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Tag: chinese immersion

Posted on Feb 11, 2023Feb 11, 2023

The Valuable Lesson I Learned Buying Snacks at Taiwan’s Night Markets

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been travelling around Taiwan, visiting various towns and cities in the south of the country. As I wrote previously, daily interactions with locals…

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Posted on Nov 7, 2022Nov 7, 2022

Opinion: No, Professor Krashen, the Perfect Accent Is NOT Already Within You

Just over a year ago I attended an online networking conference for Mandarin enthusiasts. The event was run by the Confucius Institute and provided an opportunity for students and teachers…

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Posted on Oct 29, 2022

I Recorded My First Ever Podcast in Mandarin Chinese! 中式礼貌和英式礼貌有什么区别?

*This podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Anchor. Please subscribe on your favoured podcast provider and leave a review. Today’s episode is a very special edition in which,…

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Posted on Oct 9, 2022Oct 29, 2022

Your Ultimate Guide to Mastering Chinese Listening in Five Steps

Of the four core language learning skills – listening, reading, speaking and writing – I’ve found listening to be the toughest to crack. For long periods during the five years…

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Posted on Sep 29, 2022Sep 30, 2022

Four Myths About Learning Chinese Debunked

1. You Need to Go to China to Learn Chinese When I first started learning Chinese teachers and fellow learners often told me the only way I could possibly reach…

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Posted on Sep 20, 2022Sep 20, 2022

Tolerating Ambiguity: How to Cope With Not Understanding Chinese (Podcast)

New language learners often find it difficult to cope with the experience of not understanding.  We’re used to being in situations in our native language where we can understand almost…

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Posted on Sep 12, 2022

How To Make the Most of Your Language Exchange Partnerships

In this post blogger and teacher Lingo Geek draws on his personal experience to offer four tips for using language exchange apps and developing learning partnerships with native speakers. Having…

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Posted on Aug 14, 2022Sep 1, 2022

I Tasted Full Immersion for the First Time on a Weekend Mandarin Retreat (And You Can Too) 

*I’m Learning Mandarin are helping organise immersive language retreats to give learners in the UK the chance to spend entire weekends away speaking only Mandarin with native speakers and advanced…

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