Month: February 2026

Of all the various websites and programs out there to help you learning Chinese, Anki is probably the most important one. There are numerous...

From xkcd: You learn Chinese faster if you use a good method compared to a bad one. However, improving the way you learn also takes time and...

Analysing and balancing language learning is important whether you’re an independent student or a teacher. If you’re a student, no one else can...

Spaced repetition means that you review words you want to learn at certain intervals to maximise learning efficiency. It is a well known...

Source: flickr.com/people/kacascade/ Do you find the topic of this article a bit weird? Isn’t praise something encouraging that makes us want to...

I usually don’t recommend advanced learning resources, not because I don’t have any to recommend, but because it’s much harder to find good stuff...

If you listen a lot, most of it will have to be passive listening. The proportions here are somewhat arbitrary, but passive listening will take up...

I have had the opportunity to pursue many of my dreams and ambitions in life (learning Chinese is one of them) together with other people,...

Most curricula these days stress the importance of culture. That includes everyday things like how to greet people, etiquette when eating and so on,...

Mistakes are a natural part of learning a foreign language and something students of Chinese have to deal with on a daily basis. As soon as you...