User Comments - lechuan
lechuan
Posted on: Welcome to ChinesePod
May 20, 2009 at 11:35 PMI just started using the 'audio review' relatively recently. After I have "learned" a lesson, I usually do the 'audio review' until I can get all the translations correct. I find that lesson vocab/syntax stick with me longer if I reinforce them with audio review immediately after the lesson.
After that I move on to the next lesson and repeat.
For review purposes I usually stick with the dialogues since they are much shorter.
Posted on: Welcome to ChinesePod
May 20, 2009 at 10:51 PMI should also add that the "audio review" is also a great way to review lessons. The Pimsleur-like method of asking you to recall and repeat key vocab and syntax really helps the memory.
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May 20, 2009 at 8:56 PMHi shubox,
Is that 6 lessons per day? Or are you listening to 6 lessons over and over?
When I first started out with Newbie, I'd listen to about ONE lesson repeatedly. I'd keep listening until I could understand the entire dialog and repeat it from memory. Then for maintenance, I'll keep the dialogs on my mp3 player and listen to all the ones I already studied. If there's a dialog I'd forgotten, I'll listen to that lesson again until I know it well. This repitition helps to reinforce things so that they are less likely to slip away.
Personally I've found that trying to learn fewer things well will get you farther than trying to learn too much at once.
Posted on: Welcome to ChinesePod
May 20, 2009 at 8:05 PMHi mystic,
There really is no need to try to "finish" all the newbie lessons.
I knew the point for me to jump to Elementary from Newbie was when I was only learning a new word or two from the Newbie lessons. I still go back to listen to the new newbie podcasts on a more casual basis.
Posted on: Easter and Chocolate Bunnies
May 12, 2009 at 3:04 PMInferring that religious people are stupid is not a very intellectual way to start a constructive discussion. How does that contribute to learning Chinese?
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April 28, 2009 at 7:10 PMHi chanhom, you may also be interested in checking out www.englishpod.com
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April 27, 2009 at 11:04 PMHi lianshuang, for learning english you'll want to check out www.englishpod.com
Posted on: Letting go with 放
March 22, 2009 at 9:49 PMI also agree that using all new focus words in sample sentences, as Qing Wen's have almost always done in the past, make the lesson that much more useful for remembering the usage of vocabulary.
PS. luobinzhenmei, We're not complaining. It's constructive feedback :) Companies that keep, and grow, their market respond to customer's needs. It's much easier to know what those needs are when constructive feedback is given (and I would assert that most of the above "complaining" is actually constructive feedback. They suggested specific and actionable items that can be taken to improve the product).
Posted on: Tea Tasting
May 28, 2009 at 7:53 PMA co-worker recently brought some "milky tea" to work (I believe it was from Hong Kong). It's a large teabag with black tea and milk powder.