In this episode of the Hidden Secrets of Learning: "Special Edition: Hidden Secrets turns 1! Life is all about learning! What have we learnt this year?" we look at growth in learning and as a special edition treat to celebrate our first year on air, we're going to take you behind the scenes to see what's been going on this past year behind the microphone.

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In this episode of the Hidden Secrets of Learning: "Learning is like a game of poker: winning learning strategies to better build your future", we look at strategy in learning and ways we can turn the most uninteresting of classes we may find ourselves in into classes that can actually help us move forward in our projects.

Yes, it's all about strategy and turning a losing hand into a winner!

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What if you could quickly become fluent in a second language? No need to wait until you reached intermediate or advanced levels. How is that even possible?

In "The secret to becoming fluent in a second language" we look at the concept of fluidity in language learning and how by mastering it from the very beginning, we can actually become fluent without having to swallow a whole dictionary or waiting until we have studied a language for months or even years!

Yes, fluency can even start from day 1!

While pinyin may be touted as a way to shortcut learning Chinese, even a way to bypass learning the characters altogether, in the long term this may actually have the opposite effect!

In "Why learning Chinese characters may actually make learning Chinese EASIER than Pinyin alone" we look at the age-old question of whether or not to learn Chinese characters, and how an initial moment of difficulty may lead to a lifetime of facility!

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In "Learn With Your Head or Learn With Your Heart: The power of emotion in learning optimization" we look at the role emotion can and should play in our learning programmes either as educators or as self-learners. Because emotion done right can make learning happen at a level few of us truly experience. Listen and find out how!

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"It just feels right"

Ever had a question answered in that way?

Too often in second language learning, that language remains just that: something we have, but never something we are.

Obvious, you may say.

But I say, why should it have to be like that?

Why should we content ourselves with that feeling of never mastering a second language?

Ready to change that once and for all?

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It all comes down to one single word: intuition

Ever feel stuck in learning a second language? Look no further!

In "I Learnt Chinese in Just One Year: The four tones in Chinese Discover the key secret to actually understanding Chinese" we take a whole new look at the concept of listening and ways you can make significant progress...without even learning lots of new vocabulary!

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Where do you even start learning a language so different to your own?

In this episode How I learnt Chinese in just one year- the ultimate 10-part guide to learning Chinese, I introduce a brand new series I will be sharing with you over the next few weeks: the ultimate in language learning techniques and never before published secrets of learning!

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Why spend so much time learning when the output, or results, by no means match the input?

If talking learning in terms of ROI, we are looking at the most pitiful of returns.

I decided to maximise ROI and bring it to the world of learning.

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My mission in challenging myself to learn Chinese in a year, was to use my experience to develop learning techniques and strategies to make learning more accessible and usable, particularly for those of us on a low-time or no-time time budget.

Rethinking things at every level, I wanted techniques which didn't interrupt life yet made learning possible 24/7. Learning that was achievable, learning that was sustainable, learning that was progressive.

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