You Can Learn Chinese
By Jared Turner
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Learn HOW to learn Chinese with hosts Jared Turner and John Pasden. You will learn tips, strategies, and insights so you can supercharge your language learning. You will also be inspired by guest interviews with people from all over the world who have learned Chinese.
Both Jared and John both learned Chinese, lived in China for many years, and have worked with learners all over the world and understand the unique challenges that Chinese learners face. They stay at the forefront of language learning research and methods and bring that to listeners everywhere.
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How to Learn to Read Chinese: Developing Fluency Now (Replay)
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Fun First, Fluency Follows: Karl Vilhelmsson’s Chinese Strategy
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Too Many Chinese Videos, Too Little Progress? Lets Fix That
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Burnout, Breakthrough, and Fluency: Chaniece’s Story
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Crutch or Catalyst? The Truth About Pinyin
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Starting Over in China: Chimsy’s Story of Risk, Grit, and Growth
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Are AI Tutors the Future of Language Learning?
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May 26, 2025 |
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City 不 City: How Paul Mike Ashton Memed His Way to Fame in China
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May 12, 2025 |
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Translating: A Tool for Fluency or a Crippling Crutch?
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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How to Pass the HSK and AP Chinese Tests (replay)
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Why Chinese Learners Know the Language Better Than Natives (Sometimes)
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Your Chinese Accent Is Terrible, But It Doesn’t Have to Be
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Fluent in Funny: Jesse Appell on Learning, Performing, and Laughing in Chinese
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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RedNote 小红书 Buzz: Can It Really Help You Learn Chinese?
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Persistence, Connection, and Culture: Joseph Vincent’s Journey from Student to Teacher
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Charting Your Path to Chinese Fluency: Finding Purpose and Making Progress
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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The Best of You Can Learn Chinese: Top Stories from 2023-2024
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Roll for Initiative: How Learning Chinese is Like a Game of Dungeons & Dragons
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Economist by Day, Rapper by Night: Andrew Dougherty (a.k.a. Big Daddy Dough)
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Listener Mailbag: Keeping Fluent with AI, Grammar, and Real-World Practice
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Pinyin Over Characters: the Crippling Crutch (Replay)
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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A Shortcut to Chinese Fluency? Narrow Reading in Chinese
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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From Forgetful to Fluent: Elijah’s Inspiring Persistence in Learning Chinese
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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The 6 Biggest Questions About Chinese Characters—Answered!
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Characters, Cocktails, and Karaoke: How Mike Kennedy Blended Passion and Chinese
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Language Learning Adventures: The Role of Randomness and Unpredictability
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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From the Classroom to China: Teenagers Putting their Chinese to the Test
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Is Your Chinese as Good as You Think it is? Confronting the Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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From Reluctant Traveler to Fluent Speaker: Cleopatra’s Chinese Language Adventure
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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When to Start Reading for Maximum Fluency
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Raising Bilingual Children: Sunny's Story and Strategies from Spot of Sunshine Chinese
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Motivation and the Influence of Cultural Attitudes on Learning
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May 13, 2024 |
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From American Football to Chinese Films: The Journey of Matt William Knowles
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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The Frustrated Learner and the Sound of Progress
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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Finding Your Voice in Chinese: Happi's Multilingual Melody
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Japanese and Chinese: Unraveling the Differences of Two Ancient Tongues
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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The Making of a YouTube Star: Ari Smith's Transformation into Xiao Ma
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Bridging Continents and Cultures: How Akeel Alleyne Found His Calling and Career in the Heart of China
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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The Impact of Native Teaching Methods on Chinese Learners: Insights from a Shanghai Classroom
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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How to use ChatGPT to Learn Chinese
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Christmas in China (Ep. 25 Replay)
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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The Future of the You Can Learn Chinese Podcast
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Mandarin reboot: How to get back into learning after taking a break
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Reframing the 10 worst Chinese learning tips
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Fluency now: The power of extensive reading
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Knowledge vs Proficiency (Ep. 12 Replay)
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Five tips on taking better notes for learning Chinese
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Imperfectly fluent: Letting go of perfection
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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How To Find The Perfect Tutor (Ep. 36 Replay)
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Unleashing the power of motivation: Swire Chinese language conference
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Listener questions answered: learning habits, immersion, and the power of extensive reading
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Why are dialogues so popular in language learning?
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Beyond memorization: Higher order thinking skills in language learning
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May 29, 2023 |
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Will technology replace language learning?
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May 15, 2023 |
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Breaking down emotional walls: the key to successful language learning
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May 01, 2023 |
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The impact of comprehensible input on language learning: a deep dive
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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How your personality changes in another language
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Traveling to the Middle Kingdom: What to know before you go
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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How to increase your listening speed
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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How to focus your learning efforts for the maximum gain
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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The vocabulary dilemma
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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What you should know about Chinese literature
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Where Chinese Words Come From
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Why we love Chinese (and so should you)
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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The power of questions
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Learning Chinese: expectation vs. reality
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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100th Episode Special
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Nine signs your Chinese is getting better
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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The 10 worst pieces of advice for learning Chinese
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Should you take the HSK?
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Do music skills make you better at Chinese?
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Five qualities of good language learners
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Four types of teachers to avoid
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Game-based learning with Fred Poole, Ph.D.
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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A rude awakening: Chinese norms and niceties
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Brain exhaustion and building stamina
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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When the dictionary is wrong
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Vocab apps and learner engagement
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May 30, 2022 |
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The importance of anticipation in learning
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May 16, 2022 |
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The six types of Chinese learners
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May 02, 2022 |
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Learning Chinese slang
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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When native speakers lead you astray
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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#84 How to progress from textbooks to conversation
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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#83 Using WeChat to Learn Chinese
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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#82 Music, learning Chinese, and Bohan Phoenix
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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#81 Tones: Answers to questions you didn't know to ask
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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#80 Games for learning Chinese
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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#79 Why typing characters is better than handwriting
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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#78 Top 10 Stories of 2021
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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#77 Reading Techniques to Master Chinese
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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#76 Cantonese and the uniqueness of Chinese dialects
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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#75 How to learn similar words the right way
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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#74 Improving your listening skills (Part 2 of 2)
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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#73 Improving your listening skills (Part 1 of 2)
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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#72 The Truth about Chinese subtitles
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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#71 Colorful or clean? Swearing in Chinese
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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#70 Reading the News: Do’s and Dont's
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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#69 The rivalry: Beijing vs. Shanghai
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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#68 Why is Chinese so damn hard?
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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#67 Pop-up dictionaries: Helpful or not?
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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#66 8 Tips for Using Your Dictionary
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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#65 Going all the way: Graduate studies in Chinese
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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#64 Tips and tricks for typing Chinese
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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#63 The truth about vocabulary
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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#62 Make your language learning learner-centric
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May 17, 2021 |
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#61 National Chinese Language Conference 2021 Report: Hope for all Chinese learners
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May 03, 2021 |
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#60 How Chinese food can help your Chinese
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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#59 Bridging to Breakthrough and Abigail Washburn
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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#58 Will Chinese become the next global language?
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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#57 What’s in a Chinese surname?
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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#56 When should you start learning characters?
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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#55 Flashcards, spaced repetition software, and building proficiency
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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#54 Putting the Drama into Chinese Class
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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#53 Reality vs. How You Think Your Chinese Sounds
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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#52 Top 10 Stories of 2020
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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#51 Behind-the-Scenes Making a Mandarin Companion Graded Reader
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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#50 What’s Holding You Back From Learning Chinese
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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#49 How to Learn to Read Chinese: Bridging the Gap to Native Materials (Part 4 of 4)
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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#48 How to Learn to Read Chinese: Developing Fluency Now (Part 3 of 4)
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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#47 How to Learn to Read Chinese: Baby Steps to Real Reading (Part 2 of 4)
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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#46 How to Learn to Read Chinese: Pinyin, Characters, Vocabulary (Part 1 of 4)
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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#45 The Perils of Taking Chinese Literally
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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#44 Using Chinese at Work with Kaiser Kuo
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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#43 How to Level Up Your Listening Skills
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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#42 How to Get a Laugh in Chinese
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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#41 How to Use Translation to Learn Chinese
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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#40 How to Set Goals for Learning Chinese
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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#39 The Future of Learning Chinese
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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#38 How Much Mandarin Do You Need To Speak?
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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#37 Chinese Homestay Censorship Vampires
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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#36 How To Find The Perfect Tutor
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May 18, 2020 |
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#35 Don't Be the Girl with the Name Radiohead
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May 04, 2020 |
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#34 Pronouncing Chinese Confidently
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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#33 Writing Chinese: How to Build Your Skills
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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#32 COVID-19: A Tale of Two Cities
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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#31 Extensive Reading and the Path to Fluency
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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#30 Second Language or Foreign Language: What Type of Learner Are You?
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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#29 How to Pass the HSK and AP Chinese Tests
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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#28 A Method to Remember Thousands of Characters
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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#27 Can You Learn Chinese from a Textbook?
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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#26 End of Year Special
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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#25 Christmas in China
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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#24 The 4 Types of Tone Mistakes
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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#23 Pinyin Over Characters: the Crippling Crutch
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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#22 Going from "Learning to Read" to "Reading to Learn"
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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#21 How Important is Chinese Culture When Learning Chinese?
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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#20 Confessions of a Chinese Language Teacher
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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#19 How to Find Your Motivation
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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#18 The Controversy Between Simplified and Traditional Characters Explained
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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#17 Bridging the Gap to Higher Levels
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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#16 How to Build Listening Skills
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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#15 Steven Kaufmann “The Linguist” Interview
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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#14 How to Pronounce Like a Pro
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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#13 The Four Keys to Learning Chinese You Need to Know
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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#12 Knowledge vs Proficiency
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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#11 How to Build Reading Fluency
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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#10 The Stages of Learning Chinese
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May 20, 2019 |
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#9 Skritter CEO Jacob Gill Interview
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May 06, 2019 |
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#8 Tones, Music, and Confidence
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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#7 The Myth of Learning Chinese Like a Child
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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#6 Chinese Immersion: The Home Version
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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#5 Writing Characters: Is It Worth Your Time?
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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#4 Chinese Language Power Struggles
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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#3 Chinese Dual Immersion: It's Been Going On Longer Than You Think
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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#2 Why Chinese is Taught the Way It Is
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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#1 Introduction
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Feb 04, 2019 |