The Fluency Simulator: Why You Should Get Into Intensive Listening (Again and Again)
Duncan Parrish is an I'm Learning Mandarin contributor and coordinator of Arti Languages, a project using mobile games and cognitive science to enhanc...
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Mandarin Listening
Posts on training your ear for real Mandarin: active listening, ambiguity tolerance, native-speed audio, podcasts, immersion, and choosing input you can actually stick with.
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What is Micro-Fluency and Why Should You Aim for It?
Duncan Parrish is an educational technologist and coordinator of Arti Languages, a project using mobile games and cognitive science to enhance how we...
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My Photo Diary from Five Days Speaking Only Chinese on Mandarin Retreat Summer Camp
In this guest post, blogger and Mandarin Retreat volunteer Lingo Geek publishes his photo diary from five days spent speaking only Chinese on a recent...
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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 lan...
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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...
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Can You Learn Mandarin From Outside Chinese Speaking Countries? Yes, Here’s Why
Ask someone who has never learned a foreign language to fluency what they imagine the best way to do so might be and many will reply: “Go and live in...
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You Don’t Understand Everything In Your Native Language. Stop Trying To Do So In Chinese
One of my most misguided thought patterns when learning Chinese involved the belief that my ultimate goal must be to understand everything. This was t...
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The Valuable Lesson I Learned Buying Snacks at Taiwan's Night Markets
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been travelling around Taiwan, visiting various towns and cities in the south of the country. As I wrote previousl...
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The Beginner's Guide To Surviving a Weekend of Total Chinese Immersion
Lingo Geek is a language blogger, teacher and volunteer at Mandarin Retreat, organising immersive weekend trips for Chinese learners in the UK. In thi...
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