Sorry but Nobody Ever Learned Chinese By Making Mistakes
One of the most fashionable ideas in language learning is that we learn by making mistakes. This idea is appealing for obvious reasons. Beginner and i...
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Mandarin Speaking
Posts on getting Mandarin out of your mouth more naturally: tones, pronunciation, conversation practice, tutor work, sentence mining, and the confidence to use what you know.
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From Zero to Fluent in Two Years. I'm Learning Mandarin Listener Nails Spoken Mandarin (Podcast)
On today’s podcast, I broadcast the first of what I hope will be many Chinese monologues submitted by listeners to this podcast. Today’s recording is...
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Does ChatGPT Speak Authentic Chinese? The Results of My Study May Surprise You...
Karl Baker is a Mandarin learner, app developer, and regular contributor to I'm Learning Mandarin. He is working on developing the Chinese sentence-mi...
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How this Deaf Mandarin Learner Perfected Chinese Tones (Podcast)
This episode is available to listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. On today’s podcast, I speak to James Wong, a commercial model and...
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Three Things You Need To Know Before You Study Chinese in Taiwan (Podcast)
Recently I decided to commit to producing the I'm Learning Mandarin podcast once a week instead of fortnightly. The plan is to continue posting guest...
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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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Why Memorising Chinese HSK Vocab Lists is a Bad Idea
In a previous post, I discussed why language proficiency tests are largely a waste of time as they distract you from working towards your real goals....
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Does Your Chinese Teacher Meet These Five Essential Requirements?
Chinese teachers are everywhere. There are thousands upon thousands of them. They can be found on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Italki… Anywhe...
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How Much do Chinese Tones Actually Matter? Interview with Rob Neal (podcast)
Occasionally though, I have the pleasure of interviewing people with experience of all three - my recent episode with Olle Linge being a perfect examp...
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