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14 extra songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons
By Olle Linge On March 13, 2013 · 5 Comments · In Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate, Learning outside class, Listening
This is the fourth and possibly final article about Chinese music. As before, the goal this time is to expand your horizons a bit and help you find music you like. Music is useful because it’s fun and is a relaxed way of learning. We need learning of all kinds if we want to learn fast, so music fulfils a really important function.
13 more songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons
By Olle Linge On November 20, 2012 · 14 Comments · In Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate, Learning outside class, Listening
This is the third article in a series about using music to learn Chinese. The goal this time is to expand your horizons a bit and help you find music you like. While you probably won’t enjoy all songs presented here, it’s fairly likely that you will find at least a few you like!
12 songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons
By Olle Linge On September 18, 2012 · 25 Comments · In Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate, Learning outside class, Listening
This is my second article about Chinese music. The goal this time is to expand your horizons a bit and help you find music you like. You will probably not like all songs presented here, but it’s fairly likely that you will find at least a few!
This article is a guide to reading comics in Chinese, suitable for beginners as well as those who already have some experience. Reading comics is an excellent way of attacking the Great Wall of Chinese (the daunting effect of seeing a whole page of text and not knowing what to do). It’s also fun, which is arguably the most important thing.
Pros and cons with travelling to learn a language
By Olle Linge On December 20, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Beginner, Immersion and integration, Intermediate, Learning outside class, Listening, Speaking
It is often said that it’s very good to travel to learn languages. I don’t think is true, at least not in the sense that most people believe. Travelling has some major language-learning benefits, but it’s far from the panacea some people view it as.
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