Podcast Episodes

21 - How to not fail with your New Year resolution to learn Chinese

Season 1 Episode 21

A new year, a new beginning, the perfect time to commit to levelling up your Chinese and achieve greatness! Or is it?

Original article: How to not fail with your New Year resolution to learn Chinese

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

20 - 7 things Chinese students should during the winter vacation

Season 1 Episode 20

Around this time of year most institutions take a break from teaching Chinese, but that doesn't mean that you should stop learning.

Original article: 7 things Chinese students should during the winte…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

19 - Nine answers to questions about Pinyin and Chinese pronunciation

Season 1 Episode 19

Learning to pronounce Mandarin can be tricky, and if you misunderstand the link between spoken sounds and Pinyin spelling, it gets a lot worse.

Original article: 9 answers to questions about Pinyin a…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

18 - The forking path: A human approach to learning Chinese

Season 1 Episode 18

Setting long-terms goals is easy, but sticking to them over months and years is much harder. Why is that, and are there any alternatives?

Original article: The forking path: A human approach to learn…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

17 - How good is your Chinese?

Season 1 Episode 17

I think most of us evaluate our own language proficiency all the time, but is such intuitive self-assessment useful? And are there any good alternatives?

Original article: How good is your Chinese?

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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

16 - An introduction to extensive reading for Chinese learners

Season 1 Episode 16

We've all heard that reading is great for language learning, but what if I told you that most Chinese learners are actually going about it the wrong way?

Original article: An introduction to extensiv…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

15 - Celebrating ten years of Hacking Chinese

Season 1 Episode 15

10 years. 472 articles. 650,000 words. It's hard to believe, but I've been writing articles on Hacking Chinese for more than a decade now!

Original article: Celebrating ten years of Hacking Chinese

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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

14 - Why you should listen to the Hacking Chinese podcast

Season 1 Episode 14

I prefer listening over reading in many cases, which is partly why I created the Hacking Chinese Podcast. But why should you listen to it? Will it improve your Chinese?

Original article: Tune in to t…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

13 - Dealing with Chinese characters you keep mixing up

Season 1 Episode 13

When we first start learning Chinese, each new character is hard to learn, but as we learn more, it gets easier. But a new problem soon appears: Mixing up similar characters we have already learnt.

O…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

12 - When spaced repetition fails, and what to do about it

Season 1 Episode 12

The goal of spaced repetition software is to schedule reviews efficiently, delaying as long as possible, but not so long that you forget. But when it comes to language learning, this is often not eno…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago