A lesson to explain Chinesepod
Joachim
November 21, 2007, 10:32 PM posted in General DiscussionI'd like to suggest a lesson to explain Chinesepod and how we use it to learn Chinese etc.
The dialogue could go like:
A: How often have you been to China?
B: This is my first time.
A: How come you are able to communicate that fluently and know so many colloquial and hip expressions?
B: That's easy: I have been studying Chinese with Chinesepod for the last few months.
A: What's Chinesepod?
B goes on to explain what podcasts are and how Chinesepod works and ...
Ok, you get the idea ;-)

John
November 22, 2007, 06:58 AMJoachim... Ha ha, we actually recorded a lesson about that last week. It will be out soon. Intermediate level.

Joachim
November 22, 2007, 02:34 PMjohn: With this being an intermediate lesson, dialogues will probably not be as crude as mine. Btw: Did you guys have plans for a weather forecast lesson even before I uttered a request in that direction? (see http://chinesepod.com/connections/viewpost/Joachim/connect/New+Topic+Suggestions) If so: What kind of marketing tools or rather clairvoyance techniques do you use? Could you license this to some other industries? :-)

John
November 23, 2007, 01:26 AMJoachim, We do listen very carefully to user feedback on lesson ideas, so yes, I'm pretty sure your request led directly to the creation of the weather forecast lesson recently. Thanks a lot for the great suggestions. Keep them coming!

Joachim
November 23, 2007, 06:18 AMNo magical marketing tools to PREDICT user needs? :-(

John
November 23, 2007, 10:47 AMWell, we can't explain ALL the magic or it will stop working... :P

Joachim
December 11, 2007, 10:52 AMThank you! http://chinesepod.com/lessons/using-chinesepod
Joachim
November 22, 2007, 06:10 AMIt may be used to convince your local Chinese language teacher, too.