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Posted on Oct 30, 2021Oct 30, 2021

Expectations Vs Reality of Learning Chinese (With Luke Truman)

*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. On today’s podcast I discuss…

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Posted on Sep 3, 2021May 15, 2022

Why I Don’t Believe in Language Talent

I used to think there was such a thing as language talent. I used to think I had language talent. At school, teachers would tell me I was good at…

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Posted on Aug 9, 2021May 15, 2022

Letting Go of Mandarin Learning Delusions

Around a year ago I fell into a common trap for Mandarin learners. I started to prematurely believe that I was on the verge of becoming “fluent” in the language.…

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Posted on Jul 26, 2021Aug 28, 2021

Immersion Vs Structured Learning (Podcast)

Anyone who studies a language has to combine a mixture of approaches which broadly fall into two categories: naturalistic and structured. Naturalistic approaches involve learning through immersion in the target…

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Posted on Jul 11, 2021Jan 26, 2023

Reading Novels is the Best Mandarin Hack

Those of us learning Chinese from abroad often struggle to replicate the levels of immersion students based in China take for granted. This is especially true for speaking and listening,…

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