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Try and find a partner to do the dialogues with. Ideally, a native Chinese speaker can help you with your pronunciation. If not however, a non-native speaker will also do. Try and come up with the responses without looking at the transcript. Quiz each other on the English translations without looking at the notes. Alternate roles and try again.

We are entering a new phase of our podcast course. Starting with today’s lesson, there will be more Chinese spoken within the lesson. You have picked up a solid base of vocabulary and this base can slowly be used to get you to think in Chinese. Ideally, you should strive to get to a level where new vocabulary can be defined using existing vocabulary. Once you get to that level, you will be comfortable in a Chinese environment where Chinese speakers can help you improve your vocabulary without you always having to resort to a dictionary. Congratulations on your progress!