Can you combine language learning with music? Speaking from my own experience, I’d say yes. Ten years ago, before I had even really started learning Korean, I tried to memorise Korean songs. The main reason was that I wanted to explore Korea’s noraebang (karaoke) culture. The Koreans who introduced me to this tradition were genuinely…

Learning Korean changed the way I experience language, culture and even identity. Now, for the first time in years, I’m starting again from zero with Mandarin Chinese. I never really documented my Korean learning progress. Therefore, it’s hard to trace back when I used which learning strategies. But I can remember the methods that helped…