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Catch-up with Will Hart: Nailing Sentence Structure & Visiting China for the First Time (Podcast)

*This podcast is available on Apple, Spotify and Google One year ago I interviewed someone who totally transformed my perspective on learning to speak Chinese. By now, listeners to this…

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Five Ways I’ve Changed My Mind About Learning Chinese

My approaches to studying Chinese have evolved quite a bit since I first started this blog two years ago. Broadly speaking my view on how we learn languages remains the…

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Learn Chinese With Instagram Star Jiaqi Laoshi (Podcast)

(This podcast is available on Apple, Spotify and Google) When I think back to all the Chinese tutors I’ve had in the past, the best have without fail been those…

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I Conducted an Experiment to See if I Could Overcome Chinese Accent Fossilisation. Here are the Results

Enter your email below to get regular blogs and updates pinged straight to your inbox: Over the past few years I’ve been conducting an experiment on myself to see whether…

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Can You Learn Mandarin From Outside Chinese Speaking Countries? Yes, Here’s Why

Enter your email below to get regular blogs and updates pinged straight to your inbox: Ask someone who has never learned a foreign language to fluency what they imagine the…

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How Overcoming Chinese Speaking Fears Led to a Life Changing Experience (Podcast)

(This podcast is available on Spotify and Apple.) A few weeks ago a message appeared on the I’m Learning Mandarin Facebook group addressed to me from a learner called Jake…

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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…

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Opinion: No, Professor Krashen, the Perfect Accent Is NOT Already Within You

Just over a year ago I attended an online networking conference for Mandarin enthusiasts. The event was run by the Confucius Institute and provided an opportunity for students and teachers…

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