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The ChinesePod 500 Lesson Torrent

Published by John Pasden April 30th, 2007 in Tech and Podcasting. 55 Comments

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 […]

ChinesePod in El Pais

Published by Ken Carroll December 2nd, 2006 in Learning Chinese and Podcasting. 1 Comment

Thanks to Enrique in Spain, who pointed out this article (in Spanish) that talks about ChinesePod.
Ken Carroll

Post ChinesePod audio lessons into your blog, 2

Published by Ken Carroll October 12th, 2006 in About ChinesePod and Podcasting. 1 Comment

OK, here’s Version 2. We took up on Bazza’s suggestion to include the title of the lesson. Again, you can put ChinesePod audio lessons on your blog. Just go to any podcast lesson, copy and paste the code below the ‘listen’ button, and paste it into your blog post.
Feel free to post […]

Copy and paste our podcasts into your blog

Published by Ken Carroll October 4th, 2006 in Uncategorized, About ChinesePod and Podcasting. 8 Comments

I thought I’d try the new copy and paste blog function. You can take any podcast lesson, copy and paste the code below the ‘listen’ button, and simply paste it into your blog post. Here’s what you get:

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Over time our lessons are becoming (necessarily) more specific, designed as they are to solve specific problems. […]

Macnewsworld

Published by Ken Carroll October 2nd, 2006 in About ChinesePod, Podcasting and ChinesePod Media Coverage. 1 Comment

Macnewsworld ran the story on ChinesePod that appeared in the China Daily a few days ago.
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Ken Carroll discusses issues concerning learning generally, and learning Mandarin in particular. With technology as the driver, he believes the most effective learning combines elements of collaboration with self-direction. If that seems like a contradiction, then you need to read the blog.