IWTYAL 303: How can I learn to read Chinese?

Jon asks: “What's the best way to learn to read Chinese?”

In Today's Episode:

• Don't make the assumption that you need to learn to write Chinese characters
• There are many approaches and methods to learning to read and write Chinese
• For me, the fundamental approach should be to learn by doing the activity that you want to ultimately do. E.g. if your aim is to read, you should learn the script by reading
• There is real value in learning to write the first few hundred Chinese characters, so you have an awareness of the foundation of writing, such as stroke order and character balance

Resources Mentioned:

• How to write in Chinese – A comprehensive blog post about how to write in Chinese

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Olly Richards

Creator of the StoryLearning® Method

Olly Richards is a renowned polyglot and language learning expert with over 15 years of experience teaching millions through his innovative StoryLearning® method. He is the creator of StoryLearning, one of the world's largest language learning blogs with 500,000+ monthly readers.

Olly has authored 30+ language learning books and courses, including the bestselling "Short Stories" series published by Teach Yourself.

When not developing new teaching methods, Richards practices what he preaches—he speaks 8 languages fluently and continues learning new ones through his own methodology.