Posts | General Discussion

Good University Chinese Language Courses

December 20, 2009 at 12:57 PM

Hello all, given the state of the irish economy at the moment, I'm giving some serious thought to studying full-time in a Chinese university for a year starting sept... Read more

Vocabulary and lesson PDFs won't change to Traditional Chinese?

December 20, 2009 at 12:38 PM

I've clicked the cog wheel 'symbol' at the top of the white 'bar' of lessons and then selected and clicked the circle next to 'Traditional Chinese' and clicked 'subm... Read more

Throw away those boring Chinese textbooks! :)

December 20, 2009 at 08:12 AM

I have about 3 years of experience in teaching Chinese. I have taught in many professional schools in the past. Now I just do 1-on-1 or small group private lessons o... Read more

translation

December 20, 2009 at 03:54 AM

in the expansion exercises for the third jizhou lesson, i noticed this sentence and its translation: 都怪我太粗心，忘记通知他了。 I was just too careless and forgot to i... Read more

Tips on making the best use of Anki?

December 19, 2009 at 01:27 PM

I've just downloaded Anki after hearing many good things about it. It looks very useful but I'm unsure as to how to use. Are there any sneaky tips or exceptionally u... Read more

Scary taxi driver: or why NOT to study Chinese

December 19, 2009 at 04:12 AM

Yesterday I took a taxi and the driver started with the usual chit chat. Where are you from, “your Chinese is so good” etc. Then he asked me where my hus... Read more

Problem with new app

December 18, 2009 at 09:55 PM

I can't get beyond the authorize/deny page with the new app Learn Chinese. I am using a touch 3.1.2. The first time I logged in with username and password, it took m... Read more

When and when not to use measure words?

December 18, 2009 at 04:52 PM

I know you would have to use a measure word if you wanted to say something like "I have two pieces of cake" - "我有两块糕" but that kind of example speaks for itself; ie:... Read more

Pinyin pronounciation software

December 18, 2009 at 02:01 PM

Hi, I'm looking for a way to verify my pronounciation on whole sentences that I wrote down, for instance I'd like to paste in the computer: "wǒ zài měi gu&oac... Read more

hello , i'm a newcomer.

December 18, 2009 at 01:31 PM

希望和大家一起学习。嘿嘿。 Read more