Listen to podcasts featuring learning insights, tips, and strategies to improve your Chinese language skills.
June 16, 2024
British Chef Amy Rattinger details why she came to Taiwan and the process she used to self teach herself Mandarin Chinese on the way to starting two restaurants in Taipei. Listen to find out: What brought her to Taiwan Why she began learning Mandarin Chinese Her initial approach to learning Chinese How she self taught […]
Read moreJune 10, 2024
Watch on youtube American Jenna Cody details how she learned Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese, while living in Taiwan and why she feels many teachers and language schools fail at teaching Mandarin Chinese. Listen to find out: What brought her to Asia How she initially learned Chinese in China How she resumed learning Chinese in Taiwan […]
Read moreMay 28, 2024
Watch on YouTube In this interview, Ron Hanson from New Zealand details the steps he took to learn Mandarin Chinese to allow him to research topics to write on for his magazine: www.whitefungus.com Listen to find out: What brought him to Taiwan How he first started learning Chinese Why he decided to learn Chinese characters […]
Read moreMay 12, 2024
Watch on Youtube In this podcast episode, Canadian Anthony Van Dyck details the steps he took to self teach himself Mandarin Chinese, which enabled him to branch out from teaching English and climb the corporate ladder all the way to COO of an energy company in Taiwan. Listen to find out: What brought him to […]
Read moreApril 29, 2024
In this episode, I interview Karen Chung, an American who has lived in Taiwan for 40 years. Watch on YouTube Listen to find out: What brought her to Taiwan What Taiwan was like in the 70s Why studying in university is not enough to learn Chinese What mistakes she made in Chinese early on Why […]
Read moreApril 22, 2024
Watch on youtube Interview with Adam Bell, an American, on his journey to Mandarin Chinese fluency in Taiwan. Listen to hear: What brought him to Taiwan His experiences studying Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan How he created an immersion culture for himself in Taiwan How he transitioned from studying Chinese to working full-time in a Taiwanese […]
Read moreApril 15, 2024
Watch on youtube In this episode, I interview Jamie Rufe, an American now living in Taiwan. Jamie tells us: – What brought him to Taiwan – Why he started learning Mandarin Chinese – What career opportunities being able to speak Chinese got him – The one habit that was instrumental to his Chinese progress – […]
Read moreApril 8, 2024
Watch on youtube. In this episode, we interview Lamin, who moved from Gambia to Taiwan. Listen to find out: – What brought him to Taiwan? – What prompted him to stay in Taiwan? – How he began learning Chinese – When his Chinese really started to improve – How he learned Chinese from friends – […]
Read moreApril 3, 2024
Watch on youtube Interview with Fraser Stewart on how he developed his Chinese to near native level over his past 11 years in Taiwan. Listen to find out: – What made Fraser choose Taiwan? – When he first learned Chinese – His approach learning Chinese – How learning to read and write helps with speaking […]
Read moreMarch 27, 2024
Watch this episode on youtube In this episode, I interview Michael Gordon, a Canadian living in Taiwan. Listen to find out: – What made Michael choose Taiwan? – When he first learned Chinese – How he used Chinese in Canada – How he adapted to Chinese in Taiwan – How his Chinese level has changed […]
Read moreMarch 24, 2024
Watch this episode on youtube In this episode, I interview Ed Gonzalez, a Mexican-Canadian restaurant owner in Taipei, Taiwan. Listen to this episode to find out: – What brought Eddy to Taiwan? – About his initial journey learning Chinese – His experience after briefly goes to Chinese school – How he has benefitted from learning […]
Read moreSeptember 19, 2016
In this episode, I interview Caleb Shetland, an American now working in Taipei as a firmware engineer. Listen to find out: – His experience learning Chinese at a US college – What approach he wishes he had used instead, to learn characters – When he realized that learning Mandarin would be useful for his engineering career – […]
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September 1, 2016
In this episode I interview Alex Trup, a Brit now working in Digital Marketing in Taipei, Taiwan. Listen to find out: – About his experience learning Chinese in the UK – How he went from China to Taiwan – His experience as a foreigner in a Taiwanese working environment – Why he likes Taipei compared to […]
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August 22, 2016
In this episode I interview Xiao Fei, an American blogger now living in Taiwan. Listen to find out: – His experience trying to get a degree at a local Taiwanese university – Why he switched out of the Chinese program to an English one – His experience living in China – Why he finds his current […]
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August 10, 2016
In this episode I interview Keoni Everington, an American now working in the media business in Taiwan. Listen to find out: – What got him interested in learning Chinese 20 years ago – What it was like learning Chinese in Ohio – How he benefited from guanxi early on – What it was like moving from […]
Read moreJuly 29, 2016
In this episode I interview Scott Faul, an American now living in Taiwan. Listen to find out: – What got him interested in learning Chinese, while in the US – His experience studying Chinese in Taiwan, while working on the side – How he used the Chinese he had learned, while working in the US […]
Read moreJuly 21, 2016
In this episode I interview Aaron Simmons, an American Professional Development Coach. He is the founder of Diversify International and Multi-Lingual Story Corner. Listen to find out: – What got him interested in Chinese culture and language in the first place, while studying in the US – Why he chose a more challenging route to learning […]
Read moreJuly 7, 2016
In this episode, I interview Alex Barker, an American consultant about his experience learning Chinese Listen to this episode to find out: – How Alex got interested in learning Chinese in America – His experience in an American college class learning Chinese – Why he didn’t make as much progress in Chinese as he wanted […]
Read moreJune 30, 2016
In this episode I interview Adriana Estrada from Guatemala, who has lived in Taiwan for the past 7 years, completing her undergraduate and master’s degree during that time. Listen to find out: – What brought Adriana to Taiwan in the first place – What advantages she brings to the work place over local Taiwanese – […]
Read moreJune 22, 2016
In this episode, I interview Nick Howard, an American who has been living in Taiwan for the past 9 years. Listen to find out: – What brought him to Taiwan in the first place – How he moved up from teaching at a cram school to teach at a university – The process he went […]
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