Here’s the kind of blog post about ChinesePod that cheers me up.
Ken Carroll
Archive for July, 2006
Blog review of ChinesePod
Published by July 31st, 2006 in About ChinesePod and ChinesePod Media Coverage. 1 Comment‘Is social media the next online wave?’
Published by July 30th, 2006 in About ChinesePod. 10 CommentsHere’s an interesting article on how companies are integrating social media into their daily operations. It’s difficult for me to judge since we’re pretty much immersed in all sorts of social media here - blogs, the wiki, RSS, podcasting, etc. What about your company? Do you guys have corporate blogs? Other social media tools? Are […]
To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect.
- Lu Xun.
Ken Carroll
Some more definitions
Published by July 30th, 2006 in About ChinesePod and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (TCSL). 0 CommentsI’ve seen some confusion as to the meanings of certain terms in recent discussions. Allow me to offer a couple of more ideas as I see them.
The ChinesePod syllabus is ‘communicative‘, holistic, and experiential. We encourage you to approach the Mandarin primarily as a means of communication. The objective is communicative fluency. […]
Am I the only one who keeps seeing this advertisement all over the internet? For months I’ve seen it in online newspapers, magazines, etc, in the US as well as other places. The university must have spent an absolute fortune on this stuff.
I’m skeptical about the effect of banner advertising, especially for a product […]
From the Asia Times, a bit more on the motivation behind Chinese government’s drive to popularize, not just Chinese language, but Chinese culture generally, China’s new cultural revolution.
It is high time to make ourselves better understood by the world’s people,” said Du Ruiqing, a scholar from Xian International Studies University… As the language is popularized, […]
The New York Confucius Institute
Published by July 29th, 2006 in Learning Chinese and About ChinesePod. 8 CommentsYou may have heard the interview with Alysoun Mahoney in the Saturday Show. She represents the New York Confucius Institute at the China Institute. I talked with Alysoun in some depth and she offered important insights into her work as well as into growing popularity of Mandarin as a second language in the US. Unfortunately […]
How do you know a Chinese person has broken into your house?
Your homework is done, your computer is updated, and they’re still trying to get out of the driveway an hour later.
Ken Carroll
Interview with Asia City magazine
Published by July 28th, 2006 in About ChinesePod and ChinesePod Media Coverage. 2 CommentsYou can read my short interview in Asia City magazine here. (Scroll down.)
Excerpt:
What tips would you give to someone who is thinking of setting up an online business? Don’t over-plan it, just start with a good idea, obviously, and develop as you go, based on user feedback. If you obsess [over] your feedback channel and […]
These t-shirts should ‘go down well’ in Italy.
Published by July 28th, 2006 in China and About ChinesePod. 9 CommentsOn sale in the markets here in Shanghai, t-shirts depicting the notorious World Cup smackdown, when Zizou dropped the nut on Marco Matterazi.
These shirts make it crystal clear what both the French Italian views of the incident are valid: Zidane committed a senseless, violent, and disgraceful act. But Materazzi fully deserved it! (Hey, it […]
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