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Category Archives: Learn Mandarin Chinese
The Vowels Video is done! Book Agent, pronunciation help, site updates, la la la.
Video News: The last English Pronunciation and International Phonetic Alphabet video is done! Check it out here (or directly on YouTube). Future videos plans in the short term include: French/German/Italian Pronunciation. Medium term: Russian Pronunciation. Longer term: Who knows! Pronunciation Help: Once … Continue reading
The Assimil Method - some thoughts
Recently, a reader asked me whether I had heard of the Assimil method, and whether I’d recommend it or not. I had never really looked into them, and now that I’ve done a bit of research, I can comment a … Continue reading
On dealing with non-phonetic languages like Chinese (And how to deal with homophones in any language)
I keep addressing this question in various forum/comment discussions, but I should discuss it here, because it addresses a lot of issues in a lot of languages. The question is: How do I deal with a language that uses a … Continue reading