Mandarin Monkey Podcast

This is it. 168! We did it! We talk about conflict and how to use it in Mandarin. Then Ula reads the book of Awesome and we discuss life's little wins to end the one weeks worth of podcasts milestone! If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website https://www.mandarinmonkey....

We speak with multilingual Doctor, long time friend, supporter and student of Mandarin Monkey Margret Chang. We discuss her being taught Mandarin in Taiwanese and learning several other languages. We discuss raising multilingual children and exchange some funny stories. We also touch on the effects of Covid on children from a doctors perspective. WARNING: This one has Mandarin, English and Taiwane...

We say some big Thanks yous. Our daughter said F*&k and we talk about making mistakes. Today we are Maipian and dongli. Also Happy BIRTHDAY TO DARIAN! If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website https://www.mandarinmonkey.comSupport uswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritte...

We speak with famed author, illustrator, comic book creator, linguist, instructional YouTuber and all round nice guy Mark Crilley about his time spent in Taiwan 26 years ago. How he learned Chinese and Japanese and the difference between the two. Also, raising Bilingual children. SO many topics, not enough time. This will be part one. Find Mark Here:OFFICIAL CRILLEY PLAYLIST: http://tinyurl.com/d3...

Is it ok to just do ok? Fascinating child like learning of multiple languages simultaneously. How would intense, painful Chinese conversation help me learn? We discuss all these things in this episode of the Mm podcast. Come on in. and enjoy for a while. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are complete...

50 things we are grateful for! Today is Thanksgiving for our American friends. Happy Thanksgiving to you all! We love the idea of being grateful for what we have so we pull up some ideas and have a chat about 50 things we could all be grateful for. Please click on the Skritter Link below and search for Being Grateful - MegaList - Mandarin Monkey for the deck. If you enjoy what we do, we have been...

Education, language acquisition, motivations, life goals, Taiwanese tests, scars, kids and a school that teaches you lots about nature and not so much about math. interesting. all in Chinglish. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website https://www.mandarinmonkey.comSupp...

We have a good chit-chat in this one. Ula woke up an hour before and was full of energy. Also a daily routine video we just released. My audio adverts at the front end of each episode now, meditation, language (of course) and various other things. Ula speaks 95% Chinese in this one. Tom speaks 85% English. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Pa...

So, we went right ahead and had another baby. Added number three to the gang. This was our experience. As usual, Ula speaks 95% Chinese in this episode, and Tom uses 80% English. Chinglish is used throughout as you know. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website https:/...

We speak to Ryan Li, owner of several companies around the world and organiser of the Language Garden which we have spoken about several times on the podcast. We discuss how he acquires new languages and his current business endeavours. Including virtual language learning environments. Website:https://language.garden/orhttp://languagegarden.tw/Meetup page:https://www.meetup.com/languagegarden/Disc...

We discuss why children learn so quickly. What helps to help you remember Chinese words. Using context, visual and audio connections to bolster your language skills. Also becoming a king. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website https://www.mandarinmonkey.comSupport us...

We speak to Linda Yi, owner of Panda Cub Stories, an art & comic book creator who teaches Chinese in an interesting way. Linda's websitehttps://www.pandacubstories.com/Kickstarter information is on the site. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website https://www.mandarin...

What mistakes do we make all the time? What do we do to correct it? What does it take to get it right? Who's shoes are they? What's the meaning of it all? If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website https://www.mandarinmonkey.comSupport uswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkr...

Tom gets his results! Eosinophilic Enteritis. Seeing the annoying doctor again. We discuss playing Minecraft as a learning tool and figuring out a new way to learn. It's the usual amazing Chinese and english/chinglish extravaganza. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Webs...

We continue our discussion on the best morning routines. We discuss the death of the family dog popo. The devils playthings and lots of other wholesome stuff for you ears enjoyment. All while using Chinese and English throughout. Chinglish wins. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free n...

We discuss the best morning routine in the one. After having a great hangout session with our patrons we were asked what our morning routine was. Thanks Ben for the suggestion. This will be part one, as we had to run at the end. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website...

We talk to YouTuber Grace Guo about her Chinese learning channel, about how she learns English and some of her tips and tricks. Also a little about her hobbies and interests. We had a great chat and a great time talking to this very interesting person. Well worth a listen. Grace's Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC_fdR7zZ_5SU--xuOrEdKw/featuredIf you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful...

Relationship goals: 1) Love 2) Passion 3) Communication. We talk about Taiwanese and Ula teaches Tom some. We speak about teaching Taiwanese while using Chinese and English which makes my mind explode. We talk about our 5 year wedding anniversary. And my upcoming Endoscopy biopsy. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider support...

The final encounter with the mouse, butlers, putting children in danger and about communication in multiple languages. We use both Chinese in English throughout this podcast, so it would be ideal if you were learning Chinese at whatever level to find it entertaining. If you are learning Spanish perhaps try something else, you may become frustrated, and we don't want that. If you enjoy what we do,...

We go deep on our argument with the doctor. Frustrations with the medical system in Taiwan AND then move onto about 40 Mandarin words. New Chinese words for you guys. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website https://www.mandarinmonkey.comSupport uswww.patreon.com/manda...

Doctors in Taiwan, Tom's upcoming small intestine check and Ama getting attacked in the park! If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website https://www.mandarinmonkey.comSupport uswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chinesehttps://skritter.com?ref=mandar...

How long should you study Mandarin each day? Do you need to swat 6 hours a day in HSK books or Chinese text books? Can you do it once a week? Or twice a month? Here's what we think. Small incremental improvements make all the difference long term. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free...

We discuss neurons, twangs, dongs, dengs, anpais, gongyus and a bunch of other stuff. Also closing off your mind to all the stresses of life and trying to sleep better. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website https://www.mandarinmonkey.comSupport uswww.patreon.com/man...

Awkwardness, Zombies and bloodmoons, going back to university. Baking cakes and engineering. Another classic. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website https://www.mandarinmonkey.comSupport uswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chinesehttps://skritte...

We discuss handsome cows, good looking dogs and pets in general. We exchange stories of dog bites, broken bones and memories. All in Chinese and English. Win and learn. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely free not to. :) Website https://www.mandarinmonkey.comSupport uswww.patreon.com/man...