In order for an SRS (Spaced-Repetition System) to really work, you need cues to remind you to study (or at least most of us do). For me, that mean means setting up email cues. Before I explain how I use email cues to study, some background on my situation might help. Why not use some […]
Read more »Most of us are bad at creating habits. I know I’m not great at it. I struggle to do many of the things I should. Eat right Diet Exercise Clean the kitty litter Blog Even study Chinese Why is getting yourself to study consistenty so hard? Because it’s not s habit. If you’ve made studying […]
Read more »[Authors Note: I'm not a Benny expert. The following is what I gleaned from only parts of Benny's Mission. If you want to understand his methods more, head to his site (link below)] Benny learned Chinese. If you were in a hole earlier this year (or don’t read language learning blogs), you might have missed […]
Read more »Skritter. It is, without a doubt, one of the best Chinese online learning site out there. When I first tried it out in 2008, I was wowed by its simplicity and usefulness. I recently had the chance to ask Nick, one of Skritter’s founders, some questions about learning Chinese and their brand-spanking new Skritter iOS […]
Read more »It’s a problem a lot of people I talk to face: where can one find interesting articles in Chinese to read? Usually I tell them, “try Caixin!” But for some strange reason, not everyone likes reading a magazine with high journalistic standards dedicated to finance and economics. So, I’ve been conscripting my wife into helping […]
Read more »It’s easy to get stuck doing the wrong things. Sometimes you get in the habit of not studying Chinese. (Or you get into the habit of not blogging every week.) Good study habits are important for learning any language and are even more essential when learning Chinese which has tough-to-master parts like tones and characters. […]
Read more »If you muster up all your willpower to study Chinese, it won’t be enough. Learning Chinese requires more than willpower. The tides of willpower Willpower is like waves in the ocean. It ebbs, it flows. You have it, and you don’t. To have consistent growth when learning Chinese, you should be doing it everyday (All […]
Read more »So a few weeks ago I said I’d upload a recording I made of me speaking Chinese. I started recording myself because I want to follow my progress. How do I sound?
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