HeyJaredReal You Mandarin: The Podcast
Taiwanese-American Angela Lin is on a journey to elevate her Mandarin skills with the help of her Mandarin teacher guests. On this show, Angela engages in meaningful conversations using only the Mandarin she knows, while her guests provide live corrections along the way.
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29. Identity Influencing Language ft. Jeanne Chang & Crystal Hsia (opens the original)
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Usually we talk about it the other way around: you learn the language, and you end up feeling more connected to who you are. Jeanne Chang's story runs in reverse. She decided she was Taiwanese first — and the Mandarin came after. This is Part 2 of our conversation with Jeanne, creator of the bilingual parenting blog Mama & Baby Learn Mandarin and @mamababymandarin on Instagram. Supported in the conversation by Real You Mandarin: Self-Expression partner teacher Crystal Hsia, we explore how Jeanne
28. Learning Mandarin With My Kids ft. Jeanne Chang & Crystal Hsia (Part 1 of 2) (opens the original)
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What do you do when you want to pass Mandarin on to your kids, but you never really learned it yourself? Jeanne Chang — creator of the blog Mama & Baby Learn Mandarin and @mamababymandarin on Instagram — grew up Taiwanese-American speaking only Taiwanese at home. When she had her own kids, she decided to learn Mandarin right alongside them. Jeanne joins Angela and Real You Mandarin: Self-Expression partner teacher Crystal Hsia to talk about what it actually takes to teach a language you're still
27. Cherishing Our Culture As ABCs & ABTs ft. Crystal Hsia (opens the original)
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If you grew up outside of the motherland, have you ever found that you seem to care more about explicitly connecting with your culture (i.e., through seeking out specific types of food, celebrating cultural holidays, etc.) than your own family living in Taiwan and China? In this episode, Real You Mandarin: Self-Expression partner teacher Crystal Hsia and Angela discuss this interesting phenomenon. We speculate that it comes down to our family members abroad growing up in the broader environment
26. Helping ABCs & ABTs Navigate Bilingual Parenting ft. Sunny Horstmann (opens the original)
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Sunny Horstmann was born in Taiwan and moved to the U.S. at age 8, so she is a stuck-between-two-worlds kind of guest in terms of being a bit too ABC/ABT for recent immigrants, and a bit too "FOB-y" for actual American-born Mandarin speakers. (Side note: what a throwback it is to hear "FOB: 'fresh off the boat'" again, am I right?) Although Sunny grew up confident in her own Mandarin speaking abilities, once she became a mother and wanted to raise her own kids in a bilingual environment, she fel
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