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Tag: Self-Study

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 Apr 17, 2022

Debate: Is Talent A Factor in Language Learning Success? (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 episode I debate…

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Posted on Apr 10, 2022May 15, 2022

不敢当 Why I Hate it When Native Speakers Praise my Chinese

Last week a friend in the UK who is at a higher elementary level of Mandarin was telling me about an experience he had while walking the dog in the…

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Posted on Apr 4, 2022Apr 5, 2022

Is Chinese Harder Than Other Languages? Interview with Langaholic (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. It’s often said that people…

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Posted on Mar 20, 2022

Mastering Chinese Listening with Lei Lei (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. My guest on this episode…

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Posted on Mar 12, 2022Mar 19, 2022

Struggling to Speak Authentic Chinese? This Method Will Help Master Mandarin Grammar

In a previous blog I wrote about my ‘traffic light system’ for improving spoken Chinese. This involves categorising my Chinese tutor and friends into three groups – red, amber and…

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Posted on Feb 5, 2022

Improving my Spoken Mandarin with the Traffic Light System

Towards the end of last year I wrote a blog setting out my objective for 2022. In it I stated that by 2023 I hope to have developed enough confidence…

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