{"id":3169,"date":"2014-06-25T01:40:49","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T08:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2018-04-04T03:42:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T10:42:42","slug":"about-learning-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/25\/about-learning-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Posts I’ve Done About Learning Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve written two in-depth guest posts about learning Chinese. My first instinct was to post them here, but John Pasden of Sinosplice.com and Olle Linge of HackingChinese.com were gracious enough to let me share my recent experiences with their audiences.<\/p>\n

First, my guest post at HackingChinese.com about how I managed to pass the HSK 4 with just a little over 3 months of preparation<\/a>. I go into considerable detail here outlining the exact schedule, drills and time investments. I even explain some tweaks I made to Anki to make that part of my studying more efficient. I wanted to be as specific as possible, so that anyone who also wants to learn Chinese quickly can replicate my experiment.<\/p>\n

I did a brief interview with Olle in Chinese, which you can see below. I believe it fairly demonstrates my level of Chinese at around the 3-month point:<\/p>\n