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68 - The 7 best Chinese reading resources for beginners
Season 1 Episode 68
The best way to learn to read in Chinese is to read texts you can understand without constantly using a dictionary. As a beginner, such texts aren't …
4 years, 4 months ago
67 - 6 challenges students face when learning to read Chinese and how to overcome them
Season 1 Episode 67
When learning to read Chinese you will encounter several challenges, some of them unique to Chinese. What are these challenges, what do they mean for…
4 years, 4 months ago
66 - Should you enrol in a Chinese course or are you better off learning on your own?
Season 1 Episode 66
Some people think enrolling in a course is the best way to learn Chinese, but others say that courses are useless, and swear by the effectiveness of …
4 years, 5 months ago
65 - Learning to read handwritten Chinese
Season 1 Episode 65
Everybody struggles with writing Chinese characters by hand, even if handwriting can often be avoided in a modern, digital society. But what about re…
4 years, 5 months ago
64 - Why your Chinese isn't as good as you think it ought to be
Season 1 Episode 64
Sooner or later, most students realise that their Chinese isn't as good as they think it ought to be. Why is that and what can you do about it?
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4 years, 5 months ago
63 - The building blocks of Chinese, part 4: Learning and remembering compound characters
Season 1 Episode 63
The key to learning Chinese compound characters is to learn the building blocks and how they fit together, including both the function of each compon…
4 years, 5 months ago
62 - The building blocks of Chinese, part 3: Compound characters
Season 1 Episode 62
A vast majority of Chinese characters are compounds, and understanding how the components fit together and which function they have, will make learni…
4 years, 6 months ago
61 - The beginner's guide to Chinese translation
Season 1 Episode 61
People who have't spent a lot of time with different languages sometimes think that learning a new language is mostly about relabelling the world wit…
4 years, 6 months ago
60 - Using voice messaging as a stepping stone to Chinese conversations
Season 1 Episode 60
Being able to have a conversation is a goal for most students of Chinese, be it with loved ones, for professional purposes or for travel, but what if…
4 years, 6 months ago
59 - Can you use your phone's speech recognition to practise Chinese pronunciation?
Season 1 Episode 59
Speech recognition has improved immensely in recent years and talking to one's phone has become more common. Some apps also rely on this technology t…
4 years, 6 months ago