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Level 1, Intro + Lesson 1-2: Audio Review

Published September 28th, 2007 in Lesson 2, Review, Lesson 1 and Level 1, Part 1. 3 Comments

So you’re learning Chinese through Integrated Chinese. You liked the Fix audio review for Lesson 1, and you liked it for Lesson 2. If only there were some way to combine the contents of the two into one single, beautiful audio Fix file. Ah, but there is!
Enough talk. Let’s get down to it. Here’s your […]

Level 1, Intro + Lesson 1-2: Related Lesson Review

Published September 26th, 2007 in Lesson 2, Related Lessons, Review, Lesson 1 and Level 1, Part 1. 0 Comments

Normally we would give you some new lessons here to complement your Integrated Chinese lessons. The idea is that after you’ve finished another three lessons or so, there’s a broader range of lessons you can tackle.
Unfortunately, when the lessons you’ve covered are only Lesson 1 and Lesson 2, the range isn’t quite as broad. So […]

Level 1, Intro + Lesson 1-2: Vocabulary Review

Published September 24th, 2007 in Review, Lesson 2, Vocabulary, Lesson 1, Introduction and Level 1, Part 1. 1 Comment

If you’ve been diligently studying Integrated Chinese all this time, you’ve built up quite a repertoire of vocabulary already. Time for a little break to review and consolidate what you’ve learned. This week will be just for review.
I recommend you try out Dmitry Chirkin’s Integrated Chinese Vocabulary Trainer. It works for every IC lesson, and […]

Level 1, Lesson 2: Review

Published September 21st, 2007 in Lesson 2, Review and Level 1, Part 1. 8 Comments

So Lesson 2 of Integrated Chinese contains a fair amount of vocabulary related to family. These words simply need to be memorized, because you’ll be hearing them even more than you expect. That’s right… it’s time for ChinesePod’s “the Fix” audio review.
I’ll let you get right to the Fix. As before, there are two of […]

Level 1, Lesson 2: Related Lessons

Published September 19th, 2007 in Lesson 2, Related Lessons and Level 1, Part 1. 3 Comments

It’s Wednesday again, and here at the ChinesePod Integrated Chinese Blog, that means more related lessons! The common element here is family, but let’s do it dialogue by dialogue again.
Dialogue 1: Looking at a Family Photo
Don’t go to China without a picture of your family. It’s not just for looking at when you’re feeling homesick, […]

Level 1, Lesson 2: Vocabulary

Published September 17th, 2007 in Lesson 2, Vocabulary and Level 1, Part 1. 3 Comments

Moving along through the classic beginner language, Lesson 2 of Integrated Chinese focuses on family. Although the concept of “family” in Chinese culture (and all the associated language) is one that could fill volumes, this chapter does a nice job of giving the beginner the important first tools to discuss one’s own family in Chinese. […]

Level 1, Lesson 1: Review

Published September 14th, 2007 in Review, Lesson 1 and Level 1, Part 1. 3 Comments

Lesson 1 of Integrated Chinese starts off with a big vocabulary bang, so you’ll be wanting a tool for audio review. That’s where ChinesePod’s “the Fix” comes in.
Two words you’ll find missing in the Fix for Lesson 1 are the sentence-final particles 吗 (ma) and 呢 (ne). This is because these words are rarely if […]

Level 1, Lesson 1: Related Lessons

Published September 12th, 2007 in Related Lessons, Lesson 1 and Level 1, Part 1. 1 Comment

Integrated Chinese Level 1, Lesson 1 is about greetings, and the content takes the form of two dialogues. We’ll break down our related ChinesePod lessons that way.
Dialogue 1: Exchanging Greetings
This is the basic dialogue about asking someone’s name and stating one’s own name. See these ChinesePod lessons for reinforcement:

Newbie - Intro 2: What’s your name? […]

Level 1, Lesson 1: Vocabulary

Published September 10th, 2007 in Vocabulary, Lesson 1 and Level 1, Part 1. 5 Comments

Lesson 1 of Integrated Chinese starts with… (surprise, surprise!) …greetings. To get a better feel for how some of the words are used, click on the ChinesePod Dictionary links below. With each dictionary entry you’ll find sample sentences with rollover annotation (try mousing over the words in the sentences!) as well as audio recordings. The […]

Introduction: Review

Published September 7th, 2007 in Review, Introduction and Level 1, Part 1. 8 Comments

At the end of every chapter we’ll be offering review materials. Since Integrated Chinese focuses so heavily on vocabulary, we’ll be helping you review all the vocabulary using ChinesePod’s own “the Fix” audio review.
Usually the Fix comes once per lesson, but we’re going to be trying some new things for the IC blog. That means […]

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