Chinese Grammar Isn’t As Simple As You Think!
I’ve often heard learners and teachers alike say Mandarin grammar is ‘simple.’ Unlike European languages, they point out, there are no genders, verb conjugations or plurals to worry about. That’s…
Tag: Reading Chinese
Why Most Language Proficiency Exams are a Pointless Waste of Your Time
Recently I tweeted out the following message concerning language exams, generating a fair amount of discussion and agreement among fellow learners. I’ve been reflecting on this issue a lot as…
Four Ways ChatGPT Can Give Your Chinese a Huge Boost
Since ChatGPT became publicly available last November it has allegedly grown in popularity at a faster rate than any other online app or service in the history of the internet.…
Tolerating Ambiguity: How to Cope With Not Understanding Chinese (Podcast)
New language learners often find it difficult to cope with the experience of not understanding. We’re used to being in situations in our native language where we can understand almost…
How to Overcome the Problem of Chinese Tones (Podcast)
This podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Anchor. Please subscribe on your favoured podcast provider and leave a review. If you ask any Mandarin learner which aspect of…
I’m Learning Mandarin Summer Raffle: Win Nine Chinese Graded Readers!
Illustration by Esther Birts Following our giveaway last Christmas, this summer subscribers to the I’m Learning Mandarin blog will have the chance to win a collection of nine Chinese graded…
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…
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…