Why I Don't Study Formal Chinese Grammar
Below is a video of me being interviewed in Mandarin on YouTuber Will Hart’s channel. In the four years I have been learning Chinese I have spent very...
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Why I'm a Fan of Chinese Graded Readers
When I started out learning Mandarin one of the things that used to irritate me the most was receiving vague and unhelpful replies from seasoned learn...
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How Useful are Flashcards for Learning Mandarin Vocab?
Mandarin learners are often divided on the topic of flashcards. How useful are they? How should they be used? At what stage are they most useful? In t...
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Remembering Laoshu: the Imperfectionist Polyglot
The recent death of popular YouTube polyglot, Laoshu (老鼠) has caused me to reflect on an issue that continues to afflict the language learning communi...
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Four Language Gurus Whose Advice is Golden
Below is a video of me being interviewed in Mandarin on YouTuber Will Hart’s channel. When I first started learning Mandarin I quickly found myself dr...
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Has Lockdown Helped or Hindered my Chinese Learning?
Below is a video of me being interviewed in Mandarin on YouTuber Will Hart’s channel. The pandemic has had a profound impact on the way we all live an...
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Leaving the Classroom: Self Studying my Way to Chinese Fluency
Below is a video of me being interviewed in Mandarin on YouTuber Will Hart's channel. A little over two years ago I wrote a blog documenting my experi...
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