Here you will find motivation, helpful tips, and resources that I discovered during my Mandarin journey.
Flashcards are among the most effective tools to help language learners retain new information. Anki, the King of spaced repetition flashcards, is not your grandma’s flashcard app. As you study, it learns how well you know the information and then prioritizes it accordingly. Gone are the days of wasting time focusing on things you have …
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Did you know that Chinese “recycles” the same 409 sounds repeatedly in all of its words? It’s true. That’s great news when it comes to mastering pronunciation. Master the 409 sounds, apply each of the five tones (yes, I said five, the four primary tones, plus the neutral tone), and you will instantly be able …
The final installment of our Tone Pair’s Practice series has arrived. As I have said time and again, mastering tone pairs is the key to speaking properly in full sentences. If you haven’t started practicing tone pairs yet, what are you waiting for? Not familiar with the series? Each video contains 50 words taken …
Lately, I have been loudly singing the praises of mastering tone pairs to perfect your Chinese pronunciation. While that is essential, you cannot master Mandarin if you do not first know how to pronounce pinyin correctly. Enter my brand new Instagram series: “Let’s Learn Pinyin Sounds.” You can view the first installment below this blog post. …
Mastering tone pairs are the key to speaking properly in full sentences. If you aren’t using Tone Pairs Practice to improve your Chinese pronunciation, do yourself a favor and start now. Practicing Chinese using single-syllable words just doesn’t cut it. Why? People speak in sentences. When you add tones to the mix, single-syllable words …
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As a beginner, natives may need to use context to figure out what you are saying. But, is that really desirable in the long-term? As a tonal language, proper pronunciation in Mandarin is vital. Enter “tone pairs practice.” Mastering tone pairs is the key to later speaking properly in full sentences. For example, on …
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