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What if we suppressed health care the way we suppress voting?Voting policy and health care policy face many of the same challenges — achieving universal uptake, efficiently registering millions of…Apr 6, 2021Apr 6, 2021
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3 exercises to take your Chinese tones to the next levelTones are what makes Chinese different (and harder) than most other languages. So how do you practice your tones in the most effective way…Mar 1, 2021A response icon2Mar 1, 2021A response icon2
The 6 most commonly mispronounced sounds in Chinese — and how to pronounce them like a nativeMost people think that the hardest part about Chinese is learning tones, but in reality, many of the Sounds in pinyin are just as, if not…Feb 28, 2021Feb 28, 2021
Published inThe Shadow50 sounds that make English impossible to understandMost people think that native speakers are hard to understand because they speak fast. This is true, but it’s not the whole story. Natives…Feb 28, 2021Feb 28, 2021
7 reasons why you can’t understand Spanish speakers, and how to overcome themMost people think that native speakers are hard to understand because they speak fast. This is true, but it’s not the whole story. Natives…Feb 28, 2021Feb 28, 2021
Should you learn to read Chinese characters? Maybe not yetIf your main goal is to read or write Chinese, then yes, you definitely have to learn characters. But what if your goal is speaking? Do you…Jan 31, 2020Jan 31, 2020
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