Dear ChinesePod,
I've been coming to your site 3 days in the row and I have got a really important things to say.
First of all, I am in love, I am totally love struck with your inductive method of instruction and with the user friendly outlay of the site.
Secondly, may I suggest something. I feel that though flash cards and concentration game do help in memorizing characters, it is not enough in actually learning Chinese characters. Many would agree that they play an important role in Chinese, so if you guys could invest in this your website would be priceless. Why don't you in flash cards introduce to the learner character in this format:
One card: big sized (size does matter) character,audio file and tiny english translation. Opposite card will show slowly :
1. writing manner of the character.
2. visual presentation about strokes quantity and order
3. and finally if you could teach in the same section, of what components the character consists of and in what other characters it could be found and how it affects the meaning.
I think that's the only weak spot. And if you fix it, I promise to be faithful to CPod and not to look for other learning resources that cover character writing. Otherwise, thank you and I love you all, especially Aric -:)) he is incredibly cute.
Malika
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May 12, 2007 at 7:28 PMDear ChinesePod, I've been coming to your site 3 days in the row and I have got a really important things to say. First of all, I am in love, I am totally love struck with your inductive method of instruction and with the user friendly outlay of the site. Secondly, may I suggest something. I feel that though flash cards and concentration game do help in memorizing characters, it is not enough in actually learning Chinese characters. Many would agree that they play an important role in Chinese, so if you guys could invest in this your website would be priceless. Why don't you in flash cards introduce to the learner character in this format: One card: big sized (size does matter) character,audio file and tiny english translation. Opposite card will show slowly : 1. writing manner of the character. 2. visual presentation about strokes quantity and order 3. and finally if you could teach in the same section, of what components the character consists of and in what other characters it could be found and how it affects the meaning. I think that's the only weak spot. And if you fix it, I promise to be faithful to CPod and not to look for other learning resources that cover character writing. Otherwise, thank you and I love you all, especially Aric -:)) he is incredibly cute. Malika