I send out Chinese language tips and resources to help people learn Chinese more effectively. Helping people become conversationally fluent in months instead of years without boring textbooks
About to give birth!
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This is a slightly different email. Because we're about to step through a door. A door that many people have stepped through in the past. But even though many have been through this experience... it's still so... Uncertain. A tiny human will emerge into this world when passing through this door. It feels like a completely different reality Surreal. Scary? For sure. I need to keep reminding myself that billions of people have been through this before. And almost all of them survived and did great. I wonder why, even though it's normal to feel this fear, it hasn't prevented us from trying to have a baby. Oftentimes, people don't take action because of this fear. Although, with having kids, it seems like human nature is overpowering. But in the end it's still the same feeling... Fear: FALSE. EVIDENCE. APPEARING. REAL Everything will work out in the end. That's what we just need to remind ourselves of. Fear is just an illusion of a potential future that may or may not happen. And even if the worst case occurs, you'll get through it. Many people have been through worse things and done alright. So don't let fear hold you back from doing what you really want in life, ever. I love this quote: "The quality of your life is directly related to how much uncertainty you can comfortably handle." - Tony Robbins Continue overcoming fear. Make your Chinese fluency/dreams happen. Much love, Zhifei Zhang and Oskar Woehr - co-CEOs of Xiaogua Chinese and Polyglots PS: here are 3 ways we can help you speak Chinese comfortably in the next 6-12 months 1. Watch our "Most effective Learning Methods" playlist to become a better learner 2. Immerse yourself in real life Chinese stories sorted by level here: https://www.xiaoguachinese.com/ 3. Get personalized speaking training and conversation practice to become fluent by setting up your fluency strategy session here PPS: Zhifei is due in about 10 days... |
Polyglot and Chinese language coach helping learners become fluent in Chinese
I send out Chinese language tips and resources to help people learn Chinese more effectively. Helping people become conversationally fluent in months instead of years without boring textbooks
The downfall of Chinese learners, and why it's like being overweight (which I've been) 2-minute read: You're somewhere in this process: Step 1. Get curious about Chinese Step 2: Learn a few words Step 3: realize putting many words into a sentence and speaking comfortably isn't a walk in the park Step 4: Either: A) Give up/learn inconsistently for 10-20 years B) Immerse yourself intensely to become fluent in 1-3 years (not necessarily in China, just having a system for consistent progress is...
I spoke with a British guy this morning who wanted to speak Chinese fluently. Cool goal, but... There was 1 massive problem. (He wasn't aware of it himself) He thought he could reach fluency just by talking with ChatGPT and watching YouTube vids. (It wasn't even his strategy that was wrong though) YouTube and ChatGPT are ok tools for language learning. The biggest issue was that his expectations were completely messed up. I meet soooo many people who think they can become fluent in Chinese...
From hesitating to speak, to full fluency in only 3 months. This is probably one of my favorite stories... Chaniece knew a lot of Chinese, But when she wanted to speak, she would often revert to more basic vocab. She couldn't get over the mental block... I showed her how to train her speaking effectively, And I feel like her Chinese is even better than my English. Knowing vocab is not the only goal when learning Chinese. Making sure you can actively use it is just as important. If you want to...