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I recently came across a video parodying a phenomenon allegedly encountered by many Japanese learners. The sketch (see below) involves a group of five friends about to order food at…
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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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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.…
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…
*For a more recent progress update report check out this blog which includes recordings of me conversing in Mandarin. A little over two years ago I wrote a blog documenting…
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