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Learning Chinese has become an increasingly common objective not just for future Sinologists and experts but also for neophytes in the world of business where it has become continuously more important. There are in fact an infinite amount of resources for how to best learn this language and facilitate learning for the user in this …

Pleco: Review of the English/Chinese Dictionary for iOS and Android Smartphones Read More »

Anki’s screenshot: The number of flashcards I reviewed every day in the past six months. Click here to discover what Chinese courses that we recommend at the moment! It’d been six months that I’m studying Chinese in a regular fashion. The idea was not to master the language as fast as I could. This is …

Six months of Chinese flashcards’ review: The lessons I learned Read More »

Want to learn the fastest way to learn how to write Chinese characters? Click here! Today I want to show you how taking the time to learn the 256 Chinese radicals (that is the basic components of any Chinese character) will allow you to learn Chinese characters much faster. I will do it through a …

A Small Trick to Learn How to Write Chinese Characters Faster Read More »

Click here to discover what Chinese courses that we recommend at the moment! Disclaimer: Even if this post mainly target Chinese learners, the ideas I share are quite general and I believe they hold true for any language. Why should you use flashcards to study Chinese? The use of flashcards involves active recall testing, that …

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Click here to discover what Chinese courses that we recommend at the moment! I “discovered” the videos of Mike Laoshi, at the time Mike Hainzinger, in 2012, a few months after I began writing here on SDC. I spoke well of him on various occasions and a few months ago, John Murray Learning, the English publishing house that has published …

Chinese With Mike – Video course review Read More »

FluentU: Learn Chinese Through Videos – Index What is immersion and why is it so important? How can I achieve “immersion” in my own country? What is FluentU? Why do I like FluentU? What I don’t like about FluentU How much does FluentU cost? The FluentU app In this article, I am going to review …

The Best Way to Learn Chinese Through Videos: FluentU Read More »

Click here to discover what Chinese courses that we recommend at the moment! Two months ago I started to study Chinese (here my plan: How to learn Chinese fast: my (lazy) way) and decided to share my progresses on this blog as an extreme attempt to keep motivated. However, a post only talking about me …

Find out how much of a Chinese newspaper you can understand Read More »