Grammar Tags and Lessons
henning
July 18, 2007, 05:33 AM posted in General DiscussionFrom what I saw so far, the Grammar Tags do not necessary reflect the Grammar content discussed in the acutal podcast.
E.g. in the recent "Snacks" lesson there are two grammar points explained:
- 才 at 09:20, based on the sentence 零食才不会健康呢... and
- 把。。。当 at 10:18
The linked grammar tags are 还是 and 又，which do indeed appear in the dialogue: 还是 3 times, 又 1 time in a 又...又-form.
I think it would be more interesting to link the grammar points actually explained in the lesson to the guide.
On the other hand: If just appearance counts, there is no reason not to link Advanced and Media lessons to grammar points. I know the presumption is that Advanced students know all the grammar. But not all listeners of Advanced shows are Advanced - some just want to *become* Advanced one day (big difference). Especially the sentence construction parts would be interesting at Advanced and Media.
John
July 18, 2007, 08:09 AMHenning, Those are good points. It's a bit of a rough transition from no grammar tags to grammar tags. For future lessons we can decide what grammar points we'll be covering and mark them in the system at the same time, but for past lessons which were created during the time that there were no grammar tags, one has to carefully listen to the audio of all the past lessons. We will do our best, but if we do something inconsistent (like what you pointed out), we will revise. As for grammar points for the other difficulty levels, it is something we will consider, but it's enough extra work that our small, hard-working Academic Team can't take it on yet.
henning
July 18, 2007, 08:25 AMjohn, no problem. You do not need to go through all the audio. We already do that all the time. No additional effort for me to note down grammar points and post them here.
mark
July 18, 2007, 06:19 AM我热望有一天我将会不愧是高级学生,所以我平常尝试读高级课程. 如果CPod怜悯我种学生，请加帮助，比如Henning刚写，而在对话tab上加翻译重英文。 谢谢。