General Discussion

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Typing Chinese characters...?

May 31, 2007 at 06:05 AM
Many users seem to be very good at typing Chinese characters.  It has also been a user tip on the c-pod splash page for awhile- 'rather than worry about wri... Read more

Listen in to a ChinesePod class

May 30, 2007 at 11:50 PM
You can hear an audio clip from a speaking practice session over at the Praxis Blog. The Practice Plan is becoming increasingly popular these days. Kind of makes sen... Read more

self test

May 29, 2007 at 05:44 PM
Can you give me the url for the "test your own level" test ?  I feel like confiming to myself just how far I've got to go... Thanks Nigel Read more

Tones related to genes?

May 29, 2007 at 05:44 PM
Here is an article in Scientific American about a possible connection between the existence (or non-existence) of tones in languages and the human genome. Link &nbsp... Read more

The Great Navigatress ???

May 29, 2007 at 03:19 PM
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/i...       Read more
Hello everyone! Many of you will have seen that we are offering a special promotion for the month of June, which gives anyone who signs up for 1 year premium a free... Read more

topic request

May 29, 2007 at 04:11 AM
Hi Chinesepod!  Great lessons first and foremost.  I just did a search of what religious lessons you have, and there aren't many, plus they cover vocab... Read more
In case you didn't know there are lots of places where you can find ChinesePod and language learning related discussions, other than here in 'Connect'. F... Read more

fonts

May 28, 2007 at 11:26 AM
I use chinesepod on my mac, and sometimes on a PC. The Hanzi characters appear on the screen in rather a 'blockish' style.  Have you thought about using... Read more
Minor bug...  I started using tagging more intensively and added new tags to the vocab. Most entries now have 2 or even more tags. Woks fine.   But when I... Read more