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ElijahW
Posted on: 这红包该不该送？
September 5, 2019 at 2:09 PM我的辅导老师说：他老婆生孩子的那天，他跟自己的妈妈关于送红包的争议跟这个课文基本上一样。这个对话反映生活真正的风气。
Posted on: 考试制度
September 5, 2019 at 1:57 PMI had the same issue - I had a hard time typing this phrase in Pinyin because all the wrong characters kept coming up! But my tutor recognized it, and even commented that it's often used exactly as it was in one of the expansion sentences: complaining about an overbearing boyfriend / girlfriend. But I do find it uncharacteristic of lessons from this era that a relatively rare phrase is singled out for expansion sentences. A big reason I continue studying these lessons is how well they typically help me single out the more commonly used words and phrases.
Posted on: Tips on How To Prepare for the HSK
July 30, 2019 at 3:41 PMHi Susanna,
The ChinesePod levels actually pre-date the current HSK 1-6 setup by two or three years, but they do have a point in common: The HSK is supposed to be modeled after the Common European Framework (CEF), which was also the inspiration for the original 6 ChinesePod levels: Newbie (A1), Elementary (A2), Intermediate (B1), Upper Intermediate (B2), Advaned (C1) and Media (C2). With the ChinesePod lessons I've done, my experience is that they do a great job of reflecting those levels: If I can talk like the dialogue of an Upper Intermediate lesson, then an oral exam would likely place me as a B2 speaker of Chinese.
There's a Reddit discussion on how well HSK corresponds to CEF. Short version: The HSK is too easy by one level.
Posted on: Five ways of seeing: 看、见、看见、看到、看出
July 30, 2019 at 3:41 PMHi Susanna,
The ChinesePod levels actually pre-date the current HSK 1-6 setup by two or three years, but they do have a point in common: The HSK is supposed to be modeled after the Common European Framework (CEF), which was also the inspiration for the original 6 ChinesePod levels: Newbie (A1), Elementary (A2), Intermediate (B1), Upper Intermediate (B2), Advaned (C1) and Media (C2). With the ChinesePod lessons I've done, my experience is that they do a great job of reflecting those levels: If I can talk like the dialogue of an Upper Intermediate lesson, then an oral exam would likely place me as a B2 speaker of Chinese.
There's a Reddit discussion on how well HSK corresponds to CEF. Short version: The HSK is too easy by one level.
Posted on: You Look Exhausted!
May 16, 2019 at 9:21 PMYeah, this lesson is full of nostalgia! This was actually ChinesePod's very first attempt at an "Intermediate" lesson - long before John Pasden came along to whip the levels into shape. When "Pre-Intermediate" was added more recently, this lesson was re-graded down to that level.
Posted on: Tell me your business secret!
May 11, 2019 at 6:00 PMHi Grace!
Actually, showing tone changes in Pinyin is not really that accepted. Beijing Language and Culture University Press has been doing it for a while with “不” and “一,” but they are more of the exception.
There is a long history behind this, and I’ve written about it on the Forum here.
Posted on: Online Shopping 网上购物
May 9, 2019 at 3:12 PMThat's very cool - I had never noticed that about the ABC dictionary before.
Posted on: Online Shopping 网上购物
May 9, 2019 at 12:31 PMI've had discussions with several Chinese teachers about this, and after thinking and looking, the consensus they seem to reach is that yīmúyīyàng is technically more correct, but both are commonly said.
Posted on: Are we both winners?
May 7, 2019 at 5:46 PMHi there!
Every teacher and text book I've ever learned from always taught this word as cōngming, but I have on rare occasion seen it as cōngmíng. Is there a dictionary you're using that has it listed as cōngmíng?
Posted on: Lesson 1 - The Dish
December 16, 2019 at 7:55 PMThe HSK test itself is only available in Simplified, so I wouldn't expect a course on the HSK to be anything but Simplified. The TOCFL, however, is available in either Traditional or Simplified, so I would expect a TOCFL prep course to offer both.