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#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…
5 years, 3 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…
5 years, 4 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 …
5 years, 4 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…
5 years, 4 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…
5 years, 5 months ago
#56 When should you start learning characters?
John and Jared unpack when you should start learning Chinese characters so you can find your own answer that might be later or earlier than you might…
5 years, 5 months ago
#55 Flashcards, spaced repetition software, and building proficiency
John and Jared talk about flashcards and spaced repetition software, how they can help, their limits, and how to use them to build your Chinese skill…
5 years, 6 months ago
#54 Putting the Drama into Chinese Class
Review of a paper written by a professor who incorporated graded readers and theater into a Chinese class. Interview with Denis Suslov from Russia.
5 years, 6 months ago
#53 Reality vs. How You Think Your Chinese Sounds
John and Jared discuss the difference between how you think your Chinese sounds vs how it really sounds. Surprise surprise, there is a difference! Jo…
5 years, 7 months ago
#52 Top 10 Stories of 2020
In this special episode, John and Jared went back through all of the interviews of 2020 and pulled out the ten best stories. Get ready to laugh, refl…
5 years, 7 months ago