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Posted onJanuary 27, 2023January 27, 2023Uncategorized

How important is vocabulary when learning Chinese? A follow-up

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In a previous article I discussed the connection between vocabulary acquisition and the growth of my overall Chinese ability. There, I stated that vocabulary acquisition…

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Posted onAugust 22, 2022August 22, 2022Uncategorized

Chinese vocabulary acquisition tips: part II, the difficulty curve

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One of the things that I found most interesting about Chinese vocabulary acquisition is that the difficulty fluctuates over time as your vocabulary increases. Curiously,…

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Posted onJuly 17, 2022August 27, 2022Uncategorized

Chinese vocabulary acquisition tips: part I, background

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When I started to learn Chinese, I made a series of assumptions about my journey at the outset. Some of these assumptions proved to be…

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Posted onApril 10, 2022April 10, 2022Uncategorized

Do you need Chinese in your day-to-day life? Your answer should impact how you study

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There are four main skills required for fluency in any language: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Chinese is unique from western alphabetic languages in that…

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Posted onFebruary 18, 2022February 18, 2022Uncategorized

The good days and the bad days

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After six years of studying Chinese, one thing that surprises me most is how atrociously bad at it I can be sometimes. I just assumed…

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Posted onFebruary 8, 2022February 8, 2022Uncategorized

The value of immersion

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We have all heard it before—the secret to learning any language is immersion! Is that really true? I will share my own experiences with immersion…

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Posted onJanuary 24, 2022January 24, 2022Uncategorized

Having trouble with tones? Try this method

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One of the most difficult features of Mandarin Chinese is its tonal nature. Along with Chinese characters, tones are one of the key obstacles that…

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Posted onJanuary 13, 2022January 13, 2022Uncategorized

How important is vocabulary when learning Chinese?

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One of the most common ways to estimate Chinese proficiency is by the size of your vocabulary. The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) exam, the standard…

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Posted onJanuary 6, 2022January 6, 2022Uncategorized

How long does it take to learn Chinese?

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The short answer is 3,285 hours. That’s how long it took me to be able to read Chinese novels extensively (at 98%+ comprehension), which was…

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Posted onJanuary 3, 2022January 3, 2022Uncategorized

The Unexpected Skill You Need to Learn Chinese

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Over the course of my six years of Chinese studies, there is one skill that has most contributed to: (1) speeding up my overall language…

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