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pin yin

August 14, 2012 at 12:25 PM

Hi guys, as a newbie, shall I learn the pin yin writing exactly (as for example when learning english, you must learn the spelling exactly). I am asking, whether I w... Read more

Rapproachment

August 14, 2012 at 10:27 AM

I am going to do something taboo here and discuss politics. I'm justifying it based on the fact that I have a little presentation to give at Uni next next week, and... Read more

London Olympics wrap up: Australia is a world beater!

August 14, 2012 at 07:02 AM

Australia had its worst Olympics since the American Civil War, but we still managed to beat everyone else on the planet. Statistician Brian Dawes has formulated the... Read more

Flash Card Organization on IOS

August 14, 2012 at 04:55 AM

The Iphone app does not show the tags to my vocabulary, they all show up as untagged in the app, but are tagged on the website. Any known fix? Read more

Should Chinesepod make music show?

August 13, 2012 at 10:26 PM

I think it would be fun if there is a music show updating top-hit chinese songs or play the songs which have interesting stories behind about singer or composers, or... Read more

Declaring SRS Bankruptcy

August 13, 2012 at 10:12 PM

I’ve been using SRS via Anki / Ankidroid for a couple of years now; it’s an integral part of my daily study routine. Even on days that I don’t stud... Read more

Add Word Function

August 13, 2012 at 04:05 AM

I have two ideas I want to discuss in this post.  First is the "Add Word" function in the Vocabulary part of the website.  I think when you click this butt... Read more

知了来了 (cicada season)

August 11, 2012 at 09:11 AM

It is cicada season in China. 蝉 chán (formal: cicada) 知了 zhīliǎo (colloq. cicada). Anyone trying to run a summer class with the windows open has to shout or g... Read more

Journal August 2012 - Pham

August 10, 2012 at 10:50 PM

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Ken Carol's Pronunciation

August 09, 2012 at 07:23 AM

I have no doubt that Ken is a competent teacher and speaker of Chinese. But there is a section of Newbie lessons in which he reads the dialouges with Jenny. His Chin... Read more