About this episode

This episode discusses the five stages of learning Chinese, from initial excitement to achieving fluency.

00:00 INTRO 01:09 THE HONEYMOON PHASE 05:06 THE VALLEY OF DISAPPOINTMENT 08:36 THE BREAKTHROUGH 10:13 THE DEPTH PHASE 12:33 THE FLUENCY FEELING 14:39 THE META-MESSAGE 15:49 CONCLUSION AND NEXT STEP

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke, Phil

Topics covered

• learning stages
• Chinese language
• language acquisition
• fluency
• self-improvement

Keywords

• Chinese learning
• language stages
• fluency feeling
• breakthrough
• disappointment

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