflects on the striking parallels between the classic tale, The Man Who Planted Trees, and his own Chinese…
I’m Learning Mandarin Summer Raffle: Win Nine Chinese Graded Readers!
Illustration by Esther Birts Following our giveaway last Christmas, this summer subscribers to the I’m Learning Mandarin blog will have the chance to win a collection of nine Chinese graded…
Enter This Chinese Writing Contest & Become a Published Mandarin Author (Podcast)
On today’s episode I talk to April Zhang, an inspirational Mandarin teacher and founder of the Chinese teaching website MSL Master. April is also the brains behind the annual Chinese…
不敢当 Why I Hate it When Native Speakers Praise my Chinese
Last week a friend in the UK who is at a higher elementary level of Mandarin was telling me about an experience he had while walking the dog in the…
How to learn Mandarin with Chinese Netflix Shows
In my previous blog I wrote that over the past ten years an explosion of mobile apps and online learning programmes has revolutionised the way we learn Chinese. However, I…
Benjamin Zephaniah on Learning Mandarin (Podcast)
*This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Pocket Casts and Breaker. Please subscribe on your favoured podcast provider and leave a review. For Today’s podcast I had…
Can you be Literate Without Writing Chinese Characters by Hand?
Recently one of my Tweets sparked a lively discussion among Mandarin learners, teachers and the wider language learning community. I recalled an encounter with a beginner Mandarin learner who told…
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