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All Things Considered in Chengdu

May 07, 2008 at 11:36AM

Source: Pinyin Practice

I have an 80 mile commute every day and often find myself listening to NPR. Coverage on China has increased as the Olympics approach, but also as China continues to grow economically and politically. One of my favorite NPR shows will be broadcasting from Chengdu the week of May 19th-23rd. A blog is already relating [...]

Studypond

Feb 08, 2008 at 06:14PM

Source: Pinyin Practice

Studypond is an interesting website. They have a good tag line: Making Mandarin Manageable. A reporter on NPR the other day mentioned that television sure likes its alliterations, and I suspect the web does as well (this site is no exception). I like the idea of language partners and tutors. Doesn’t look like there are [...]

Chop Widget

Feb 06, 2008 at 06:14PM

Source: Pinyin Practice

Must give a shout-out to Eric O. from Primezero for all his efforts in helping me set up the Pinyin Practice Chop on the left (just below the poll). It’s available for WordPress and for iGoogle and any webpage or blog really. Just grab what you need from his download page. Or you might just [...]

Amusing school work

Feb 03, 2008 at 02:05PM

Source: Pinyin Practice

The Opposites of Chinese characters Originally uploaded by Joseph S. Huang For those still working on characters. The directions for the activity say “write the opposite character… 8 points”. This clever kid wrote them upside down. Partial credit?

activechinese.com

Jan 12, 2008 at 03:06PM

Source: Pinyin Practice

There are several examples of their curriculum on Youtube. Just search for activechinese.

Hao Jiu Mei Post

Dec 22, 2007 at 10:08PM

Source: Pinyin Practice

I’ve been away from posting here for a while. Just too wrapped up in the rest of life. Bought a small farm, blogging about that some. But it’s the holidays and I ought to give a little. So here is a site I found recently. Ting - Games and Stories Some of the games are sweet. [...]

Oops. Site’s back

Jun 06, 2007 at 11:13PM

Source: Pinyin Practice

Not sure what happened. We are in process of moving house and the site renewal was set to automatic, and that worked as it should have. But then somehow the site became “unparked.” Does anyone know how to say “unparked” in Chinese? I sure don’t, but I’d be interested to know. Maybe something with fan [...]

Generational Learning Styles

Apr 26, 2007 at 02:51PM

Source: Pinyin Practice

I’m reading Generational Learning Styles by Julie Coates. It’s pretty interesting. Her summation of learning theories over the past century was quick and accessible. The cyclical trends of generations and nature of their learning preferences is compelling. I do wonder if there might be a tendency to accept one’s generation’s behaviors much like we associate [...]

Hundi Dundi

Mar 16, 2007 at 01:22AM

Source: Pinyin Practice

It’s Humpty Dumpty from Alice in Wonderland translated and presented side by side with English and GR. It’s great. And while you are there be sure to check out other features of Mark Swofford’s Pinyin.info site.

Colors

Mar 03, 2007 at 01:18AM

Source: Pinyin Practice

I added a little three-step color learning component to the more page. If you have colors to practice, give it a try.