Articles in the ‘Vocabulary’ category Page 10

Playing Codenames to learn Chinese and other languages

Codenames is one of my favourite games, and it also happens to be an excellent game for language learning! In this article, I suggest ways of playing it in Chines, along with a tool that generates grids of code words for direct use in the classroom or elsewhere!
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Spaced repetition is not limited to flashcards

Spaced repetition is important for learning anything, but especially vocabulary in a foreign language like Chinese. However, there’s much more to spaced repetition than vocabulary flashcard apps! Even if you dislike such apps, make sure you incorporate spaced repetition in some other way.
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Expanding your Chinese with 一步一个脚印

一步一个脚印 is a blog about translating and interpreting Chinese, providing high quality posts about vocabulary and expressions in Chinese and English, as well as interpretation and translation exercises.
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Overcoming the problem of having too many Chinese words to learn

Learning words is very important, but how should you deal with the fact that there are so many of them to learn? This article discusses the problem of having too many words to learn and suggests some solutions to get around the problem.
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The benefits of using 语文/國文 textbooks to learn Chinese

Using textbooks meant for native speakers is a great way of improving your reading and writing, as well as learning about literature and culture in general. 语文/國文 textbooks are difficult, but also very rewarding!
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How to talk about Chinese characters in Chinese

As a learner of Chinese, it’s useful to be able to talk about Chinese characters in Chinese. The right way is not to learn the names of the strokes, but learn how native speakers talk about characters.
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The best Twitter feeds for learning Chinese in 2016

Learning Chinese through Twitter is great because it gives you bite-sized chunks. This post presents the best Twitter feeds for learning Chinese in 2016.
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How going shopping can help you learn Chinese

Shopping can be a great way of learning a language. By having similar conversations many times in different shops, you can gradually improve your speaking ability.
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Chinese characters that share the same components but are still different

Some Chinese characters consist of the same components in different places, creating completely different characters. This article discusses this phenomenon and its implications for language learners.
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Learn Chinese character meaning and pronunciation together

A large majority of all Chinese characters look the way they do because of how they are pronounced. You can use this to your benefit if you learn Chinese character meaning and pronunciation together.
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