On Nagging

hankfdh
 April 06, 2008, 12:50 AM posted in General Discussion

A thought-provoking post from Jason on his sloppytranslation blog about how he is looking for things to help 'nag' him into studying.


http://sloppytranslation.com/2008/04/05/the-nag-factor/


Should ChinesePod 'nag' more? What would be most helpful?

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calkins
 April 06, 2008, 01:05 AM

Sure, we could all use a little more nagging. But more important than that is an inner nag, for lack of a better term. If you don't have that inner passion to learn Chinese, and to do whatever is necessary for you to learn it well (such as participating), then I don't believe any amount of external nagging will help.

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sushan
 April 06, 2008, 02:26 AM

If this is the extrinsic motivation vs. intrinsic motivation argument, then yeah intrinsic motivation is more effective. The community issue (going back to sloppy translation's post) is a bit different. Hmmm, maybe if Chinesepod provided a way for learners at similar levels and with similar goals to 'buddy up' and help keep each other on sched?