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You Can Learn Chinese

Learn HOW to learn Chinese with hosts Jared Turner and John Pasden. You will learn tips, strategies,

Episodes

Total: 162

#62 Make your language learning learner-centric
2021/5/17

John and Jared discuss what it means to be “learne

#61 National Chinese Language Conference 2021 Report: Hope for all Chinese learners
2021/5/3

Recently, Mandarin Companion participated in the 2

#60 How Chinese food can help your Chinese
2021/4/19

Everyone loves Chinese food, but if only there wer

#59 Bridging to Breakthrough and Abigail Washburn
2021/4/5

What if you are still struggling to get to the poi

#58 Will Chinese become the next global language?
2021/3/22

Will Chinese one day unseat English to become the

#57 What’s in a Chinese surname?
2021/3/8

You probably know a bit about Chinese surnames, bu

#56 When should you start learning characters?
2021/2/22

John and Jared unpack when you should start learni

#55 Flashcards, spaced repetition software, and building proficiency
2021/2/8

John and Jared talk about flashcards and spaced re

#54 Putting the Drama into Chinese Class
2021/1/25

Review of a paper written by a professor who incor

#53 Reality vs. How You Think Your Chinese Sounds
2021/1/11

John and Jared discuss the difference between how

#52 Top 10 Stories of 2020
2020/12/28

In this special episode, John and Jared went back

#51 Behind-the-Scenes Making a Mandarin Companion Graded Reader
2020/12/14

John and Jared give you a behind the scenes look a

#50 What’s Holding You Back From Learning Chinese
2020/11/30

What are you afraid of? John and Jared discuss the

#49 How to Learn to Read Chinese: Bridging the Gap to Native Materials (Part 4 of 4)
2020/11/16

Welcome to part 4 of 4 about learning how to read

#48 How to Learn to Read Chinese: Developing Fluency Now (Part 3 of 4)
2020/11/2

Welcome to part 3 of 4 about learning how to read

#47 How to Learn to Read Chinese: Baby Steps to Real Reading (Part 2 of 4)
2020/10/19

Welcome to part 2 of 4 about learning how to read

#46 How to Learn to Read Chinese: Pinyin, Characters, Vocabulary (Part 1 of 4)
2020/10/5

Welcome to part 1 of 4  about learning how to read

#45 The Perils of Taking Chinese Literally
2020/9/21

John and Jared discuss a linguistic concept that y

#44 Using Chinese at Work with Kaiser Kuo
2020/9/7

John and Jared discuss using Chinese in the workpl

#43 How to Level Up Your Listening Skills
2020/8/24

In this episode, you’re going to learn how to leve