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Dec 2024
30m 33s

Interview with Phil Crimmins of Mandarin...

Mi Kai
About this episode

Links:


Mandarin Blueprint: https://www.mandarinblueprint.com/


My blog: imlearningmandarin.com


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On today’s episode, I interview Phil Crimmins. Phil is one of the two minds behind Mandarin Blueprint, a Mandarin learning course with over 4000 videos taking learners step-by-step all the way to Mandarin proficiency.


Phil's journey with Mandarin is fascinating. He graduated from Sichuan University in China with a bachelor's degree in the Chinese language. But he left unsatisfied with the traditional methods of learning Chinese he'd been exposed to.


So together with his business partner Luke, they created Mandarin Blueprint.


Before exploring how the blueprint works and the thinking that went behind it, I was keen to find out more about Phil’s personal experiences of learning Mandarin.

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