I tackled my first Intermediate lesson yesterday, Cold Will Kill You. I have to say, it was not nearly so difficult nor as daunting as I thought it would be.
My process for this, and one I’ll certainly repeat in the future, is that I downloaded the PDF, printed it out, and then taped it inside […]
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Intermediate Heart Attack
Published by October 27th, 2007 in ChinesePod and Motivations. 11 CommentsNow and then, I take a peek at an Intermediate lesson. After they bring in the crash cart and use the jumper cables to resuscitate me, I try going through the dialogue line by line. My impression is that, while there’s certainly more new vocabulary than I’m used to absorbing in a single sitting, the […]
So I watched a movie last night (Eat Drink Man Woman, which I’ll review in a future podcast), and aside from it being a fantastic movie, I’m getting more and more jazzed about my listening comprehension.
Hey, listen. Are you a Newbie learner? I haven’t been an Elementary Guy very long, and I still listen to […]
A mile in Mandarin
Published by September 5th, 2007 in Writing in Chinese, Motivations and Alternate learning methods. 5 Comments大家好！
How’s everybody doing today? I’m fine, thanks for asking!
Things here are going well. I actually managed to listen to a few lessons today on my lunch hour while I walked a few miles on the treadmill. I find that I don’t notice the passage of time when I do those two things at once. Information […]
