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56 - Getting the most out of your learning with Hacking Chinese
Season 1 Episode 56
Hacking Chinese can seen as a very long response to the question of what I would have done differently if I could go back in time and learn Chinese a…
5 years, 1 month ago
55 - Basic characters, components and radicals: The building blocks of Chinese, part 2
Season 1 Episode 55
Most Chinese characters are compounds consisting of two or more components, but some components are in themselves compounds that can be further broke…
5 years, 2 months ago
54 - Chinese characters and words in a nutshell: The building blocks of Chinese, part 1
Season 1 Episode 54
Learning to read and write Chinese is a daunting task, but the challenge becomes more manageable if you focus on learning the building blocks, learni…
5 years, 2 months ago
53 - Boosting your Chinese character learning with Skritter
Season 1 Episode 53
Skritter is a modern tool for learning ancient characters. It combines active recall and spaced repetition with Chinese-specific tools and content. W…
5 years, 2 months ago
52 - Hacking Chinese Podcast one-year anniversary Q&A
Season 1 Episode 52
How do you study Chinese when you're busy with other things? How do you cope with a Chinese course that is too hard for you? And are translated texts…
5 years, 2 months ago
51 - Chinese language logging, part 3: Tools and resources for keeping track of your learning
Season 1 Episode 51
Logging you language learning can be very useful, and there are many tools and resources out there to help you, but which are the best and how do yo…
5 years, 3 months ago
50 - Chinese language learning in the twenty-first century: Towards a digital ecosystem? Interview with Julien Leyre
Season 1 Episode 50
Digital resources have made learning Chinese considerably easier than it used to be, but another problem has appeared: How can we make sense of and n…
5 years, 3 months ago
49 - The benefits of using Wikipedia to look up words when learning Chinese
Season 1 Episode 49
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a dictionary, but did you know that it can be better than a dictionary for looking up words when learning Chinese?
…5 years, 3 months ago
48 - How to get past the intermediate Chinese learning plateau
Season 1 Episode 48
When you start learning Chinese, your ability to communicate increases with every word you learn, but as your level improves, this feeling goes away …
5 years, 3 months ago
47 - The new HSK 3.0: What you need to know
Season 1 Episode 47
On July 1st, 2021, a new Chinese proficiency standard took effect. This will have big consequences for the HSK, the most widely used proficiency test…
5 years, 3 months ago