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Posted on: Understanding China's Geography
May 16, 2011 at 4:24 AM我在中國的時候，住在浙江省溫州市永嘉縣上塘鎮！=D
Posted on: A Chinese Take on Language Learning
April 18, 2011 at 2:09 PMhaha when she was talking to her German friend in the States via skype, somehow she said "water" but with a more British pronunciation, and then I had to say "water" with the American retroflex r until her friend understood.
So her friend may have learned to say z like "zed" but she transferred to the school of "zee" ;)
anyway, I put up the link to my speech competition!
Posted on: A Chinese Take on Language Learning
April 18, 2011 at 6:57 AMI used to have to call this letter: "Z", "zed" to my German co-worker, because if I were to call it the American way, she would mistake it for "C"
Posted on: How Did You Learn Chinese?
April 11, 2011 at 6:29 AMKTV!
You get pronunciation and reading practice. The downside is no tones, and Chinese songs tend to repeat the same vocabulary. 愛情，永遠，願意，溫柔，etc. So maybe it it's not the most effective method of learning, but I enjoy it!
I used to study the characters for hours at the expense of my speaking and listening. There was a point where if I didn't know how to write it, I didn't know how to say it. but after I went to China, spoke Chinese every day, and my speaking got better, my reading speed also increased. Of course, I used to get headaches from speaking Chinese for prolonged periods of time, but not anymore.
My rigorous study of characters did pay off, and it instilled all those radicals in my brain pretty well. Often times, I could see a character that I didn't know on a sign, wait until I got home to look it up, and I wouldn't forget how to write it. After writing a character over and over, you also get muscle memory in your hand. Of course you can easily lose it if you don't keep it up.
Posted on: Help with the Baby
April 6, 2011 at 3:30 AM平時是啊，但是在maternity leave了，所以chinesepod換老師。
Posted on: Help with the Baby
April 4, 2011 at 5:44 PM文潔？Jenny，你寫對話的時候，應該寫的chinesepod counselor鄒文潔，對嗎？
Posted on: Handsome Foreign Student
March 26, 2011 at 11:47 PMI thought it was a bit unrealistic in this dialogue to have a woman call a young man, ”帥shuài哥gē“, since for every Chinese woman who called me that, there were at least 20 Chinese guys who did the same.
Posted on: Using a Cell Phone in China
March 20, 2011 at 8:14 PMNice! I wish I had known this before going to HK with my Chinese cell phone.
Posted on: Using a Cell Phone in China
March 20, 2011 at 6:38 AMI remember when I had to recharge, I would just go to the China Mobile （中国移动）store, write down my phone number on a list, and then give them the money. I didn't even know about this whole business with the 15 digit number!
Posted on: Understanding China's Geography
May 16, 2011 at 4:28 AMI had to chuckle a bit when I would hear Chinese speaking English telling me about local "countries" when they meant to say "counties"