Four Things to Look For in a Good Chinese Tutor (and What to Avoid)
Searching for a Chinese tutor online can be a headache. Whilst there are plenty of online apps and websites pairing language learners with tutors it can take a while before…
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Does Stephen Krashen’s Input Hypothesis & Comprehensible Input Work for Learning Mandarin Chinese?
*I’m Learning Mandarin are helping to organise immersive language retreats to give learners in the UK the chance to spend entire weekends away speaking only Mandarin with native speakers and…
Watch this Beautiful Animated Short Story & Discover the Key to Persevering in Your Chinese Studies
In this post, language teacher and I’m Learning Mandarin blogger Lingo Geek reflects on the striking parallels between the classic tale, The Man Who Planted Trees, and his own Chinese…
Benny Lewis on Learning Chinese, Embracing Mistakes & Why He’s Not a Language Learner (Podcast)
On today’s episode I interview arguably the world’s most popular language learner, the one and only Benny Lewis. To many listeners, Benny or Benny the Irish Polyglot as he’s also…
Enter This Chinese Writing Contest & Become a Published Mandarin Author (Podcast)
On today’s episode I talk to April Zhang, an inspirational Mandarin teacher and founder of the Chinese teaching website MSL Master. April is also the brains behind the annual Chinese…
Your Ultimate Guide to Chinese Sentence Mining in 5 Basic Steps
Illustrations by Esther Birts *I’m Learning Mandarin are looking to organise immersive language retreats to give learners in the UK the chance to spend entire weekends away speaking only Mandarin…
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…
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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