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#66 8 Tips for Using Your Dictionary
A dictionary is frequently one of the first things you buy when learning a language. In this episode, John and Jared will give you tips and tricks an…
4 years, 6 months ago
#65 Going all the way: Graduate studies in Chinese
What does it take to pursue a graduate-level degree in Chinese in China? With our resident expert, John Pasden, we’ll pull back the curtain to show y…
4 years, 6 months ago
#64 Tips and tricks for typing Chinese
You’ve got the basics down. Sounds like you’re ready to type Chinese! John and Jared talk about how Chinese input methods work and, for the more adva…
4 years, 7 months ago
#63 The truth about vocabulary
Language is words, so learn enough words and you’ll be fluent, right? As a sophisticated learner, you know it’s not that simple. In this episode, we …
4 years, 7 months ago
#62 Make your language learning learner-centric
John and Jared discuss what it means to be “learner-centric” and how you can adapt your learning methods to fit your own goals. You’ll get insights i…
4 years, 8 months ago
#61 National Chinese Language Conference 2021 Report: Hope for all Chinese learners
Recently, Mandarin Companion participated in the 2021 National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC), and the topics discussed provided quite a bit of i…
4 years, 8 months ago
#60 How Chinese food can help your Chinese
Everyone loves Chinese food, but if only there were a way to tie your love for the cuisine into progress learning the language. Well, there is! ...so…
4 years, 9 months ago
#59 Bridging to Breakthrough and Abigail Washburn
What if you are still struggling to get to the point where you can read the lowest level graded readers? What techniques can get you there? John and …
4 years, 9 months ago
#58 Will Chinese become the next global language?
Will Chinese one day unseat English to become the dominant language around the world? Jared and John discuss a paper by professor Jeffery Gil who pre…
4 years, 9 months ago
#57 What’s in a Chinese surname?
You probably know a bit about Chinese surnames, but in this episode you’ll learn how they relate to both Chinese culture and language acquisition plu…
4 years, 10 months ago