Category: Chinese

This is a guest article written by John Renfroe over at Outlier Linguistics. They’re working on a dictionary meant to teach us about functional...

Part of a breakdown of a student’s bottom-up listening ability. Listening should come before speaking. I think this is true for language learning...

The main reason for having a teacher is that they teach you things; that’s what teachers do. In an ideal world, you would be able to find a great...

Listening ability is often neglected in classrooms. Naturally, the students hear the teacher talk and might even hear other students talk, but...

I have taught a fair amount of writing in various languages and have been on the receiving end of even more. The main problem as I see it is that...

Transcribing, or writing down something exactly as it is said, doesn’t sound like the most exciting way to learn a language, but in my experience,...

I have launched a podcast! Just like Hacking Chinese in general, it’s about how to learn Chinese. There are currently fourteen episodes available,...

Regular visitors to Hacking Chinese will know that I’m a bit obsessed with pronunciation and have spent an inordinate of time both on theory...

It’s safe to say that pronunciation is an overlooked area of learning Chinese. Typically, pronunciation is covered in the first few weeks or...

I think most languages have a saying or an idiom meaning that teaching is a great way to learn. This article isn’t about actual teachers and...