🎙️ How I'm learning Chinese characters and tones

Dear readers and listeners,

I did it, I tried recording! I had a lot to share about my Chinese learning progress, but I tried to keep it short. Hopefully you can relate to some of the challenges I’m facing, and maybe the tips I’m using can help you too.

Regarding the format: I’m really counting on your feedback to improve our newsletter. It would be genuinely helpful if you shared your thoughts, positive or negative!

Since I know some of you like reading, I also uploaded a transcript. And for accessibility purposes, I also added subtitles¹.

I wanted to thank everyone who voted in last week’s poll, and also

Oleg

and

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for your feedback. It was really motivating to see your answers. I’ll be counting on you to pick the next topic!

And as always, if you have a question or a suggestion, I’ll be happy to answer your comments first. If you have a question but want to stay anonymous, you can also hit reply from your inbox.

Have a lovely day,

Lou

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