#84 Dr. Gu on Co-Writing ‘Language Hacking Mandarin’

Northwestern University Professor and author, Dr. LiCheng Gu, has
a conversation with Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy about
co-authoring Language Hacking Mandarin, how language education
has changed over the last 30 years, and why Chinese is easier
than you think.


Language Hacking Mandarin is available now. You can order it from
your preferred retailer, online or in stores.


Featured Resources


Language Hacking Mandarin



Mentioned in this Episode


Language Hacking Mandarin

Chinese for Heritage Learners

Picture Characters

Chinese with Lulu and Maomao

Integrated Chinese



Episode Overview


Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:


Teaching foreign languages at the university level

How language education has changed over the last 30 years

Learning Chinese characters

Why Chinese is easier than you think

Common challenges Chinese learners face and how to overcome
them

Creating language courses and books

Working on the Language Hacking Mandarin book, and how its
approach to language teaching is vastly different from
traditional language learning

The conversational approach to language learning and how it
“sits” in academia

Advice for getting started with Chinese

Using pinyin when learning Chinese

How languages are taught and learned in China versus the US



Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy


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