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Posted on Jun 26, 2022

How to Achieve a Near Native Chinese Accent with Professor Karen Chung (Podcast)

*This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Anchor. Please subscribe on your favoured podcast provider and leave a review. On today’s podcast, I chat with a very…

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Posted on Jun 19, 2022

The 5 Most Common Chinese Learning Pitfalls & How to Avoid Them

(Illustrations by Esther Birts) A large part of my motivation for writing this blog is to discuss mistakes I’ve made in my approaches to learning Chinese and document the process…

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Posted on Jun 4, 2022Jun 12, 2022

Interviewing This Master of Oral Chinese Made Me Rethink Everything I Believed About Language Learning

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing two fascinating guests on my podcast, both of whom have achieved unusually high levels of spoken Mandarin. I’ll be posting both interviews…

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Posted on May 31, 2022May 31, 2022

Mental Health & the Psychological Highs and Lows of Learning Chinese (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. Many listeners of this podcast…

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Posted on May 23, 2022May 23, 2022

Guest Post: Learning Chinese Taught Me To Be Comfortable Making A Fool Of Myself

Many Chinese learners feel embarrassed when speaking the language in front of others and are afraid of being judged negatively for making mistakes. In this guest post language teacher and…

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Posted on May 15, 2022

The Final Verdict. How Effective is Duolingo Chinese? (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. On today’s podcast we discuss…

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Posted on May 8, 2022May 15, 2022

Reality Check: Can You Actually Master Mandarin in Six Months?

Recently I watched a YouTube video (see below) titled “How I Mastered Chinese in 6 Months.” The video has done pretty well – as videos with enticing titles often do…

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Posted on Apr 28, 2022Apr 29, 2022

Matt Vs Japan on Input, Stephen Krashen, Why Accents Matter & Much More (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. On today’s podcast we have…

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