Month: February 2026

One of the problems with Chinese reading and listening practice is that it’s often too passive. The most motivated and disciplined students can...

I started learning Chinese well over a decade ago, and I have encountered many great teachers. But I have also seen truly terrible teaching,...

A new year, a new beginning, the perfect time to commit to levelling up your Chinese and achieve greatness! But is a New Year resolution really a...

All serious learners face the same problem: Regardless how diligent we are and how efficient our studying is, there are only 24 hours in a day. This...

As soon as students realise that Chinese script is not an alphabet, and that there are thousands of characters they need to learn to become...

Many people believe that learning a new script is challenging, but mastering systems like Zhuyin (Bopomofo) or Japanese kana is surprisingly easy....

In last week’s article, we saw that learning Chinese characters is not enough, you also have to learn words. Most words contain two characters, or...

As Infants, we don’t yet rely on categories to make sense of the world; everything is a glorious mess. When we engage with our first language, we...

While strong motivation doesn’t necessarily accelerate your learning or improve your memory, without it you won’t spend enough time learning...

I’ve been teaching beginner courses in Chinese for more than ten years, but I still remember what it was like to write my first characters. When...