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John
Posted on: At the Hair Salon
September 5, 2008 at 1:27 AMI'd just like to mention that this video was directed and edited by Marco of ItalianPod and our own David Xu. You'll see more from them in the future... :)
Posted on: Changes on ChinesePod
September 1, 2008 at 1:50 PMThose of you interested in video, so far we have the first Vocab Tour up.
You're right; the down time was too long. Longer than we planned. The changes went smoothly, but our tech team is definitely going to have to find a different way to make these changes to decrease the down time. We apologize for that.
Posted on: Changes on ChinesePod
September 1, 2008 at 10:56 AMMore info from Ken: Why the September changes?
Posted on: Traffic
September 1, 2008 at 9:00 AMhenning,
Video clearly provides a deeper visual context than mere images can. That's the point of the vocab tour. Adding the motion makes it a vocabulary "tour" rather than a vocabulary "photo album."
There's definitely a reason that the vocabulary is aimed at the Newbie/Elementary audience. For more sophisticated language teaching, this method won't be appropriate. Stay tuned!
Posted on: Traffic
September 1, 2008 at 8:24 AMThanks, guys!
We're starting out fairly simple with the video, but we've got lots of ideas.
Pedagogically, this kind of "vocab tour" lesson teaches vocabulary without translation, all within a visual context. I think the benefits are clear, but it can actually be extremely challenging to design and film these.
Let us know if you have any requests!
Posted on: Editing a Photo
September 1, 2008 at 1:54 AMewilc773,
The changeover will happen today, as scheduled. In the meantime, you get to enjoy the early bird special... :)
Posted on: Getting a Phone Number
August 27, 2008 at 4:03 AMmacallus88,
I once went into a rather detailed discussion of this topic on my blog: Semantic Flavors of “My” in Chinese and English. The entry deals with the word "my," but the concepts also apply to "your."
Posted on: Language Power Struggle
August 26, 2008 at 9:16 AMmikenotinjubei,
At the CPod factory, there's a good number of both foreigners and Chinese, with a wide range of Chinese/English speaking abilities. Although there are some people that don't speak English or don't speak Chinese, most of us here in the office have opportunities to use both, depending on who we're talking to. It's a pretty harmonious arrangement. :)
Posted on: New Lessons, Video, and Groups
September 8, 2008 at 3:09 AMYikes! Sorry about the extra-long, extra-silent ending. It has been removed.