Cracking the Intermediate Plateau (Podcast)
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Tag: Self-Study
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…
Learning Mandarin in a Pandemic (Podcast)
*The I’m Learning Mandarin Podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts as well as Spotify. If you enjoyed this content please subscribe on your favourite podcast provider and leave a…
Letting Go of Mandarin Learning Delusions
Around a year ago I fell into a common trap for Mandarin learners. I started to prematurely believe that I was on the verge of becoming “fluent” in the language.…
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…
Leaving the Classroom: Self Studying my Way to Chinese Fluency
A little over two years ago I wrote a blog documenting my experience of learning Chinese at the Confucius Institute. Since then I have continued to learn, largely through self…
