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How do you learn another language? By listening to pop music, of course.

China Popcast host Min Rui is obsessed with 90s US boy band Backstreet Boys, something that helped her with her English studies when she was younger. Darien was drawn to China after listening to pop group Rocket Girls 101 and their hit Calorie, or Kaluli. That chance encounter with Chinese pop began a long and fruitful journey with China for the American student. Catch this pop music discussion and more on the latest episode of China Popcast.

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Backstreet Boys or Rocket Girls 101: Learning languages with pop music