About Gwilym James

http://ChinesePod.com

You probably recognize Gwilym as one of the co-hosts of ChinesePod. Gwilym hails from the U.K. but has lived in Taiwan since 2012. His interests include keeping abreast of technology news, going to the cinema, and playing with his lovely cats.

Posts by Gwilym James:

Studying Chinese on Your Kindle

Studying Chinese on Your Kindle

In this article I’m going to show how you can read your ChinesePod lessons on your Kindle with just 2 clicks. (You don’t need to own a kindle to do this: The app is available for free on all platforms).

I’ve been a huge fan of the Kindle line of e-readers for a long time, and have owned the Kindle with keyboard for many happy years, but this Christmas I decided to treat myself to a gift, and bought the new flagship model, the Kindle Voyage.  I could barley justify the price difference between that and the paperwhite, which looked to have pretty much similar specs on paper, but knowing that Kindles don’t go out of date nearly as quickly as smartphones, and it would be something I would be using on a daily basis, I decided to splash out.

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How to Turn Studying Chinese into a Habit

How to Turn Studying Chinese into a Habit

This is a guest post from friend of the site, Furio of Saporedicina.com. I’ve been a long time fan of Furio’s and it’s a great pleasure to share some of his ideas on our new blog. To read more about Furio, check out this page. 

Why is it important to turn your study of Chinese into a habit?

Learning a foreign language requires consistency and Chinese is no exception. Read more to find out what I believe to be the most important piece of advice I can give you for learning Mandarin. Read More

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Chinese

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Chinese

First things first, I LOVE the look of this traditional character for turtle (龜 gūi). I might go as far as saying that it’s my favourite.  It almost looks like the special ninja swords (Sai) that Raphael uses. It’s as if all those years back when someone was creating this character, they foresaw a future where turtles would wield ninja swords! Read More

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