You’ve come to this blog for news, community, information, pedagogy, and entertainment from Ken and the rest of us at ChinesePod. But what about the other side? What about following along with another ChinesePod student, someone who feels the pain of saying the wrong tone (A misplaced fourth tone and “Can I ask you’ […]
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Happy Thanksgiving to all you American poddies out there. I hope you are enjoying the holiday with your loved ones.
I thought I’d tell a little Thanksgiving story recounted to me by your favorite host, Jenny. She told me the first time she had a proper Thanksgiving dinner, she had never had stuffing before and had […]
I’ll be in the UK next week to speak at the national conference for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, and to see how our pilot program with Saffron Walden County High School is progressing. I don’t make it over to the UK much, and would like to take the opportunity to meet our UK […]
What exactly is Business Chinese?
Published by November 9th, 2006 in Uncategorized, About ChinesePod and Doing Business in China. 21 CommentsWe have been increasing the number of business related lessons we publish in response to popular demand. In fact, we have found that “doing business” is one of the primary reasons people decide to learn Chinese. This makes sense when you think about the amount of economic activity that involves China these days. Hardly […]
Interview with Professor Cyndy Ning
Published by November 8th, 2006 in Uncategorized, Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (TCSL) and Interviews. 23 CommentsToday we bring you another of our podcast interviews with the good and the great of the Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (TCSL) world, Professor Cyndy Ning. Professor Ning is Associate Director at the Center for Chinese Studies at the Univeristy of Hawaii. She had some very interesting things to say about learning Chinese, […]
ChinesePod in the South China Morning Post
Published by November 7th, 2006 in Uncategorized and ChinesePod Media Coverage. 3 CommentsThe SCMP ran an article about us the other day, but it’s behind a wall. Here’s a link: ChinesePod Article in South China Morning Post
Ken Carroll
I”m very much a libertarian/free market guy. I don’t have huge issues with the likes of Microsoft, because I beleive the market will sort a lot of this out over time. For the most part, as long as companies stay within the law, I’m not terribly suspicious of them.
I guess there is a […]
Learning Chinese through TPR - Total Physical Response
Published by October 22nd, 2006 in Uncategorized and Learning Chinese. 9 CommentsJames Asher originated the TPR approach.
We used a TPR approach in the podcast lesson today. This instruction method has been around for, I guess, 40 years now. The idea is to present learners with a series of instructions and have them do the actions as they hear the words: “Please stand up“, “Put the […]
Tips on learning Chinese
Published by October 18th, 2006 in Uncategorized and Learning Chinese. 79 CommentsI want you to think like a Mandarin teacher. You’ve just met someone who is really interested in learning Chinese, but has never studied it before. What tips do you offer the newbie?
Next you meet an elementary. Again, tips for an elementary?
And so on.
If you’re willing to share your advice on learning Chinese, we’d […]
Copy and paste our podcasts into your blog
Published by October 4th, 2006 in Uncategorized, About ChinesePod and Podcasting. 8 CommentsI 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. […]
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