Chinese ebook - 20 Questions to Basic Fluency - Free Download
Free for members and designed for newcomers to Chinese, you can click the link below to download Savvy Chat Chinese - 20 questions to basic fluency written by our own...Learning Chinesechinese...
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Mandarin Made Easier: The radical 'person'
A closer look at one of the most used Chinese radicals: the person radical 人/ 亻.Learning Chinesepersonradicalvocabularycharacterpeople
View ArticleHold住 – What Disney & Spielberg Did To Be Successful
It takes more than some pixie dust to be successful, sometimes you've got to persevere and be determined! You've got to Hold住.Learning Chinesechinese slanghold on in chinesepersevere in chinese
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Adding tone marks (w/o Pinyin) above characters to practise tones
Reading in Chinese is hard, but if we use too much Pinyin, we will never get used to reading characters. Adding tones (but not Pinyin) above characters is a good...Learning ChinesepronunciationpinyinTones
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Combatting "Expat Illiteracy" with Apps
Read my interview with Aaron, developer of the nommoc app, designed to combat the phenomenon of expat illiteracy in China.Learning ChineselanguagechineseappsiOSiphoneipadappletech
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Using Audacity to learn Chinese (speaking and listening)
Audacity is a marvellous piece of software that allows you to record audio (yourself, other people or whatever is playing on your computer), mimic native speakers, edit and enhance the...Learning...
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Wenzhounese: The enigmatic language of the new Windows 8 ads
Everybody has been puzzling over the language of the series of online ads for Windows 8 that it recently released in Asia. Seattle Times: "Those weird and wacky Windows 8...Learning...
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Learning how to learn Chinese through self-experimentation
Rigorous scientific research typically requires large sample sizes, otherwise it isn't possible to draw any conclusions about the population at large, which is the goal of most studies. However,...
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If you think spaced repetition software is a panacea you are wrong
Spaced repetition software (SRS) is widely discussed online, and generally speaking, there is a spectrum between people who think SRS is the holy grail of learning anything and those that...Learning...
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Chongqinghua Starter Kit
While traveling in southern China for the Winter break, one of the many differences I noted was that the further south I traveled, the more the language sounded less like...Learning...
View ArticleIs there a wrong way to learn Chinese?
What advice or techniques have you heard, tried or been told about that you think are just not that effective? It could be things like 'starting with pinyin first is...Learning Chinesehow to learn...
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What research can and cannot tell us about learning Chinese
Most students don't read scientific studies very often, but they might still encounter them in the mainstream press or when discussed online. Reading scientific papers isn't easy, though, and...
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Boosting your character learning with Skritter
There are hundreds of apps out there that all claim to be indispensable resources for learning Chinese, but very few of them actually live up to it. Skritter certainly does...Learning...
View ArticleQuick Guide to Learning Chinese Through Movies
In a Chinese learning rut? Learning Chinese through movies is a quick way to break out of it. Here are some quick tips.Learning ChineseLearn Chinese through movies
View ArticleMy Daily Chinese Study Routine
I posted this response to a question on Memrise about whether or not memorising vocab was enough to learn Chinese. So I thought I would share it here too :)...Learning...
View ArticleCalling All Marvel Fans - Your Master List of Superheros, Villains and Super...
Who doesn’t love a great superhero action movie these days?! The Dark Knight, Spiderman, and Ironman blazed up the box office.. and it’s not just their super powers, gadgets and...Learning...
View ArticleChinese Slang: The Ultimate Guide
24 In-depth posts on useful slang words and phrases for Chinese learners.Learning Chinesechinese slang
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Dealing with near-synonyms in Chinese as an independent learner
Near-synonyms cause major headaches for language learners and it's especially hard for Chinese learners due to the lack of adequate resources in English. This article suggests some ways of...
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Studying Chinese when your grades matter
Ideally, we would study Chinese just because we want to and in any manner we see fit, but this isn't how it works for most students. Instead, we need to...Learning...
View ArticleChinese Slang: Being Supportive
On top of just not giving up, without supporters, the road to success would be a lot bumpier. In Chinese, besides help (帮 － bāng) or encourage (鼓励 － gǔ...Learning Chinesechinese slanglearn chineselearn...
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