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Posted on: What's in a name?
April 8, 2011 at 2:57 AM

aaagh ! ni shuo de dui :)

Thanks heaps for the correction!

Posted on: 音乐的多元化
April 4, 2011 at 10:22 AM

try the text version

Posted on: What's in a name?
April 3, 2011 at 11:14 AM

Nice tips, as usual, 班廷筠.

My Chinese name is 葛翊恩, but, up to now, I've always just used my name/business card to satisfy question marks over the characters.

Developing a standard intro: 我的中文名字是: 葛翊恩, 诸葛亮 的 葛, 翊 是一个 立刀旁, 右边 加一个 羽毛 的 羽, 恩 是 报恩 的 恩.

Posted on: Awkward Silence
April 2, 2011 at 3:23 AM

Is there a level below this - so that I can ease into this language without, all of a sudden, being thrown in the deep end ?

Posted on: 相声
March 18, 2011 at 10:45 AM

Sorry. To be clear, I meant I was hoping for a lesson I could mp3 download and follow along with an accurate transcript with full translation.

Posted on: 相声
March 17, 2011 at 8:59 AM

Not quite what I was hoping for, but good to see xiangsheng getting some exposure on Cpod.

A lesson based solely on a real xiangsheng dialogue would be cool, too ?

http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/5240#comment-204774

Posted on: Food Poisoning
March 11, 2011 at 5:49 AM

呕是真好吃

Posted on: New Employee in the Office
February 1, 2011 at 3:00 AM

Speaking of skype, what is the status of this these days in China? legal / not legal?

Posted on: Making the Most of 最 (zui)
January 29, 2011 at 2:12 PM

AIchinese is probably the quickest way to get on top of pronunciation of tones.

For hearing tones; this tone drill site is useful for practicing listening to tones: http://shufawes.ipower.com/language/dual-tonedrill.html

Also, listening to cpod and trying to guess the tones of words you don't know without looking at any transcripts is all good practice.

Posted on: Here she comes
January 6, 2011 at 10:39 PM

Just use "transition set" tips nominated by advanced learners.

Tim/Tingyun has previously nominated a good transition set from ellie to inter. This is what I used: C43-C116 + C813, 817, 826, 940, 969, 973, 1028, 1358.

Also the comment here is valid for transitioning between any two levels.

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/podcast-language-2#comment-121590

One key, I find, is to pick out the learner's who have gone from ellie all the way through to advanced (and beyond) - and work through their comments and tips.