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Posted on: Chinese Holidays 中国的节日

I teach English grammar to Chinese students, so I know how hard it is to organize material to (1) teach specific vocabulary, syntax, or grammar and (2) Keep the material interesting.  But this video is way too digressive, veering from what one would say at a hotel to naming holidays to explaining the different ways of saying "capable" or "able."

Chinese Pod is turning out a lot of new videos, but if the videos are not well constructed, they don't accomplish their teaching goals.  In my opinion, a discussion of the holidays along with typical sentences associated with the holidays would have served me better than this mélange of information bits. And finally, earlier videos from say a year ago were much more focused, and again in my opinion, useful for learners.

Posted on: 4 Tones of Zhu

Is there a vocabulary review? I hit vocabulary review, and all I got was "First the Vocab" Is that because there are only four words or is it an error?