If you live in the Portland area and want to take classes in spoken Chinese, then take a look at this iniative. It was inspired by ChinesePod learner, Eric Grimm and his friend, D’Arcy Owen, from Everest College.
I wish them the best of luck and we will follow their progress.
Ken Carroll
Archive for February, 2007
There’s a discussion (posted by user happy-hk) on the forums today about Steve Kaufman. Mr. Kaufman has managed to learn 9 languages. From what I know of him, he seems like a very insightful and talented language learner. happy-hk has a list of insights that he says come from Kaufman. Here they are:
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Don’t feel like studying today? What if your Mandarin coach was about to call you to go over the days lesson? Yup, sounds tough, but it’s good motivation to study. Meet your new coach - the ChinesePod 8-Week Program.
First, your ChinesePod counselor (native Mandarin speakers with extensive teaching experience of course) will meet with you/call […]
Posting lessons in your blog (again)
Published by February 14th, 2007 in About ChinesePod. 10 CommentsSomeone just asked me how to post an audio lesson to a blog. It’s really simple- there’s a box below the Listen button on each lesson. Just highlight the text in the box and copy/paste directly into your blog. And here it is:
菜鸟156 Valentine’s Day Gift
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Btw, happy Valentine’s […]
Overload
Published by February 14th, 2007 in Uncategorized, Learning Chinese and About ChinesePod. 50 CommentsJeremy Uriz has some interesting comments on his blog today. In his quest to become bi-lingual and he’s trying different methods, including ChinesePod. I think he points to a change in perceptions, brought about by web 2.0 technologies and, perhaps the experience of ChinesePod. One point I found particularly interesting:
I have a short attention […]
Fellow blogger, the Humanaught, is getting married soon. His blog post offers much of cultural interest, but it’s also a terrific example of how to use ChinesePod. If you scroll down to the ‘Resources’ section you’ll see that he searched ChinesePod with the ‘marriage’ tag and chose the relevant lessons (even if they are too […]
… from the ChinesePod factory
We’re hitting 500: In exactly 3 days, our podcast lessons will total to 500! It is indeed a staggering achievement and we would like to thank everyone for continuing to send in their lesson ideas as well as their comments, opinions and suggestions! To mark our 500th podcast, we will be […]
Here’s another take on why we should all learn Chinese. Rapper Jin doesn’t speak much Chinese in the video - just a few words of Cantonese - but he certainly seems to think it’s a good idea to learn some.
I ain’t your 50 cent, I ain’t your Eminem, I ain’t your Jigga Man, I’m a […]
This article offers 10 reasons why learning Chinese makes sense. It’s directed at home business owners, so it’s probably not the reasons why you or I would choose to study the language. Here they are:
1. Because the world is changing
2. Because everyone else is doing it
3. To stay competitive
4. Global supply chains
5. Manufacturing
6. Because the […]
Lessons Learned: Uncertainty engages the mind
Published by February 9th, 2007 in Learning. 18 CommentsProfessor Ellen Langer, of Harvard, once told an anecdote that reveals something important.
One day she handed out a paper to a group of students and said, ‘Read this. You’re going to be tested on it.’ Later she handed out the same paper to a different group and said, ‘Read this. You’re going to be tested […]
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