Comments on: Making mistakes in Chinese is necessary to adjust your mental models

By: The art of being corrected | Hacking Chinese

The art of being corrected | Hacking Chinese — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:05:47 +0000

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By: Why you really should use a Chinese notebook | Hacking Chinese

Why you really should use a Chinese notebook | Hacking Chinese — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 20:03:09 +0000

[…] Did soemone express something I often want to say very neatly? That goes into the notebook too. The idea here is to highlight things that don’t matc hmy current metal model of how Chinese wo… I jot down most things that suggest that a change in my mental model of Chinese is necessary, […]

By: Learning the right chengyu the right way | Hacking Chinese

Learning the right chengyu the right way | Hacking Chinese — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 16:31:12 +0000

[…] If we take normal words and experiment by expanding their use to areas in which we haven’t encountered them before, we will sometimes find that they work in this new context, and sometimes we’ll find that they don’t. Through a mix of negative and positive feedback, we slowly build an accurate mental model of how the…. […]

By: Chinese Learner Interview Series: Olle Linge

Chinese Learner Interview Series: Olle Linge — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 08:06:18 +0000

[…] embrace failure. Exposing your weaknesses is hard, but you need to learn how to do that if you want to learn a language. This also means that once people spot your weakness and corrects you, you need to adopt an […]

By: You might be too lazy to learn Chines, but you’re not too old | Hacking Chinese - 揭密中文

Thu, 02 May 2013 02:08:30 +0000

[…] learning adults. We have to accept that making mistakes is a natural part of learning. Indeed, making mistakes is learning. Adopting a more child-like attitude would do us […]

By: Why you really should use a Chinese notebook | Hacking Chinese - 揭密中文

Why you really should use a Chinese notebook | Hacking Chinese - 揭密中文 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:27:02 +0000

[…] that sticks out in the flow of Chinese I’m exposed to gets written down. This is related to the idea of mental models; I jot down most things that suggest that a change in my mental model of Chinese is necessary, […]

By: Chinese Learner Interview Series: Olle Linge

Chinese Learner Interview Series: Olle Linge — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:01:02 +0000

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:28:12 +0000

It’s really interesting to hear your perspective on Michael Jordan’s quote.

I’ve never had any doubt that he studied and learned from his mistakes (just as you talk about), but I’d always interpreted his quote as saying, I’ve taken so many shots in my life, that I’ve missed more shots than most players have even taken. Sheer quantity will bring success (practice, practice, practice)

great article, I really like your perspective

By: Learn by exaggerating: Slow, then fast; big, then small - Hacking Chinese

Learn by exaggerating: Slow, then fast; big, then small - Hacking Chinese — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:29:26 +0000

[…] might be scary (I think it’s scary too, but I still try to speak slowly to practise), but making mistakes is an essential part of learning! You won’t get very far without […]

By: Benchmarking progress - Hacking Chinese

Benchmarking progress - Hacking Chinese — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:57:09 +0000

[…] Using a blog, we can have all written Chinese concentrated in one location, easily accessible both to you and others (you will have to share what you write anyway if you want people to comment on what you have written). Exposing your own writing might feel a bit anxious in the beginning, but as I’ve stated elsewhere, be brave and remember that genuine mistakes aren’t necessarily bad. […]