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My 24/7 Mandarin Tutor: How I Use AI for Chinese Speaking Practice

sevensalt / September 4, 2026

The Missing Piece in My Chinese Learning Journey For the first two years of my Mandarin journey, I lived in […]

sevensalt / September 3, 2026

Hitting the Intermediate Wall I still remember the exact moment I thought I had figured out Mandarin. I had just

sevensalt / September 1, 2026

The Great Grammar Myth When I first told my friends I was learning Mandarin, the most common reaction was a

sevensalt / August 31, 2026

I still remember the day I decided to learn Mandarin. I was sitting in a cramped coffee shop in Seattle,

sevensalt / August 29, 2026

The Initial Shock of Chinese Sounds I still remember the exact moment I realized my English-speaking brain was completely unprepared

sevensalt / August 28, 2026

The Great Tone Wall I still remember the exact moment I realized my Mandarin was fundamentally broken. I was at

sevensalt / August 26, 2026

The “Hardest Language” Myth If you have ever stared at a restaurant menu in Beijing or looked at a page

sevensalt / August 25, 2026

The Myth of the Impossible Language I still remember the exact moment I decided to learn Mandarin. I was sitting

sevensalt / August 23, 2026

I still remember the exact moment I hit the intermediate plateau. I had spent a year memorizing vocabulary and drilling

sevensalt / August 22, 2026

The Myth of Complex Chinese Grammar When I first decided to learn Mandarin, a friend warned me that the grammar