ChinesePod learner, David Hallgren recommend the article below. It is rather interesting and we willl use some of the ideas for future lessons:
Phatic communication Between Chinese and westerner
Ⅰ.Introduction
Phatic communication is advanced by B. Malinowski in his paper “The problem of Meaning in Primitive Language”. Phatic communication refers to language used for establishing an atmosphere […]
Archive for January, 2006
Phatic communication Between Chinese and westerner
Published by January 24th, 2006 in About the Chinese language. 5 CommentsPodcast Alley is a podcast directory. I checked today to see our profile there and found the comments users have left. There are dozens of them and they are all really positive. Just one example:
inspirational
Not only the lessons are inspirational but they are also vibrant, orderly and progressional. Well done and please keep up […]
Aric Queen is the producer of Chinesepod. He’s the guy who makes the recordings happen, writes the show descriptions, and so on. I asked him to write ten sentences that he thought would be really useful for the new arrival in Shanghai. He gave me far more than then. Here are the first 10:
I’d like […]
I’ve just come across kkumo’s photos through link in the wiki. Apparently., he’s a Japanese guy living in China. His photos are amazing.
You can see more of his work here.
The Mind of Chinese Men: the Anxiety of Disorientation
Published by January 23rd, 2006 in China. 1 CommentTom Doctoroff is an expert on advertising in China. Here’s an interesting article he wrote about the psychology of the Chinese male:
Confucianism, the Middle Kingdom’s cultural blueprint, is rooted in double-edged patriarchy; men boast power but are constrained by the yoke of duty, both today and in the past.
In dynastic times, the burden was heavy […]
We’re in the news again
Published by January 20th, 2006 in About ChinesePod and ChinesePod Media Coverage. 10 CommentsFrom the Shanghai Morning Post, another article about us.
网络广播也蕴含商机
“播客”进军收费外语培训
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“播客”是什么？它的英文名称为Podcast，实际上就是网络广播或类似的网络声讯节目，网友可将网上的广播节目下载到自己的便携播放器中随身收听，“播客”与“博客”系出同门，目前几乎所有的“播客”都是“博客”。这个近年来出现的新事物,和“博客”一样大为流行，这些也被商家看在眼里，如今就有一些公司利用“播客”开展语言培训，看起来似乎是个全新的尝试。
“播客”只是“新瓶装旧酒”
一位业内人士则表示，其实所谓的“播客”培训就是一种在线培训，并不是太革命性的方式，有的培训机构已经开展过类似的培训，学生可以通过购买网卡，在线听音频，看一些的滚动讲义，学校还提供资料、老师指导，比起课堂授课，这样的培训方式帮学校省去了一笔老师授课的成本，学生学习起来也更灵活，在时间、地点上的局限少一些。
另一位培训行业业内人士则表示,其实“播客
This one’s good.
There’s an article about podcasting in Xinhua, called “Can podcasters teach English?” They based it on an interview with myself.
The reporting was pretty poor. They interviewed me, misunderstood me, misquoted me, and then invited someone to contradict me:
”Wang haitao, headmaster of New Oriental School, a school famous for Tofel, GRE and GMAT […]
The Year of Italy in China represents an extraordinary opportunity to showcase the culture, creativity and modernity of our nation to millions of Chinese citizens. This campaign is the result of the ideas and work of public and private institutions of both countries. It is intended to inspire interest by showing a variety of aspects […]
Zheng He, the peripatetic castrato.
There’s a lot of talk around here about how Zheng He discovered America 74 years before Columbus. Zheng was a eunuch who served the emperor Yongle and sailed around the world in the early 15th century. A recently discovered map indicates that he landed on the American continent, […]
Well, we’re nothing if we’re not of practical value. Here’s the story of a ChinesePod learner, Goodbers, who got into a scuffle with some undesirable. Here’s the passage:
“I tell him he’s dishonest, and he’s targeting us because we’re foreigners. It was quite the scene. Everyone was watching intently but keeping out of it. He […]
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