Glossary
Terms used in sentence-by-sentence practice
These definitions explain the core practice methods used across ShadowingLoop language learning directions.
Intensive Listening What Is Intensive Listening for Chinese?
Intensive listening means replaying one Chinese sentence to hear its syllables, tones, word boundaries and details clearly.
Shadowing What Is Shadowing in Chinese Learning?
Shadowing is a speaking practice method that follows real Chinese audio closely to train tones, rhythm and speaking control.
Blind ListeningWhat Is Blind Listening?
Blind listening means listening before looking at pinyin, characters or translation, then using text to confirm what you heard.
Cloze DictationWhat Is Cloze Dictation?
Cloze dictation keeps most of a Chinese sentence visible while hiding selected words or chunks for listening practice.
Full-Sentence DictationWhat Is Full-Sentence Dictation?
Full-sentence dictation asks learners to write an entire Chinese sentence from real audio.
Sentence LoopWhat Is a Sentence Loop?
A sentence loop automatically repeats the current subtitle line for listening, shadowing and dictation practice.
AB RepeatWhat Is AB Repeat?
AB repeat loops a selected section of video or audio between a chosen start point and end point.
Authentic Chinese CorpusWhat Is an Authentic Chinese Corpus?
An authentic Chinese corpus is a collection of real Chinese video, audio or text from natural situations.
Comprehensible InputWhat Is Comprehensible Input?
Comprehensible input is language that a learner can mostly understand while still meeting some new words, structures or sounds.
Chinese CorpusWhat Is a Chinese Corpus?
A Chinese corpus is a collection of Chinese text, audio or video used to study words, expressions and real usage.
Chunks What Are Chunks in Chinese Learning?
Chunks are reusable groups of Chinese words learned as complete expressions rather than isolated vocabulary.
4-3-2 Speaking Method What Is the 4-3-2 Speaking Method?
The 4-3-2 speaking method repeats one topic with decreasing time to improve fluency, focus and retrieval.
Scenario Description What Is Scenario Description?
Scenario description turns visible people, objects, actions and locations into spoken Chinese sentences.
Chinese Verb Complements What Are Chinese Verb Complements?
Chinese verb complements add information about the direction, result, possibility or degree of an action.
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