{"id":20009,"date":"2025-02-05T14:48:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T13:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?p=20009"},"modified":"2025-02-05T17:44:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T16:44:25","slug":"student-qa-february-2025-improving-listening-ability-quickly-using-transcripts-and-understanding-rapid-mandarin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-february-2025-improving-listening-ability-quickly-using-transcripts-and-understanding-rapid-mandarin\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Q&#038;A: February, 2025: Improving listening ability quickly, using transcripts, and understanding rapid Mandarin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-february-2025-improving-listening-ability-quickly-using-transcripts-and-understanding-rapid-mandarin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/listening-qa-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/listening-qa-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/listening-qa-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/listening-qa-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/listening-qa-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/listening-qa-1.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>How do you improve listening ability as quickly as possible? Are there any strategies to deal with rapid speech? And how many times should you listen before using a transcript?<\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">This week\u2019s podcast episode is a reader and listener Q&amp;A, where I answer three questions about listening in Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>This time, I&#8217;m answering questions about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improving listening ability quickly<\/li>\n<li>When and how to use transcripts<\/li>\n<li>Understanding rapid speech<\/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 (#235):<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/1GnieFWL12TMWY68JPIs3L?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border-radius:12px;\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<em>Available on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hacking-chinese-podcast\/id1536284827\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5iCRv1jg3j3yJZGJlYVYaO\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/To6HmpiPv5A\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0and many other platforms!<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Links to things mentioned in the introduction<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/chinese-listening-challenge\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese listening challenge, February 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/courses\/the-fluent-listener-navigating-mandarin-like-a-fish-in-water\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fluent Listener: Navigating Spoken Mandarin Like a Fish in Water<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links for question 1: When to use transcripts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-may-2024-understanding-your-teacher-but-nobody-else-listening-with-transcripts-and-why-i-dont-recommend-some-popular-podcasts\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Q&amp;A, May 2024: Understanding strangers, listening with transcripts, and which podcasts to avoid (episode 189, not 210 as I say in the podcast)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/the-10-best-free-chinese-listening-resources-for-beginner-intermediate-and-advanced-learners\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">The 10 best free Chinese listening resources for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/10-best-free-chinese-reading-resources-beginner-intermediate-advanced\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">The 10 best free Chinese reading resources for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/analyse-and-balance-your-chinese-learning-with-paul-nations-four-strands\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Analyse and balance your Chinese learning with Paul Nation\u2019s four strands<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links for question 2: Levelling up listening ability<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/100-hours-of-chinese-listening-in-3-weeks-what-i-learnt-and-how-to-apply-it\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">100 hours of Chinese listening in 3 weeks: What I learnt and how to apply it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/make-sure-that-listening-is-not-a-practical-problem\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">7 ideas for smooth and effortless Chinese listening practice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/three-steps-to-more-and-better-listening-practice\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Three steps to more and better Chinese listening practice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links for question 3: Listening to rapid Mandarin<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/beyond-ting-bu-dong-part-4-learning-to-process-spoken-mandarin-quickly-and-effortlessly\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond t\u012bng bu d\u01d2ng, part 4: Learning to process spoken Mandarin quickly and effortlessly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/beyond-ting-bu-dong-part-3-using-what-you-already-know-to-aid-listening-comprehension-in-chinese\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond t\u012bng bu d\u01d2ng, part 3: Using what you already know to aid listening comprehension in Chinese<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/learning-chinese-comprehensible-input\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Learning Chinese through comprehensible input<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/introduction-comprehension-based-chinese-teaching-learning\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">An introduction to comprehension-based Chinese teaching and learning<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you improve listening ability as quickly as possible? 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