Author Archive | Olle Linge

Learning with Native Mandarin Chinese Audio: A No-Nonsense Guide

What is your greatest personal strength as a Chinese language learner? Are you a naturally gifted speaker? Or perhaps memorizing the characters comes easy? When it comes to Chinese, many, many language learners find listening to be their greatest challenge.…

An Easier Way to Learn Chinese: Comprehensible Input

Sometimes conventional wisdom is wrong. We’ve all heard it before. To learn Chinese, jump into the immersion pool. At the deep end. Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s not that easy. Though immersion is essential to learning Chinese, …

How to Learn Chinese Faster: Capacity Management

Do you want to know how to learn Chinese faster? Without spending any more time than you already do? I have two words for you: “capacity management.” Capacity in this sense refers to the energy we have available to study …