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192 - Student Q&A, April 2024: Learning chengyu, listening to yourself and using role-playing games to learn Chinese
Season 1 Episode 192
Is recording and listening to your own Chinese useful for improving your speaking ability? How can you use chengyu to expand your repertoire? And how…
2 years, 1 month ago
191 - Is speaking more important than listening when learning Chinese?
Season 1 Episode 191
What languages do you speak? Do you speak Chinese? We often use speaking to represent language ability in general, but does that mean that speaking i…
2 years, 1 month ago
190 - The best podcasts for learning Chinese in 2024
Season 1 Episode 190
Podcasts let you create your own Chinese immersion experience, with level-appropriate stories and authentic conversations. Learn flexibly on the go w…
2 years, 1 month ago
189 - Real communication: What it is, why you want it and how to get it
Season 1 Episode 187
A language is a structured system used for communication, so the idea to focus on communication when learning Chinese sounds obvious, but it’s surpri…
2 years, 2 months ago
188 - How to learn Chinese in the long term with intrinsic motivation
Season 1 Episode 188
While strong motivation doesn't necessarily accelerate your learning or improve your memory, without it you won't spend enough time learning Chinese.…
2 years, 2 months ago
187 - Student Q&A, March 2024: Reading aloud, finding word boundaries, and working actively with reading materials
Season 1 Episode 187
How can you improve your ability to read aloud in Chinese? How can you learn to see where a word starts and ends in a text? And how can you make sure…
2 years, 2 months ago
186 - Outlier Chinese Character Masterclass review: Understand more, learn faster, remember longer
Season 1 Episode 186
Mastering Chinese characters, whether you find them enchantingly beautiful or overwhelmingly complex, is essential for literacy in Chinese. Outlier L…
2 years, 2 months ago
185 - The Hacking Chinese guide to Mandarin tones, part 3: Learning to hear and say tones
Season 1 Episode 185
Learning to hear and pronounce the tones in Mandarin as an adult learner can be tricky, but with the right methods, anyone can do it!
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2 years, 3 months ago
184 - The Hacking Chinese guide to Mandarin tones, part 2: How important are tones?
Season 1 Episode 184
Are perfect tones necessary to communicate in Chinese? Or can you ignore tones and still be understood? Or does the truth lie somewhere in between?
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2 years, 3 months ago
183 - The Hacking Chinese guide to Mandarin tones, part 1: What are tones?
Season 1 Episode 183
Learning tones is a unique challenge for most learners of Chinese. What are tones? How important is it to learn tones? And how do you learn to both h…
2 years, 3 months ago