Comments on: Don’t just read about language learning methods, try them! https://www.hackingchinese.com/dont-just-read-about-learning-methods-actually-try-them-as-well/ A better way of learning Mandarin Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:08:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Analysis paralysis and learning Chinese: When thinking too much holds you back | Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/dont-just-read-about-learning-methods-actually-try-them-as-well/#comment-148541 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:08:48 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=1591#comment-148541 […] Another reason you should never postpone learning because you’re not sure about which method to use is that you’re unlikely to be able to draw any conclusions about what works best for you without actually …. […]

]]> By: Should you use an efficient method for learning Chinese even if you hate it? | Hacking Chinese | Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/dont-just-read-about-learning-methods-actually-try-them-as-well/#comment-108055 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:53:52 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=1591#comment-108055 […] It’s one thing to read about a method and another to have tried it yourself. This works both ways, so methods that sound fun might turn out to be tedious, and methods that sound weird might turn out to be awesome. Don’t just read about language learning methods, try them! […]

]]> By: Rob https://www.hackingchinese.com/dont-just-read-about-learning-methods-actually-try-them-as-well/#comment-1353 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:07:30 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=1591#comment-1353 This is a great article and I find it particularly useful to cure one of my weaknesses – I am a computer programmer but too often, I find myself reading about code and not trying it myself. When I am on this site I keep a list of articles that have either resources I want to see or information that is very important to me, I should be caught up to the present by next week. Humans do have to filter less important information out so I try to find resources and learning skills that will be applicable and helpful to me in the next 2 months, then assume I will go back over this in the meantime.

Thanks – your blog is very inspirational to me and keeps me plugging away! 🙂

]]> By: Learning a Language: The 7 Habits of Higly Effective Learners https://www.hackingchinese.com/dont-just-read-about-learning-methods-actually-try-them-as-well/#comment-1352 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:40:17 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=1591#comment-1352 […] week to evaluate and improve the way you learn. There’s a great blog post about this over on Hacking Chinese, which is just as relevant whether you’re learning Chinese or another […]

]]> By: Confused Laowai https://www.hackingchinese.com/dont-just-read-about-learning-methods-actually-try-them-as-well/#comment-1351 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:20:55 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=1591#comment-1351 I like that quote. Something to really internalize. Thanks for sharing Olle!

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