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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

#42 How to Get a Laugh in Chinese
2020/8/10

So you think you’re funny? John and Jared discuss

#41 How to Use Translation to Learn Chinese
2020/7/27

John & Jared discuss the role of translation in th

#40 How to Set Goals for Learning Chinese
2020/7/13

John and Jared discuss how to set language learnin

#39 The Future of Learning Chinese
2020/6/29

In this special episode, guest interview is with e

#38 How Much Mandarin Do You Need To Speak?
2020/6/15

John and Jared break down what it’s going to take

#37 Chinese Homestay Censorship Vampires
2020/6/1

Guest interview is with John Gordon, a longtime re

#36 How To Find The Perfect Tutor
2020/5/18

What does a great tutor do differently? How often

#35 Don't Be the Girl with the Name Radiohead
2020/5/4

What is in a name? In this episode, John and Jared

#34 Pronouncing Chinese Confidently
2020/4/20

This episode kicks off interviewing Jason Schuurma

#33 Writing Chinese: How to Build Your Skills
2020/4/6

John and Jared discuss how you can develop mad Chi

#32 COVID-19: A Tale of Two Cities
2020/3/23

John and Jared have an insightful discussion about

#31 Extensive Reading and the Path to Fluency
2020/3/9

John and Jared talk discuss everything you wanted

#30 Second Language or Foreign Language: What Type of Learner Are You?
2020/2/24

In this episode, John and Jared talk about the dif

#29 How to Pass the HSK and AP Chinese Tests
2020/2/10

Jared talks with Grant Brown, an expert on HSK and

#28 A Method to Remember Thousands of Characters
2020/1/27

Do you find it hard to remember characters? We all

#27 Can You Learn Chinese from a Textbook?
2020/1/13

What can you realistically learn from a textbook?

#26 End of Year Special
2019/12/29

In this special episode, John and Jared go over th

#25 Christmas in China
2019/12/16

圣诞节快乐! This is our special Christmas episode! John

#24 The 4 Types of Tone Mistakes
2019/12/2

Tones are definitely one of the challenging aspect

#23 Pinyin Over Characters: the Crippling Crutch
2019/11/18

John and Jared discuss the all too common situatio