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…
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Is Chinese Harder Than Other Languages? Interview with Langaholic (Podcast)
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Mastering Chinese Listening with Lei Lei (Podcast)
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Struggling to Speak Authentic Chinese? This Method Will Help Master Mandarin Grammar
In a previous blog I wrote about my ‘traffic light system’ for improving spoken Chinese. This involves categorising my Chinese tutor and friends into three groups – red, amber and…
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…
Christmas Raffle: Win Twelve Chinese Graded Readers!
Update, 17/12/2021: The winner of the raffle has been announced as Søren Friis Hansen, from Denmark! Congratulations Søren and thank you to everyone who took part! — I’ve previously written…
Expectations Vs Reality of Learning Chinese (With Luke Truman)
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Learning Mandarin in a Pandemic (Podcast)
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