Here’s something we haven’t talked about for a while: Why we’re all learning Chinese.
There are lots of new people entering the community since V3. I’m seeing some new ideas and attitudes - particularly in the ‘Connect’ section. Some people arrive here on a mission: they were already determined to learn Mandarin before […]
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Why are you learning Chinese?
Published by May 6th, 2007 in Learning Chinese and About ChinesePod. 39 Comments
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Not a subscriber yet but want more information?
With the 8-Week program, […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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