Most people agree that quantity is very important for improving listening ability (immersion, in other words). The previous article in this series...
Month: February 2026
Chinese listening strategies: Improving listening speed
Image source: sxc.hu/profile/4seasons Now that I have cleared the main types of listening (background, passive and active listening), it’s time to...
Chinese listening strategies: Diversify your listening practice
Have you ever had the feeling that, after speaking with someone for a long time and understood most of what they say, you then speak with someone...
Chinese listening strategies: Deliberate practice and i+2
Actively listening to and working with spoken language that challenges our listening ability is probably the best way to improve listening ability....
Chinese listening strategies: Background listening
Image credit: sxc.hu/profile/cinezi Contrary to what some people think, I consider background and passive listening to be very useful, indeed...
Chinese listening strategies: An introduction
I’ve been quite interested in improving listening ability recently, which not only means that I’ve thought a lot about it, but also that I’ve been...
Chinese listening strategies: Active listening
Image source: sxc.hu/profile/amiroff In previous articles we have already looked at two kinds of passive listening (the first article was about...
The grand listening cycle: Improve your Chinese listening ability
Over the years, I’ve built up a simple but yet powerful cycle of listening activities that provides most of what I need. This series of exercises...
Listen more than once: How the replay button can help you learn more Chinese
Listening more than once is a simple yet overlooked trick for improving your listening ability in Chinese. By replaying audio, you give your brain...
Listen more and learn more by building a personal Chinese audio library
The best way to learn a language is through listening. It gives you the input you need to learn everything from the sounds and tones of the...