Month: February 2026

The main goal for most students when it comes to pronunciation is to be able to speak clearly enough for other people to understand. This involves...

I’ve found that pronunciation is one of the most neglected areas in Chinese language teaching. Teachers don’t have the time or don’t know how to...

While most people claim that it’s essential to live in the country to learn the language, the fact is that this isn’t a prerequisite for reaching an...

When we encounter challenges, both as beginners and as advanced learners, most people tend to make decisions that solve the immediate problems in...

If you think spaced repetition software is a panacea you are wrong | Hacking Chinese

The story of how I learnt Chinese is almost finished, but I need two more posts before it’s up-to-date. I began this story with a post about why I...

So far in the story about how I learnt Chinese, I have talked about how I started learning Chinese in Sweden, then went to Taiwan and studied at...

So far in the story about how I learnt Chinese, I have talked about how I started learning Chinese in Sweden, then went to Taiwan and studied at...

This picture is not at all representative of what the Linkou campus looked like, but I really liked this lake. It’s time to continue the story of...

This picture is not at all representative of what the Linkou campus looked like, but I really liked this lake. It’s time to continue the story of...