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Cpod mentioned in PRI's the World on November 26

November 30, 2007 at 10:27 AM

I don't know if this has already been posted by somebody else, but if it's not, here's a linkto an audio report on Skype as a learning tool: http://thewo... Read more

Best way to learn

November 30, 2007 at 09:33 AM

I've been studying mandarin now for over a year with chinesepod but have only a month or so moved up to elementary and I indirect if I'm doing my study in th... Read more

毙, 卧, 昌, 稚, and 蒙

November 30, 2007 at 08:50 AM

Nothing starts a day off right like "execute" -- 毙 [bì]. 枪毙 [qiāngbì] is a pretty grisly word, meaning "to execute by shooting." It has another colloqial meaning, th... Read more

Character Insanity @ 88Groups

November 30, 2007 at 04:22 AM

I just started a new group on 88Groups called Character Insanity . Learning to read Chinese is tough, but its an effort that really pays off when you're able to... Read more

Suggestion for linking lessons together

November 30, 2007 at 03:53 AM

When I was listening to the Winter Fun Intermediate lesson today, I seemed to remember there was an Advanced lesson in the past about winter sports.  So, on the... Read more

Check your messages!

November 30, 2007 at 03:27 AM

As you all know, ChinesePod recently went through some technical upheaval. Things are mostly sorted out now. Over the past two weeks, there was a period of time when... Read more

廖, 扣, 裂, 愤, and 汤

November 30, 2007 at 02:27 AM

Today we start with a pretty uncommon character, 廖 [liào], which is a surname and means nothing else. I don't think I've ever met a person with this surname, but the... Read more

Traditional Chinese Music

November 29, 2007 at 05:52 PM

Does anyone know where I can find Traditional Chinese music? I love it, but can't find where  Read more

Integrated Chinese Blog

November 29, 2007 at 01:41 PM

I thought the IC-Blog has gone quiet recently and now it seems to be totally dead!   http://blogs.chinesepod.com/integrated-chinese/ I do hope that this wi... Read more

The return of the HTML

November 29, 2007 at 06:09 AM

If there is one bug that is really affecting my work with CPod after the big iceberg meltdown it is the missing HTML versions. The HTML makes the lesson dialoges por... Read more