General Study Advice and Discussion

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1. Looking for people to study Chinese together in Melbourne, Australia

   By Nhung Nguyen, April 6, 2014 at 12:39 AM
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   • Nhung Nguyen
   • April 7, 2014 at 11:31 AM

2. Best Websites and Activities For Teaching Chinese to Kids 1 2

   By Kathy, August 10, 2006 at 05:45 PM
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   • miaomiao
   • April 5, 2014 at 09:46 PM

3. Which variety of Chinese language to begin with...?

   By KosmoLeo, December 30, 2013 at 11:23 PM
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   • roddy
   • April 1, 2014 at 11:17 AM

4. Feeling discouraged with Chinese?

   By davoosh, March 29, 2014 at 11:29 PM
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   • Kelby
   • April 1, 2014 at 02:52 AM

5. An interesting approach to learning a new languageI

   By rlx02, March 27, 2014 at 01:37 AM
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   • roddy
   • March 27, 2014 at 08:14 AM

6. studying WITH someone

   By Special Kid, March 23, 2014 at 05:56 PM
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   • Ruben von Zwack
   • March 26, 2014 at 09:24 AM

7. How do you guys learn/maintain vocabulary? 1 2

   By lakers4sho, March 8, 2014 at 06:37 AM
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   • mouse
   • March 21, 2014 at 08:36 AM

8. How much do you pay your tutor (U.S.)

   By 新墨西哥人, March 10, 2014 at 06:53 PM
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   • Tamu
   • March 15, 2014 at 07:54 AM

9. Self-Assessment? How do you regularly measure your learning progress?

   By makochan, March 9, 2014 at 12:22 PM
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   • makochan
   • March 10, 2014 at 10:09 PM

10. Having trouble with a mish-mash of traditional and simplified characters

    By PinYin55, March 5, 2014 at 04:17 AM
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    • Hofmann
    • March 6, 2014 at 02:01 PM

11. Planning the move to Taiwan for Mandarin intensive study

    By bennymcl, December 1, 2013 at 08:54 PM
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    • roddy
    • March 4, 2014 at 09:52 AM

12. Hi! My introduction and my Chinese goal for this year

    By jefflau, December 29, 2013 at 08:02 PM
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    • roddy
    • March 3, 2014 at 11:47 AM

13. Using only passive learning for grammar-bad idea?

    By kvetch, February 28, 2014 at 11:03 AM
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    • li3wei1
    • March 1, 2014 at 08:53 PM

14. What do we call sleazy Chinese products?

    By Kelby, February 17, 2014 at 10:53 AM
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    • Baron
    • March 1, 2014 at 05:43 PM

15. Random Research #414: Musicians learn languages better 1 2

    By roddy, February 27, 2014 at 09:04 AM
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    • Hofmann
    • March 1, 2014 at 04:59 AM

16. Progressing from Intermediate and Private Lessons

    By Touchstone57, November 20, 2013 at 06:48 AM
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    • roddy
    • February 27, 2014 at 11:24 AM

17. "Copy the dictionary" 1 2

    By Kelby, February 24, 2014 at 08:49 AM
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    • Demonic_Duck
    • February 25, 2014 at 01:22 PM

18. Old/Ancient Chinese video dubbing...

    By deathtrap, February 21, 2014 at 11:48 PM
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    • Hofmann
    • February 22, 2014 at 02:11 AM

19. Is it just me? Or does anyone only study low-tech? 1 2

    By Elizabeth_rb, February 16, 2014 at 06:48 PM
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    • querido
    • February 18, 2014 at 06:08 PM

20. Note sure what route to take.

    By AndyLau, January 24, 2014 at 08:41 AM
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    • Elizabeth_rb
    • February 18, 2014 at 11:40 AM

21. What tools does one need to analize texts? (statistics, software, lol IDK...)

    By Kelby, February 15, 2014 at 10:56 AM
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    • imron
    • February 18, 2014 at 01:31 AM

22. So, how do *you* stop yourself developing bad habits?

    By Elizabeth_rb, February 14, 2014 at 02:16 PM
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    • Baron
    • February 15, 2014 at 03:34 PM

23. Stepping out of "lurk" mode and needing site/book suggestions 1 2

    By Lonie, January 26, 2014 at 11:25 PM
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    • Lonie
    • February 8, 2014 at 03:53 PM

24. Speaking and understanding

    By murph, February 3, 2014 at 09:55 AM
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    • Francis101
    • February 8, 2014 at 11:52 AM

25. Working as a Chinese Linguist for the US Govt 1 2

    By Nathan Mao, February 1, 2014 at 09:45 PM
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    • Nathan Mao
    • February 5, 2014 at 03:04 AM