Unconventional language hacking tips from Benny the Irish polyglot; travelling the world to learn languages to fluency and beyond!
Learning Chinese tones can seem like a big challenge. Chinese is already considered one of the hardest languages for English speakers to learn, and English doesn’t really have tones in the same way Chinese does. So how can we learn Chinese tones in a way that helps us start speaking Chinese fast? Well, it may come […]
Explore Aurebesh, Mando’a and Star Wars language design, then learn key terms in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, German and French.
Explore 15 Chinese-language movies with Mandarin, Cantonese and Taiwanese Hokkien notes, plus a scene study method. Streaming varies by region.
Learn 16 basic travel phrases, with checked examples in German, French, Mandarin, Spanish and Italian, plus a simple practice routine.
Is Rocket Chinese a good fit for your Chinese learning mission? Caitlin tested it as an absolute beginner, and here are her conclusions.
Understand Chinese jokes through Mandarin wordplay, regional context and respectful use, with pinyin and explanations for key examples.
Language Mastery creator and author, John Fotheringham, joins Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy to discuss “anywhere immersion”, learning difficult languages, and finding the fun in language learning.
Northwestern University Professor and author, Dr. LiCheng Gu, has a conversation with Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy about co-authoring Language Hacking Mandarin, how language education has changed over the last 30 years, and why Chinese is easier than you think. Language Hacking Mandarin is available now. You can order it from your preferred retailer, online […]
Learning Chinese doesn’t have to be hard work when you know these shortcuts.
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