You’ve been asking for it, and we’ve been preparing it. The 500 lesson torrent file is now ready for download. We hope you downloaders have reasonably large hard drives, because this baby is bursting with 3.1 GB of pedagogical pleasure. In it you will find:
500 ChinesePod podcast lessons of all levels, spanning our entire history
An […]
I’ve reposted the link the my new Beyond E Learning podcast here.
Ken Carroll
Scott Jamison has an interesting post on the difference between information and knowledge:
My conclusion: Knowledge = information + experience.
As an example: If you described a certain person to me, you could tell me their name, how tall they were, what they look like, etc. I have information. When I meet […]
Hi everyone, Dave here…. A lot of users have asked for better traditional support so I’m happy to announce the beta release of a browser plugin that:
* works with Mozilla Firefox (versions 1.5 - 2.x)
* replaces simplified characters with traditional ones on the dialogue/expansion/vocabulary pages
* adds traditional character support to vocabulary lists/games/etc.
* replaces the link […]
Since ChinesePod launched in 2005, we have received an enormous amount of product development ideas from the community. We have incorporated a large amount of this feedback into the current service. Today, we are introducing a new section called ‘Labs’ where we all can suggest, discuss and debate new features for ChinesePod.
You can find ChinesePod […]
Spring is here! The thermometer is rising, Shanghai is turning (relatively!) green, Ken keeps whistling around the office, Aric is sporting his new Spring/Summer ‘07 collection, and Jenny is more radiant than ever. We’ve even got over Colleen’s farewell (almost).
All of which has put us in such a generous mood we’ve decided to offer a […]
John here. Some of you have asked for a list of the lessons in the system. It shouldn’t be surprising that I, as academic director, possess such a list. I’ve been pretty busy fixing all the issues with old lessons while simultaneously producing new content, but I have put together some spreadsheets for our users.
The […]
Dave Lancashire sent me a set of questions today. Essentially, he wanted to know if I felt:
1. confusion with similar-looking Chinese characters;
2. difficulty in understanding that the same Chinese characters can have different pronunciation and meaning;
3. difficulty in understanding that the meaning of a Chinese character may depend on its […]
I think there’s a continuum that describes ChinesePod learners, an axis that stretches from the visionary at one end, to the pragmatist, at the other. No individual is 100% visionary, or 100% pragmatic. Instead, we all tend to fall somewhere along the line. (This type, of classification was first used by Geoffrey A Moore, […]
One of my favorite new features of the new site is the personal feed. Subscribing to your own custom feed of Chinese lessons is a simple 4 step process.
Step #1 - Select which levels of future lessons you would like to receive. These subscriptions are designed to replace the various level feeds in […]
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