It’s been some time since we talked about tones. In the past I’ve said that I see it as important to learn the tones in combination (though my preference is for meaningful examples, rather than disembodied morphemes). I’ve made other (sometimes controversial) statements on the subject of pronunciation and the tones, but now I’d […]
Archive for March, 2007
Learning Chinese on Squidoo
Published by March 8th, 2007 in Tech, Learning Chinese, About ChinesePod, News and ChinesePod Media Coverage. 2 CommentsSquidoo: SKWID-OO, n. v., adj., addiction.
ChinesePod now has a nice little Squidoo lens on Learning Chinese. These are some of the things you can Squi-do on our lens:
- use, vote on, and contribute to a list of the best places on the web for Chinese learners
- view the latest ChinesePod lessons and some of our […]
Since I started this blog, in Oct 2005, I feel I’ve been learning at warp speed. Why? Well, I didn’t do a brain-swap or a radical attitude change, but I did create a learning network: a collection of trusted, online sources of information, help, and discussion that keeps me constantly thinking, learning, and participating.
ChinesePod […]
Why aren’t there more women learning Chinese?
Published by March 5th, 2007 in Learning Chinese and About ChinesePod. 99 CommentsWe have more men than women in the ChinesePod community. I don’t have the exact stats right now, but my guess is that it’s at least 55/45, but possibly as much as 60/40. I’d like to know why. Do we fail to cover topics that women might be more interested in, or fail to accommodate […]
ChinesePod learner Paul Dillon writes a piece explaining the notion of blended learning and the effect of the 8 week program. I think he makes some great points.
Meanwhile I have some further thoughts on work and the future of learning in the workplace here.
Ken Carroll
Rob Ant asks for ‘your favorite Jenny Zhu quotes’.
Ken Carroll
The 8 Week Program
Published by March 2nd, 2007 in Learning Chinese and About ChinesePod. 3 CommentsI will chat with Aggie Xiang on the Saturday Show tomorrow about the 8 Week Program. Here’s, some more information about it:
Welcome 8-Week Program Subscribers! In this area you will receive your lesson plan, see your progress tracking from your counselor and receive other updates.
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With the 8-Week program, […]
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