You Can Learn Chinese
Hosted by Jared and John and Jared Turner and John Pasden · Jared Turner
4.7from 222 ratings
- 195
- Episodes
- 56
- Transcribed
- 222
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 23M
- YouTube views
About You Can Learn Chinese
Learn HOW to learn Chinese with hosts Jared Turner and John Pasden. You will learn tips, strategies, and insights so you can supercharge your language learning. You will also be inspired by guest interviews with people from all over the world who have learned Chinese. Both Jared and John both learned Chinese, lived in China for many years, and have worked with learners all over the world and understand the unique challenges that Chinese learners face. They stay at the forefront of language learning research and methods and bring that to listeners everywhere.
- Publisher
- Jared Turner
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Feb 2019
- Latest episode
- 12 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
56 of 195 episodes have a transcript.
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Think Your Chinese Is Good? Try Surviving a Dinner Party
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Language, a Leap, a New Life: Cassandre Egolf’s Journey into Chinese
14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Great Teachers Don’t Fill Your Head; They Light a Fire
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Think Your Chinese Is Good? Try Surviving a Dinner Party
Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I'll say it. And then everybody's kind of like just listening. And then I'll say, oh, I'm just kidding. And then everybody's like, oh, OK, I see you're kidding. They laugh now. So, you know, But I think probably what's the hardest, especially if these are friends and they're pretty familiar with each other, is that everyone's talking. Well, maybe not everyone at the same time, but they're kind of overlapping, right? They're not going one by one. You don't know who's going to go next. And they're often interrupting each other and not pausing and waiting for someone to reply. And usually in that group conversation, people tend to speak a little more quickly because, you know, maybe you've got to quickly interject your comment or your idea. […]
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- Cassandre Egolf
- Turner Sparks
- Ben Lee
- Jake Hines
- Emma Stanford
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- YouTube views
- 22,578,460
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 123 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 99 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 91
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 96
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Jared and John and Jared Turner and John Pasden host the show. Published by Jared Turner.
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