Blog & podcast sharing insights and tips for learning Chinese
*This podcast is available on Apple, Spotify and Google One year ago I interviewed someone who totally transformed my perspective on learning to speak Chinese. By now, listeners to this…
My approaches to studying Chinese have evolved quite a bit since I first started this blog two years ago. Broadly speaking my view on how we learn languages remains the…
*Our first ever Tones Masterclass will take place online on Wednesday August 23rd at 6pm (London Time.) Reserve your place here. Recently I collaborated with YouTuber and Mandarin learning sensation,…
Enter your email below to get regular blogs and updates pinged straight to your inbox: Ask someone who has never learned a foreign language to fluency what they imagine the…
(This podcast is available on Spotify and Apple.) A few weeks ago a message appeared on the I’m Learning Mandarin Facebook group addressed to me from a learner called Jake…
I’ve not had a chance to update this blog in a while as I’ve been busy studying my advanced Chinese course at NTU University and generally adapting to life in…
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…
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…