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    Learning to Communicate in the Chinese Language: The Do’s and Don’ts

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    April 29, 2015
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    Learning to Communicate in the Chinese Language: The Do’s and Don’ts

    Learning to Communicate in Chinese: The Dos and Don’ts Learning any language is for the majority of us about using it to communicate in a certain, or a number of capacities or situations.  For example one person may ...

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    Growth Mindset: The Key to Fluency

    by : Christian Acuna
    April 27, 2015
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    Growth Mindset: The Key to Fluency

    When I tell people I am fluent in Chinese, they usually respond by saying that they have always wanted to learn a language, but that they are just naturally bad at languages or don’t have the “language gene.” Many of ...

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    What the Art of Juggling can teach us about How to Learn Chinese

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    April 16, 2015
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    What the Art of Juggling can teach us about How to Learn Chinese

    Today I learned to juggle. Not well but enough to keep three balls up in the air for a moment or two. Maybe two moments is pushing it. I’m still very much learning and expect to be doing so for ...

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    Fail Fast, Fail Often – Learning to Love your Mistakes and How to Learn a Language

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    March 11, 2015
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    Fail Fast, Fail Often – Learning to Love your Mistakes and How to Learn a Language

    What are we actually talking about when we talk about how to learn a language? We talk about how to learn a  language a lot. It’s worth stepping back and asking what exactly we mean by “learning”: what is learning and how can ...

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    Kyle Balmer

    My goal is to help you learn Chinese. Sensible Chinese is here to give you guidance whilst you learn one of the most challenging (and rewarding!) languages on earth. As well as running this blog I own Hanzi WallChart and am very proud to be on the team of WaiChinese.

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