The China Project

You Can Learn Chinese

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You can Learn Chinese, a podcast by Jared Turner and John Pasden of Mandarin Companion. Hear Chinese learning experts discuss how to learn Mandarin!

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Pop-up dictionaries: Helpful or not? 26.07.2021

Electronic pop-up dictionaries are all the rage! But are they really helping you improve your Chinese? John and Jared take a research-based look at the...

8 tips for using your dictionary 12.07.2021

A dictionary is frequently one of the first things you buy when learning a language. In this episode, John and Jared will give you tips...

Going all the way: Graduate studies in Chinese 28.06.2021

What does it take to pursue a graduate-level degree in Chinese in China? With our resident expert, John Pasden, we’ll pull back the curtain to...

Tips and tricks for typing Chinese 15.06.2021

You’ve got the basics down. Sounds like you’re ready to type Chinese! John and Jared talk about how Chinese input methods work and, for the...

The truth about vocabulary 02.06.2021

Language is words, so learn enough words and you’ll be fluent, right? As a sophisticated learner, you know it’s not that simple. In this episode...

Make your language learning learner-centric 17.05.2021

John and Jared discuss what it means to be “learner-centric” and how you can adapt your learning methods to fit your own goals. You’ll get...

National Chinese Language Conference 2021 Report: Hope for all Chinese learners 03.05.2021

Recently, Mandarin Companion participated in the 2021 National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC). The topics discussed provided much insight into what is in store for the...

How Chinese food can help your Chinese 19.04.2021

Everyone loves Chinese food, but if only there were a way to tie your love for the cuisine into progress learning the language. Well, there...

Bridging to Breakthrough and Abigail Washburn 05.04.2021

What if you are still struggling to get to the point where you can read the lowest-level graded readers? What techniques can get you there?...

Will Chinese become the next global language? 22.03.2021

Will Chinese one day unseat English to become the dominant language around the world? Jared and John discuss a paper by professor Jeffrey Gil, who...

What’s in a Chinese surname? 08.03.2021

You probably know a bit about Chinese surnames, but in this episode you’ll learn how they relate to both Chinese culture and language acquisition, plus...

When should you start learning characters? 22.02.2021

John and Jared unpack when you should start learning Chinese characters so you can find your own answer that might be later or earlier than...

Flashcards, spaced repetition software, and building proficiency 09.02.2021

John and Jared talk about flashcards and spaced repetition software, how they can help, their limits, and how to use them to build your Chinese...

Putting the drama into Chinese classes 03.02.2021

In this episode, John and Jared review a paper written by a professor who incorporated graded readers (a resource used in foreign language learning) and...