This is a light slide highlighting some reasons why people are having difficulty <a>learning Chinese</a>. It is part of a speech I gave in Hong Kong. Descriptive to the PPT is not posted, but I hope you can still get a quick sense of what I find wrong (read: ineffective) about the traditional methods that Chinese is taught.

1. HACKING CHINESE
Why You Are Not Learning It
&
How to Hack it

2. PART ONE: Am I Homer?

3. It’s Not You, It’s Me!

4. It’s Not You, It’s Me!

5. It’s Not You, It’s Ben!

6. It’s Not You, It’s Ben!

7. It’s Not You, It’s Ben!

8. It’s Not You, It’s Ben!

9. It’s Not You, It’s Ben!

10. It’s Not You, It’s Ben!

11. PART TWO: Hack It!

12. The Right Perspective

13. Stack the Bank

14. Long + Neck + Deer = ?
5 + Corner + Big + Building = ?
Change + Color + Dragon = ?
Electricity + Brain = ?
Intuitive Stacking

15. The Number Game

16. 3.5k: 99.48%
2.5k: 97.97%
900: 90%
200: 40%
The Number Game

17. Root of All Evil

18. 火
月
日
Pictograms
“What You See Is What You Get”

19. 日
+
月
=
明
人
+
山
=
仙
人
+
木
=
休
Ideogram
“Expressive Pictures”

20. 雨
高
飞
人
从
众
囚
木
本
末
未
上
止
正
证
Do You Have a Good Story to Tell?

21. Boosters

22. … Musical Notes …

23. The Silver Lining: Grammar

24. THE
END