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Oct 2019
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Patricia Liu
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On air October 25th, 2019. Recorded October 19th, 2019.

There are so many — SO MANY — people learning Chinese these days, but there’s so much more to learning Chinese than just, like, memorizing characters. Taiwanese-American millennial Patricia Liu is an actual, living, breathing high school Mandarin teacher here to help you make sense of it all. This podcast is where you’ll find frank, honest discussions about Chinese learning and teaching, as well as how language shapes people’s identities and stories. If you’re someone who absolutely loves learning Chinese, or if you’re someone who’s still recovering from the trauma of going to Chinese school as a kid, don’t worry — there’s something in this podcast for you.

Show notes for this episode and all other episodes of the Bad Chinese Teacher Podcast can be found at badchineseteacher.com.

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