Check out Robin’s foreign-language journaling platform and practice writing in Mandarin with other learners and native speakers! journaly.com Robin's RUclips channel: youtube.com/@robinmacphersonfilms?si=lO6bzrgzNR-5P2f0 Robin's Instagram: instagram.com/_robinmacpherson/ Robin's RUclips playlist documenting his journey learning Mandarin: ruclips.net/p/PLuIhQdwUVqqotxScb7W419m3hOsEzSw48&si=bskxIlEalDl8bMgT
Key Points: 相信過程Trust the process❤️ Mindset shift: Mandarin learning requires a different approach compared to Romance languages (Italian, French…etc). No longer obsessed with speed. Core value: Emphasizing the time needed to learn a language; it's a marathon, not a sprint. Prioritization: Tie studies to daily events, not specific times. Consistency: 30 minutes a day. But even 10 minutes daily adds up. Resources: Create own vocabulary decks; utilize RUclips vlogs and podcasts for context-based learning. Enroll in a Taiwanese Mandarin course for comprehensive and structured learning and regular review. Practice: Emphasize repetition and mimicking in listening and speaking. Tones: Important to be aware of different tones but TRUST YOUR EARS, focus on mimicking initially. It takes the pressure off especially for beginners.
I relate to so much of what Robin said. At the same time I learned so much - his insights in what works for him and the whys behind it is super helpful for me as a beginning learner of Mandarin.
Thanks for the Skritter shoutout, Robin! Huge fan of doing the hard work and putting in the work of making custom study decks and notes on your own, too :)
Really nice video, I really liked the tip Robin gave about not learning words in isolation, but rather learning phrases. I also do the same by watching videos, but I have been only writing down individual words. I will implement that in my learning. Also, thank you for the Kelly Yang recommendation haha I would love if you could give some other taiwanese listening or reading recommendations on your channel Miss Lin!
honestly, it would be much better if you did these sort of podcasts in Mandarin. What is the point of doing this in English in a Chinese learning channel
This video was very useful for me, if Robin talked in mandarin it would have given us some extra input for sure, but also maybe he would not have been able to get his point across or we might miss some of the info because our mandarin is too bad. This video is to have his perspective, his method of language learning. Miss Lin made some other videos where the learner was speaking mandarin, you can watch those!
I am having a very hard time trying to find resources that teach taiwanese hokkien :( do you know of any that do online lessons or anything that tries to preserve the language?
Check out Robin’s foreign-language journaling platform and practice writing in Mandarin with other learners and native speakers! journaly.com
Robin's RUclips channel: youtube.com/@robinmacphersonfilms?si=lO6bzrgzNR-5P2f0
Robin's Instagram: instagram.com/_robinmacpherson/
Robin's RUclips playlist documenting his journey learning Mandarin: ruclips.net/p/PLuIhQdwUVqqotxScb7W419m3hOsEzSw48&si=bskxIlEalDl8bMgT
Key Points:
相信過程Trust the process❤️
Mindset shift: Mandarin learning requires a different approach compared to Romance languages (Italian, French…etc). No longer obsessed with speed.
Core value: Emphasizing the time needed to learn a language; it's a marathon, not a sprint.
Prioritization: Tie studies to daily events, not specific times.
Consistency: 30 minutes a day. But even 10 minutes daily adds up.
Resources: Create own vocabulary decks; utilize RUclips vlogs and podcasts for context-based learning. Enroll in a Taiwanese Mandarin course for comprehensive and structured learning and regular review.
Practice: Emphasize repetition and mimicking in listening and speaking.
Tones: Important to be aware of different tones but TRUST YOUR EARS, focus on mimicking initially. It takes the pressure off especially for beginners.
I relate to so much of what Robin said. At the same time I learned so much - his insights in what works for him and the whys behind it is super helpful for me as a beginning learner of Mandarin.
Thanks for the Skritter shoutout, Robin! Huge fan of doing the hard work and putting in the work of making custom study decks and notes on your own, too :)
My pleasure, Jake! Always love shouting you guys out. Loving all the updates and hard work you guys have been putting in 💪🏼
Such a great interview and tips!
謝謝 Glad it helps!
Really nice video,
I really liked the tip Robin gave about not learning words in isolation, but rather learning phrases.
I also do the same by watching videos, but I have been only writing down individual words.
I will implement that in my learning.
Also, thank you for the Kelly Yang recommendation haha
I would love if you could give some other taiwanese listening or reading recommendations on your channel Miss Lin!
如果你想学习中文， 真重要的寻找视频或电影和文章（在中文）。寻找你喜欢的任何。别想进步还结果。
Please teaching us About self introduce in Taiwan please
Thank you for sharing! I would very like to know which app did Robin use for documenting the vocabs. Anyone knows?
honestly, it would be much better if you did these sort of podcasts in Mandarin. What is the point of doing this in English in a Chinese learning channel
This video was very useful for me, if Robin talked in mandarin it would have given us some extra input for sure, but also maybe he would not have been able to get his point across or we might miss some of the info because our mandarin is too bad.
This video is to have his perspective, his method of language learning.
Miss Lin made some other videos where the learner was speaking mandarin, you can watch those!
我要问，台北人用林北就像我生气的时候一样吗？我的朋友告诉我他们用那个词时候生气
This makes me feel so depressed
Why does this make you feel depressed? Don't be sad! ☀
Yeah this is not realistic. This doesn’t apply to the average learner
Are you saying that the methods / journey I described are not realistic to the average learner? What makes you say that?
I am having a very hard time trying to find resources that teach taiwanese hokkien :( do you know of any that do online lessons or anything that tries to preserve the language?
You can search for the channel "Nina Locker"