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2013-05-14: Using Audacity to learn Chinese (speaking and listening)
2013-05-08: Adding tone marks (w/o Pinyin) above characters to practise tones
2013-05-04: Hacking Chinese meet-up in Taipei 2013-05-12
2013-05-02: You might be too lazy to learn Chinese, but you’re not too old
2013-04-24: Immersion at home or: Why you don’t have to go abroad to learn Chinese
2013-04-17: Learning the right chengyu the right way
2013-04-10: The question you have to ask about your Chinese teacher or course
2013-04-01: Want to master Chinese in no time? Start dreaming!*
2013-03-26: Is your flashcard deck too big for your own good?
2013-03-20: You shouldn’t walk the road to Chinese fluency alone
2013-03-13: 14 extra songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons
2013-03-10: Hacking Chinese site update March 2013
2013-03-05: 21 essential dictionaries and corpora for learning Chinese
2013-02-27: Horizontal vocabulary learning
2013-02-23: Hacking Chinese meet-up in Taipei 2013-03-02
2013-02-19: The Cthulhu bubble and studying Chinese
2013-02-13: Translating to improve your Chinese
2013-02-05: Hacking Chinese 2012/2013: What was and what will be
2013-01-29: Don’t use mnemonics for everything
2013-01-22: How to create mnemonics for general or abstract character components
2013-01-15: Sensible character learning: Progress, reminders and reflections
2013-01-08: Remembering is a skill you can learn
2013-01-01: Chinese character challenge: Towards a more sensible way of learning to write Chinese
2012-12-25: You can’t learn Chinese characters by rote
2012-12-18: Why you really should use a Chinese notebook
2012-12-11: Measurable progress is a double-edged sword
2012-12-04: Have fun learning Chinese or else…
2012-11-27: RTI, my favourite radio station
2012-11-20: 13 more songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons
2012-11-13: Is it necessary to learn to write Chinese characters by hand?
2012-11-06: Learning Chinese in the shower with me
2012-10-30: Chat your way to better Chinese
2012-10-23: Learning styles: Use with caution!
2012-10-16: Vocalise more to learn more Chinese
2012-10-09: A guide to Pinyin traps and pitfalls
2012-10-02: Don’t just read about learning methods, actually try them as well
2012-09-24: The importance of tones is inversely proportional to the predictability of what you say
2012-09-18: 12 songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons
2012-09-10: Learning Chinese with StarCraft 2
2012-09-03: Extending mnemonics: Tones and pronunciation
2012-08-26: The time barrel: Or why you have more time than you think
2012-08-20: Kickstart your character learning with the 100 most common radicals
2012-08-13: Study according to your current productivity level
2012-08-07: Why learning Chinese through music is underrated
2012-08-04: Website restructuring completed
2012-07-30: Listening strategies: Diversify your listening practice
2012-07-23: 31 Twitter feeds to help you learn Chinese
2012-07-18: A language learner’s guide to reading comics in Chinese
2012-07-13: Approaches to reading in Chinese
2012-07-09: Recording yourself to improve speaking ability
2012-07-04: Chinese Language Learner Interview Series – Olle Linge
2012-07-02: Listening strategies: Deliberate practice and i+2
2012-06-25: Improving writing ability: Common problems and how to tackle them
2012-06-14: Listening strategies: Improving listening speed
2012-06-11: Language is communication, not only an abstract subject to study
2012-06-04: Listening strategies: Active listening
2012-05-28: Using Lang-8 to improve your Chinese
2012-05-21: Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2: Playing computer games in Chinese
2012-05-13: Listening strategies: Passive listening
2012-05-07: Practising sports to learn Chinese and make friends
2012-05-01: Listening strategies: Background listening
2012-04-23: Listening strategies: Problem analysis
2012-04-23: Listening strategies: An introduction
2012-04-16: Don’t try to improve everything at once, limit your focus
2012-04-09: Review: The Phonology of Standard Chinese
2012-04-01: Language question triage – General guidelines
2012-03-25: Answer buttons and how to use SRS
2012-03-22: Defining Language Hacking: Lessons Learned From Hacking Chinese
2012-03-18: The importance of counting what counts
2012-03-16: Hacking Chinese back again after server crash
2012-03-04: The 10,000 hour rule – Blood, sweat and tears
2012-02-26: Use the benefits of teaching to boost your own learning
2012-02-19: Understanding regionally accented Mandarin
2012-02-12: When perfectionism becomes an obstacle to progress
2012-02-05: Advancing in spite of praise
2012-01-29: Learning simplified and traditional Chinese
2012-01-22: Learning efficiently vs. learning quickly
2012-01-15: Learn by exaggerating: Slow, then fast; big, then small
2012-01-08: Can you become fluent in Chinese in three months?
2012-01-01: Hacking Chinese 2011/2012: What was and what will be
2011-12-25: If you want to master Chinese, make long-term investments
2011-12-18: Reading speed: Learning how to read ten lines at a glance
2011-12-11: Mapping the terra incognita of vocabulary
2011-12-04: Tones are more important than you think
2011-11-27: Playing word games to practise fluency
2011-11-20: Reading manga for more than just pleasure
2011-11-13: Triggering quantum leaps in listening ability
2011-11-06: About opening doors and the paths beyond
2011-10-30: Timeboxing Chinese
2011-10-23: The Chinese-Chinese dictionary survival guide
2011-10-16: Enjoying the journey while focusing on the destination
2011-10-09: Benchmarking progress to stay motivated
2011-10-02: The kamikaze approach to learning Chinese
2011-09-25: Holistic language learning: Integrating knowledge
2011-09-18: Achieving the impossible by being inspired
2011-09-11: Don’t be a tourist
2011-09-04: Learning the third tone
2011-08-28: How to find more time to practise listening
2011-08-21: Growing up in Chinese
2011-08-15: Four different kinds of mistakes: Problem analysis
2011-08-07: Memory aids and mnemonics to enhance learning
2011-07-31: Vocabulary in your pocket
2011-07-24: Listening to the listener
2011-07-17: Dealing with tricky vocabulary: Killing leeches
2011-07-10: Time quality: Studying the right thing at the right time
2011-07-03: Memorising dictionaries to boost reading ability
2011-06-26: Escaping the convenience trap
2011-06-22: Make sure listening isn’t a practical problem
2011-06-19: Review: Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary
2011-06-14: Spaced repetition isn’t rote learning
2011-05-07: You won’t learn Chinese simply by living abroad
2011-04-20: Goals and motivation, part 4 – Micro goals
2011-04-11: Goals and motivation, part 3 – Short-term goals
2011-04-01: Goals and motivation, part 2 – Long-term goals
2011-03-25: Goals and motivation, part 1 – Introduction
2011-03-18: Diversified learning is smart learning
2011-03-02: Why you should use more than one textbook
2011-02-21: Native speakers and native speakers
2011-02-14: Using search engines to study Chinese
2011-02-03: Learning pronunciation as a beginner
2011-01-16: A smart method to discover problems with tones
2011-01-08: Anki, the best of spaced repetition software
2011-01-05: Take responsibility for your own learning now
2010-12-20: Pros and cons with travelling to learn a language
2010-12-10: Listening ability, a matter of practice?
2010-11-27: Learning Chinese words really fast
2010-11-10: Creating a powerful toolkit: Characters and words
2010-10-23: Spaced repetition software and why you should use it
2010-10-10: Creating a powerful toolkit: Individual characters
2010-10-08: The virtues of language exchanges
2010-10-01: Creating a powerful toolkit: Character components
2010-09-23: The art of being corrected
2010-09-22: Learning Chinese through social media
2010-09-21: Mental models and making mistakes
2010-09-21: The importance of knowing many words
2010-09-21: Learning Chinese is easy
2010-09-20: Learning Chinese is easy (old version)
2010-09-20: Chinese is fascinating and exciting, not weird and stupid
2010-09-20: If you can only stay abroad for a short time, don’t go immediately
2010-09-19: A pre-launch plea for help
2010-09-19: Requirements to be met before site launch
2010-09-17: Domain name registered, software installed

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