{"id":17223,"date":"2023-08-02T10:08:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T08:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?p=17223"},"modified":"2023-08-02T11:47:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T09:47:12","slug":"hacking-chinese-podcast-three-year-anniversary-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/hacking-chinese-podcast-three-year-anniversary-qa\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacking Chinese Podcast three-year anniversary Q&#038;A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/podcast\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13407 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1400x1400-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hacking Chinese Podcast\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1400x1400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1400x1400-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1400x1400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1400x1400-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1400x1400.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This week marks the third anniversary of the Hacking Chinese Podcast! That menas one article and podcast episode every week for 156 weeks, without interruption. You can view a list of all episodes here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/podcast\/\">Hacking Chinese Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you appreciate my podcast, I would be delighted if you could leave a positive review on your favourite podcast platform. The podcast is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hacking-chinese-podcast\/id1536284827\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zODhlYjllOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==\">Google Podcast<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1536284827\/hacking-chinese-podcast\">Overcast<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5iCRv1jg3j3yJZGJlYVYaO\">Spotify<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/HackingChinese\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving a review or sharing an episode is easy and only takes a moment, but it helps other people find the podcast and also encourages me to create more content.\u00a0 I provide the podcast on my own, for free, without ads or sponsors, but I need your help to reach more students and teachers!<\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s anniversary episode, I answer three listener questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Should you drop everything you&#8217;re doing to study Chinese abroad for one year?<\/li>\n<li>What to do if you can&#8217;t find the right approach and spend all your time trying to find it?<\/li>\n<li>How should you approach native reading content as an intermediate learner?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Tune in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/podcast\/\">the Hacking Chinese Podcast<\/a> to listen to the related episode:<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/hackingchinese\/embed\/episodes\/156---Hacking-Chinese-Podcast-three-year-anniversary-QA-e27lbkl\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Available on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hacking-chinese-podcast\/id1536284827\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zODhlYjllOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==\">Google Podcast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1536284827\/hacking-chinese-podcast\">Overcast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5iCRv1jg3j3yJZGJlYVYaO\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jwW-5nAh15g\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0and many other platforms!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here are links to things mentioned in this episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/courses\/\">Courses on Hacking Chinese<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/hackingchinese\">Support Hacking Chinese on Patreon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Question 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/why-not-going-to-china-now-could-actually-be-good-for-your-chinese\/\">Why not going to China now could actually be good for your Chinese<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/you-wont-learn-chinese-simply-by-living-abroad\/\">You won\u2019t learn Chinese simply by living abroad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/immersion-at-home-or-why-you-dont-have-to-go-abroad\/\">Immersion at home or: Why you don\u2019t have to go abroad to learn Chinese<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Question 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/review-the-outlier-linguistics-dictionary-of-chinese-characters-with-discount-code\/\">Review: The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/1445\/\">Efficiency on xkcd<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/when-perfectionism-becomes-an-obstacle-to-progress\/\">When perfectionism becomes an obstacle to progress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Question 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/introduction-extensive-reading-chinese-learners\/\">An introduction to extensive reading for Chinese learners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/narrow-listening-reading-can-help-learn-chinese\/\">How narrow reading and listening can help you bridge the gap to real Chinese<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/five-text-games-for-chinese-learners\/\">Five text games for Chinese learners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/easing-yourself-into-reading-novels-in-chinese\/\">Easing yourself into reading novels in Chinese<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/25-books-i-read-in-chinese-last-year\/\">25 books I\u2019ve read in Chinese, with reviews and difficulty ratings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/are-authentic-texts-good-for-learning-chinese-or-is-graded-content-better\/\">Are authentic texts good for learning Chinese or is graded content better?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have a question you&#8217;d like to ask me, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/about\/#contact\">feel free to contact me<\/a>. You might also be interested in my big article with 101 frequently asked questions, where I try to give concise answers to the most common questions:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0xyJRaAsGl\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/101-questions-and-answers-about-how-to-learn-chinese\/\">101 questions and answers about how to learn Chinese<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;101 questions and answers about how to learn Chinese&#8221; &#8212; Hacking Chinese\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/101-questions-and-answers-about-how-to-learn-chinese\/embed\/#?secret=7AI3z6eueo#?secret=0xyJRaAsGl\" data-secret=\"0xyJRaAsGl\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to rate and review the podcast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a Q&#038;A to mark the third anniversary of the Hacking Chinese Podcast! 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