Articles tagged with ‘Learning’
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Will Hacking Chinese help you learn Mandarin?
Is it worth spending time learning how to learn Chinese, or should you focus all your effort on engaging with the language more directly? The answer is that it depends, but the longer your time frame, the more important it becomes to tweak your method.
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Are mnemonics too slow for Chinese learners?
Mnemonics are clever memory devices designed to make it easier to remember things, but considering that they take time both to create and retrieve, are they really that useful for learning Chinese?
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Whom should you trust for advice about learning Chinese?
There’s a lot of advice about how to learn Chinese floating around on forums, chat groups, social media, video services and blogs. Including Hacking Chinese. So how do you know whom you should trust? This article answers that question by discussing what my articles are based on.
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Task-based Chinese learning and teaching
Task based language learning and teaching is built around working with tasks in the target language with a clear focus on meaning (communication). Focus on form should come after the task has been completed.
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