My Chinese Learning Podcast Interview
Recently I went on the excellent You Can Learn Chinese podcast where I was interviewed about my motivations for learning Mandarin as well as my tips f...
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Mandarin Reading
Posts on moving from textbook passages to real written Chinese: characters, graded readers, reading apps, novels, and strategies for surviving unknown words.
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Using LingQ To Study Chinese
Over the years I have used several different language learning apps and websites. Out of all these online tools, LingQ has been the most beneficial to...
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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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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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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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