Lesson 3 of Integrated Chinese branches out quite a bit in terms of vocabulary. In addition to all the time words, you have plenty of other new terms as well. Time to make sure it stays in the old noggin, using “the Fix” audio review.
Here’s the Fix. We challenge you to do the long one and the short one:
IC Level 1, Lesson 3: the Fix (short)We are, as always, begging for feedback. (Please?)
-John Pasden
Hi John,
Here’s my feedback. I am so happy that you have the review for three up. I can’t tell how helpful it is to prepare for class. I relisten to the first fixes so as not to forget what I’ve already learned as well. I am in an intensive course so we are ahead of you but as soon as you put material up, I use it.
Thanks and keep up the good work!
Toni
Hmm … pretty good, but I found it interesting that the translation for “to be” is “gui xing”. I stopped listening at that point, so there may be other issues.
John,
Maybe there has not been as much “blogging” as hoped, but I wanted to echo the sentiments of others and say, good job. I hope you continue this blog. I am a Newbie and am not enrolled at a University course and have been following CPod since April or so. I went and picked up the IC text, just to help add some structure to my studies. Where I find this blog most useful is through the reinforcement of the concepts / vocab introduced in IC. The book itself also has some good grammar points which aslo serve to reinforce the points that Ken and Jenny make in their podcasts. When I hear something over and over, it sticks, and I’m making better progress these days. It’s a tribute to Ken and Jenny (and the entire team at CPod) that there are so many interesting Podcasts that I have had a tendency to move to the next one before I should. This blog helps slow me down and keep me grounded. I am grateful!
Thanks.
Hi John,
There are some technical issues going on. The pdf vocabulary for lesson 3 still won’t load. Also the short fix lesson 3 has the same problem. the long fix is fine.
best,
Toni
Toni and Eric in Portland,
Thanks for letting me know! We’re working on the tech issues now.
Ana Yelena,
Thanks a lot for all that feedback, but I’m very interested in your statement that “there has not been as much ‘blogging’ as hoped.” Could you elaborate on that more? I’m happy to make some adjustments to make the blog more helpful.
Hi John, et al,
Thanks for fixing the “short” fix. It’s working fine now. The fixes are a GREAT HELP, as are the other materials. I think this stuff is a sleeper, I can hardly wait until the rest of the first book is out there.
By the way, what I do is listen to the podcasts for each related lesson, practice writing the characters, then load just the dialogs and fixes from related lessons, and the two middle-speed audios (one from each dialog) from IC all onto my mp3 player (a different folder for each chapter). Jam-packed with listening practice that is right at MY level for each lesson! I’m absolutely starting to GET IT! I can’t believe it!
Thanks Cpod!
Buzz
Buzz,
Thanks for letting us know!
When you say “the two middle-speed audios (one from each dialog) from IC” do you mean MP3 audio that comes with IC? When we bought IC a year ago, it didn’t come with audio.
Anyway, glad to hear you’ve found a system that works!
Hi,
The CD-ROMS that are available for the books have several audios for each dialog: Vocabulary pronunciation list and three recordings of the dialog slow, medium and fast. The slow version seems to be the medium version with gaps added between phrases to give time for reciting (the speaking is really still too fast for us newbies to get a handle on). There are some additional audios on a workbook CDROM. All the CDs are separate purchase. I think the quality is a little shaky, but they were probably first recorded on cassettes (or 8-track). Anyway, total of four CDROMS. I much prefer to use CPOD’s “related” lessons for each chapter!!
Thanks for your efforts, This is great combination!!
Buzz
你好, I’ve just been eavesdropping and I am very impressed by the organization of your site and the interactive learning going on here.
This site is model for others to follow!
谢谢!
John
The translation of “贵 性” to “to be” is also in lessons 1 and 2. Is that an error or can “贵 性” mean “honorable sir name” as well as “to be” ?
-David
Eric in Portland Oct 7th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Hmm … pretty good, but I found it interesting that the translation for “to be” is “gui xing”. I stopped listening at that point, so there may be other issues.
David91107,
Actually, that was a display glitch. The definition is supposed to be “to be surnamed,” and somehow when recording, the “surnamed” got left off. We will have this fixed ASAP.