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In today's News and Features, Jenny and Sarah discuss this week's line-up of lessons. Jenny also continues her teacher interviews. This week's featured CPod teacher is Lily. Join us to learn more about her and what motivated her to get in to teaching!

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bababardwan says

there you go xiao_liang..CPod to the rescue and at your service.Can't wait for that lesson and then to hear how you went after you put it into practice.

Woo hoo...a Shanghai Expo lesson.Bring it on !

March 20, 2010 from the Web.
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dastbehkeer says

about how many dialect episodes can we expect you guys to make for each of the 3 dialects you're doing? Do you plan on first doing a series on one dialect, and then moving on to the second and then the third? Or do you plan on switching back and forth between the 3 dialects? Can you tell us which is coming first?

March 20, 2010 from the Web.
JasonSch in reply to dastbehkeer

The dialect lessons will be series that come one at a time. The first one is Shanghainese and there are about a dozen lessons planned. (1 a week) After that, we'll move on to a new series on a different dialect. (I'm not sure which one yet though!)

March 20, 2010 from the Web.
bababardwan in reply to JasonSch

Smart move bringing out the Shanghainese lesson series first with the upcoming Expo...well timed.

March 20, 2010 from the Web.
JasonSch in reply to bababardwan

Exactly! Also, some people think we're too Shanghai-based at Cpod, but I think it's a strength. Most Chinese learning materials are Beijing-centric. It's good to have another perspective.

March 20, 2010 from the Web.
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al_walker says

I'd really like to see Cantonese next please!

March 21, 2010 from the Web.
ergwrg in reply to al_walker

Cantonese centralizes the southern people of China basically.

March 21, 2010 from the Web.
rain1988 in reply to al_walker

嘿嘿,唔知呢...

April 11, 2010 from the Web.
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jessieloup says

gong xi ni lily, Alain your student from Mauritius

March 21, 2010 from the Web.
lily_counselor in reply to jessieloup

xièxie nǐ,Alain :)

March 21, 2010 from the Web.
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xiao_liang says

Also, loved Jenny forcing Sarah to practice Shanghai dialect in the podcast! Were you expecting that? Very funny, you sounded suddenly panicked :-)

March 22, 2010 from the Web.
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thinkabroad says

Hello Lily and all other ChinesePod people!  It was a pleasure to get some additional details about Lily in this podcast.  Those 10 minute sessions go by so fast!  Lily, thanks for your patience, energy and fun spirit!  For me at 6:15 a.m., it's not that easy to speak Mandarin Chinese.  Additionally, when my kids are singing and talking to me in the background, that does not help the situation either.  When they are loud and trying to get my attention, you always laugh and say that they are so cute then get right back into the lesson... You are an amazing teacher and I appreciate your skill and focused- attention.  That said, I look forward to our year of classes and life-long friendship!  明天见 

March 22, 2010 from the Web.
lily_counselor in reply to thinkabroad

Xie xie ni, Peter, your kids are really cute, thanks for your picture of your family, I love their voice and smile. 明天见 :-)

March 23, 2010 from the Web.
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lotsofwordsandnospaces says

Tee hee Lily, most may be hard working. I have always been proud of not following the crowd!

Looking forward to the new series! Thanks all!

March 23, 2010 from the Web.
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hebaoli says

You said that the lesson will be newbie level - will I be able to subscribe to them separately for my feed as I just want the dialect lesson, without the newbie putonghua lessons.

look forward to them!

March 23, 2010 from the Web.
xiao_liang in reply to hebaoli

They'll probably be added as a new "series", and I think you can add them independently.

March 23, 2010 from the Web.
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segeda says

恭喜恭喜敬轩!
gōngxǐ gōngxǐ Lily!

Lily definitely balances compassion and a disciplined approach with keeping her students on track. 

From my experience working parents with young children simply don't have the cycles that full time students often do (whether they realize it or not)...Lily keeps us moving forward!

March 23, 2010 from the Web.
lily_counselor in reply to segeda

谢谢你, George :)

March 23, 2010 from the Web.
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modernnomad says

Can't wait to learn a little bit of Shanghainese, Cantonese and Hokkien! Thanks Chinese Pod :-)

March 24, 2010 from the Web.
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AngMo says

I am really looking forward to the Hokkien lessons. I have not been able to find good (online or off-line) resources on 闽南话, besides the occasional Taiwanese drama series with usually include some arguing in the local language.

March 26, 2010 from the Web.
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chenxiaotong says

学姐 你好 我也是对外汉语专业的学生。偶然间知道这里,看了以后觉得这是一个学习和时间专业知识的好地方。但是却不知道该从哪里下手...可以请教学姐么 cxtong5221@126.com 我的邮箱 先谢谢学姐了

May 14, 2010 from the Web.

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