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180 - 8 great ways to scaffold your Chinese listening and reading
Season 1 Episode 180
Listening and reading in Chinese can be a challenge, especially when your level is not high enough. To understand more and thereby also learn more, u…
2 years, 1 month ago
179 - Best of Hacking Chinese 2023
Season 1 Episode 179
In 2023, I published one article and one podcast episode every week. Which was the best article? The most popular podcast episode? Let’s summarise th…
2 years, 1 month ago
178 - Student Q&A: Chinese music, too much Mandarin in the classroom, and listening
Season 1 Episode 178
Is listening to music a good way to learn Chinese? How can you learn to understand Mandarin spoken in noisy environments? And what if your teacher sp…
2 years, 1 month ago
177 - 12 ways chatting online will improve your Chinese
Season 1 Episode 177
Chatting online is seldom considered a method for learning Chinese, but it has several unique benefits. While generally regarded as a frivolous waste…
2 years, 1 month ago
176 - How to best use flashcards to learn Chinese
Season 1 Episode 176
Flashcards; some people love them, some people hate them. The goal of Hacking Chinese is to go beyond the black and white and figure out how things w…
2 years, 2 months ago
175 - Why flashcards are terrible for learning Chinese
Season 1 Episode 175
Flashcards are often viewed as a silver bullet, promising swift mastery of characters, words and more, but relying on flashcards too much has serious…
2 years, 2 months ago
174 - Student Q&A, December 2023: How many words to learn, if it's good to learn radicals, and whether to learn simplified or traditional characters
Season 1 Episode 174
How many words is reasonable to learn in a day? Will focusing on radicals make this easier? And should you learn simplified or traditional characters…
2 years, 2 months ago
173 - Why flashcards are great for learning Chinese
Season 1 Episode 173
The humble flashcard: A key component in a successful strategy, or a distraction from what truly matters? Few things have sparked as much debate as t…
2 years, 2 months ago
172 - Chinese reading speed revisited
Season 1 Episode 172
Learning to read Chinese is an achievement in itself, but how fast you can read also matters, regardless of your level. So how do you increase your r…
2 years, 3 months ago
171 - Is learning things by heart good for improving your Chinese?
Season 1 Episode 171
Learning things by heart used to be a mainstay of language education but is now often frowned upon. Is learning things by heart good for improving yo…
2 years, 3 months ago