Twenty rules for learning

  1. Understand before you learn

  2. Learn before you memorise

  3. Build upon the basics

  4. The minimum information principle

  5. Cloze deletion for learning Chinese

  6. Use imagery to learn Chinese

  7. Use mnemonics

  8. Graphical deletion and audio deletion for learning Chinese

  9. Avoid sets

  10. Avoid enumerations

  11. Interference when learning Chinese

  12. 5 ways to optimise your Chinese flashcards

  13. Refer to other memories

  14. Personalise your Chinese learning

  15. Using emotional states to remember Chinese

  16. The importance of context in Chinese flashcards

  17. Why redundancy is good for language learning

  18. Why you should keep notes in your Chinese flashcards

  19. Keep dates on your Chinese flashcards