Suggestion: Why no Chinese male teachers on Chinese pod

eddiehclee
 January 03, 2009, 02:24 AM posted in General Discussion

你好,

I'm newbie to Chinese pod and I have a question.
Why are there no Chinese male teachers for Chinese pod? it would be great to have a native Chinese male instructor for a change and a non native speaking female teacher as well to join the team. It would greatly improve Chinesepod appeal for the other audiences like myself who likes to get a more diverse experience.

Chinese males teachers seem to be unrepresented in social environments, education and general media, including Chinese pod. In the past I have read some comments by members that showed some misunderstanding about Chinese men and stereotyping them and I do think that is due to a lack of representation as such.

It would be very beneficial to Chinesepod and I would love to see this in the future.

谢谢

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kingandsoso
 January 03, 2009, 05:29 AM

hi

if u want a male native chinese teacher ,connect me ,msn: kingandsoso@126.com

 

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light487
 January 03, 2009, 07:54 PM

I put this over on the ChinesePOD user feedback site as a new suggestion. You can vote for it over there and comment on it here as well.

http://chinesepod.uservoice.com/pages/general/suggestions/97688-add-a-male-native-speaking-teacher

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sarahlct
 January 03, 2009, 10:46 PM

Well, I'm female, but having a male native speaker (not just as hosts in the earlier advanced lessons) as a teacher (that's not to say that John isn't awesome!) - and especially for the readings in the expansion or the dialog section - would probably be rather beneficial for most users. I mostly practise my conversation skills with men, but that's more of a coincidence. I also think that at least beginners don't have the chance to talk with native speakers of their choice, at least not in a way that helps them progress.

On a sidenote: You mentioned "comments stereotyping Chinese men" and attribute this to "a lack of representation". Do you have any examples of such comments or could you elaborate a bit on your theory? If so, please send me a message!