Two notable individulas who have been using Chinesepod have blogged about their impressions. Rick Nigol is an e-learning expert who has been using ChinesePod for the last few weeks, as has Paul Dillon, aka, the Learning Guy. Both seem to like ChinesePod, and for similar reasons.
Community
Both cite community as a source of motivation, help, […]
Archive for March, 2007
E learning experts review ChinesePod
Published by March 31st, 2007 in About ChinesePod and Learning. 4 CommentsCCTV are looking for a ‘free-lance actor’ to play the role of a foreign journalist in their Learn to Speak Chinese show. Details here. I guess this would give you the chance to work with the great Da Shan.
Ken Carroll
This is relatively amusing, if you don’t mind listening to lao wai speaking shaky Chinese. My view is that this is actually a good way to learn. It’s comprehensible and it draws your attention to their mistakes. What do you think?
It’s generally easier for learners to understand other lao wai speaking Chinese. I’d be […]
By now, regular readers of the ChinesePod blog will have realised that V3 has left no stone unturned. The 8 Week Program is no exception.
For the uninitiated, the 8 Week Program provides a personal study plan designed by one of our counsellors, followed by a daily 10 minute practice session scheduled at whatever time you […]
Pinyin Guide and Listening Test Makeovers
Published by March 27th, 2007 in Uncategorized. 12 CommentsLong-time ChinesePod users are familiar with the Listening Test we developed a while back, as well as our pinyin chart, which provided all the syllables of Mandarin Chinese in all the tones in an easily clickable format. V3 is taking these two resources to the next step.
The most obvious change with the Listening Test and […]
Yes, ChinesePod has been promising a grammar guide for a while now. There’s a good reason that it has not yet appeared. Basically, an entire language’s grammar is a lot of information, and we want to organize it well. With the help of the Academic Team, I’ve been working on the Grammar Guide since the […]
John Ralston Saul is one of Canada’s leading public intellectuals. He believes the process of globalization has all but fizzled out. This, I think, was reason enough to invite him to the ChinesePod studio for a chat the other day. The result is posted over at Praxis.
Part 1
Part 2
Ken Carroll
ChinesePod is a community of practice
Published by March 23rd, 2007 in China, About ChinesePod and Version 3. 30 Comments
Our recent posts have talked about ChinesePod as a tool. Today I want to emphasize the people (learners, experts, and practitioners). We’re all here to share knowledge, work towards common goals, and learn Mandarin collaboratively. We are, in that sense, a Community of Practice.
The concept of CoP was originally framed (20 years […]
Brand new to this version of the site we are introducing basic social networking features. In this section, we hope to facilitate two functions: (1) finding other users and (2) tracking conversations.
Finding Other Users
All registered users (Free Account, Basic, Premium) will automatically start a profile. First, we recognize all users will not be interested in […]
The vocabulary study section has much of the current functionality with a few enhancements.
Vocabulary Lists
First of all, vocabulary words can be added from the lesson review similar to as they can now. Once words have been saved, users can add tags to categorize them as they see fit. Instead of using ‘folders’ as […]
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