Archive for December, 2005



We do love our metropolis of Shanghai

Kudos to the guys at Virgin Atlantic and Loudish for doing some innovative podcasts. The host could use a good dose of ChinesePod, but this is some good Shanghai love:
(right-click, save-as)
http://virginatlantic.loudish.com/mp3/Virgin_Atlantic_guide_to_Shanghai.mp3

Here she is again

There’s no getting away with it. Supergirl is still in the news, all the time. The New York Times has a fascinating video report on the phenomenon here.
There are many reasons why Supergirl has been such a hit, and they all seem to have something to do with some kind of rebellion. The […]

ChinesePod Pricing

We do believe it is important to make ChinesePod into a business so that we can continue to produce the podcasts well into the future and increasingly add more and more sophisticated functions to the service. That said, we are very open to user suggestions to how we do this. We have started […]

Shanghai Daily Buzzwords

Today through our RSS feed we launch the first episode of a new joint project with ShanghaiDaily.com: ShanghaiDaily Buzzwords. Jenny walks through some of the more trendy new Chinese terms and phrases. For more on these terms check out the Shanghai Daily Buzzwords weblog:
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/buzzwords/
This is a new format for us and we would […]

Purdue podcasting

It seems that Purdue University is leading the way by using podcasting to record lectures. Already they have thousands of recorded lectures. This has lots of advantaghges for Purdue students. I would say, however, that the way Purdue uses podcasting is entirely different from how we use it.
For the universities, the podcasts are […]

Jenny and the governor’s wife

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I just found a photo of Jenny with Maria Shriver. Jenny acted as translator for her when she and her husband, Governator Schwarzenegger, visited Beijing a couple of weeks ago.
I believe Jenny has another big gig next week, but she is sworn not to tell about it until after they’re […]




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Ken Carroll discusses issues concerning learning generally, and learning Mandarin in particular. With technology as the driver, he believes the most effective learning combines elements of collaboration with self-direction. If that seems like a contradiction, then you need to read the blog.

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