The description of ChineseCUBES couldn’t help but pique my curiosity – “An augmented reality (AR) technology… multi-sensory learning experience”. In plain English it means that real-world objects are modified, or augmented, in some way by the computer, in this case ……
Ideographer is a Taipei-based developer of small but useful Max OS X apps with a heavy focus on the Chinese language. I use their apps a lot during my day-to-day Chinese studies and writing here on ChineseHacks so I’d like ……
This seems obvious, but think about it – how much time learning Chinese is spent on words that you actually use? Words that you know is one thing but here I’m talking about words for the equivalents that you use ……
When we met with the people behind Mandarin Poster last year we really liked the idea they had for creating a giant poster of the most frequently used Mandarin Chinese characters. In fact, we liked it so much so that ……
We talk a lot of varied and diverse study plans and about not wasting time by writing line after line of words in repetition, but maybe at the earlier stages of learning Chinese this kind of practice is necessary. Like ……
No matter how you approach it, learning Chinese is difficult and can get the best of you sometimes. For those times when you need a break from reading boring textbooks or looking at Chinese news snippings there is Horse Dragon ……
We have some great news, ChineseHacks has officially partnered with ChineseTeachers.com, the best online platform that connects students from around the world with world-class teachers. This means that you’ll be able to study our specially adapted lesson materials right from ……
Learning Chinese is supposed to be fun, right? So why does it not always feel that way? Something that often affects language learners, myself included, is that we impose a lot of rules or restrictions on ourselves in terms of ……
A comment by Nick on the post Learning Chinese – in for the long haul? started me thinking about how much time per day is adequate to effectively learn Chinese, yet without burning yourself out. The Law of Diminishing Returns ……
Following a recent MandMX comic that use various facial expressions to represent different feelings and emotions I was reminded of the famous Taiwanese artist Wan Wan （彎彎）, who is renowned for her blog and series of MSN emoticon animations. A ……
Recently, we were lucky enough to be interviewed by Radio Taiwan for Shirley Lin’s People programme. People focuses interviewing people that are living in Taiwan about their life in Taiwan: Meet Taiwanese people or foreigners living in Taiwan from all ……
It doesn’t matter if you’re learning Chinese in your own country, or you have gone abroad to learn, finding good opportunities to practice Chinese can still be a problem. If you’re at home you have the obvious problems with immersing ……
This is a guest post that I wrote for Practice-Chinese.com in August. If you haven’t read Practice-Chinese.com before it’s a great blog that features guest posts from Chinese teachers and learners of Chinese, with a focus ranging from lessons and ……
As you climb your way up from beginner to relative Chinese master, what form should Chinese class take? Should their be free discussion, or rigid lesson plans? What makes a good Chinese teacher at each stage in the learning process? ……
When you’re learning Chinese in school or university, you will most likely first learn some form of Pinyin for a period of time before progressing on to learning and reading the Chinese characters themselves. While learning a phonetic alphabet is ……
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