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Tag: Reading Chinese

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 Dec 20, 2021

Christmas Reflections & Ambitious New Year Goals

Reflecting on my progress over the past year I am left with a strange feeling. On the one hand I believe my spoken proficiency, listening comprehension and character recognition have…

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Posted on Dec 1, 2021Dec 17, 2021

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…

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Posted on Nov 7, 2021Nov 7, 2021

Can you be Literate Without Writing Chinese Characters by Hand?

Recently one of my Tweets sparked a lively discussion among Mandarin learners, teachers and the wider language learning community. I recalled an encounter with a beginner Mandarin learner who told…

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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 15, 2021Sep 21, 2021

Learning Characters with Hack Chinese (Podcast)

One of the most daunting aspects of learning Chinese is the sheer number of characters required for basic literacy. It’s estimated that comfortably reading a newspaper requires around 3000 characters,…

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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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