My Book on Chinese Characters
Hey! When I was learning Chinese characters, I wrote a book with all of my mnemonics that I used to help me learn. It’s available on Gumroad…
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Tips for Learning a Foreign Language Using Netflix and TV Shows
I started watching the German Netflix series Dark recently. Not only is it a gripping thriller and a fantastic show, but a fantastic…
TV Shows for Learning Russian 🇷🇺
An Update on my Plans to Learn Chinese
An update on my progress and plans to learn Chinese. I got pretty burnt out and haven’t really studied much since the end of February. I…
Weekly Update - Feb. 29, 2020
This week I started focusing on Hello Chinese instead of characters. What I Learned This Week I started off reviewing some of the intro…
Weekly Update - Feb. 22, 2020
Learning 3,000 Chinese Characters You can track my progress here. I was traveling to California last week, so my study time was limited. I…
Weekly Update - Feb. 15, 2020
Learning 3,000 Chinese Characters You can track my progress here. I was traveling to California last week, so my study time was limited. I…
Weekly Update - Feb. 08, 2020
Learning 3,000 Chinese Characters You can track my progress here. I learned 184 new characters, taking my total to 1744/3,000. I spent 11.…
The Halfway Point
Learning 3,000 Chinese Characters You can track my progress here. I learned 191 new characters, taking my total to 1,560/3,000. I spent 1…
Ease Hell in Anki
What is Ease Hell? Ease Hell is when Anki thinks your flashcards are more difficult than they actually are, causing you to review too many…
Weekly Update - Jan. 25, 2020
Learning 3,000 Chinese Characters You can track my progress here. I learned 171 new characters, taking my total to 1,369/3,000. I spent 12.…
What is Anki's Interval Modifier?
If you are trying to optimize your Anki settings, you should definitely be looking at your Interval Modifier. Anki’s Interval Modifier takes…
Weekly Update - Jan. 18, 2020
Learning 3,000 Chinese Characters You can track my progress here. I learned 178 new characters, taking my total to 1,198/3,000. I spent 12.…
Weekly Update - Jan. 11, 2020
Learning 3,000 Chinese Characters You can track my progress here. I learned 145 new characters, taking my total to 1,020/3,000. I learned…
Weekly Update - Jan. 04, 2020
Learning 3,000 Characters You can track my progress here. I learned 199 characters this week, taking my total to 875/3,000. This means I’m…
A Beginner’s Guide to Learning Russian 🇷🇺
Learning the Russian Alphabet Before I say anything else, let me say this: It’s easier than it looks. When I took Russian 101 at Duke, we…
Weekly Update - Dec. 28, 2019
Learning 3,000 Characters Check out my progress. I learned 212 characters this week, bringing my total to 676/3,000. I’m also now back on…
Weekly Update - Dec. 21, 2019
Learning 3,000 Characters Past the 10% mark. By today, my total number of studied characters is 464 of 3,000. I’ve fallen behind my target…
Weekly Update - Dec. 14, 2019
Learning 3,000 Characters This is getting real hard. As of today, I’ve studied 296 Chinese characters. 9.9% to 3,000! I read an estimate…
Weekly Update - Dec. 1, 2019
Weekly Update - Dec. 1, 2019 I switched up my strategy this week. My goal is to learn 3,000 Chinese characters by March 31, 2020. I’m…
I'm Going to Learn 3,000 Chinese Characters in 120 Days
Last week I shared my plan for learning Chinese. It focused heavily on Duolingo with a couple of other programs and apps to supplement my…
Week 1 of Learning Chinese
What I Learned This Week - November 29, 2019 This week, I finished 3 lessons on Duolingo - Greeting 1, Numbers, and Name. I am almost done…
My Plan for Learning Chinese
What I Know Already Before I started learning Chinese, I knew only a few things. I knew that Mandarin was a tonal language and that it had…
Why I'm Learning Chinese 🇨🇳
I started learning Chinese (Mandarin) on Duolingo last week. I’m documenting my learning progress on this site and on my Youtube channel…