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Peeling Mandarin: September 2007
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An Irishman trying to learn Chinese. This is where I plot my progress (or lack of it) and share any insights into the process. Sunday, September 23, 2007. Sometimes these opportunities will arise accidentally, and in fact temptations are on the increase. Over at chinesepod. There's a new grammar link on each lesson that shows bite-sized (guilt-free) theory behind some of the practice. Nice. And sitting on the stack of books I keep beside my bed, there's a Chinese grammar book. Links to this post. Or ' Wh...
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Peeling Mandarin: May 2007
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An Irishman trying to learn Chinese. This is where I plot my progress (or lack of it) and share any insights into the process. Wednesday, May 30, 2007. A brief one: I just read this article. Links to this post. Sunday, May 27, 2007. Who chooses the names? There was a thread. Recently on Chinesepod about students' Chinese names - usually students get Chinese names from their teachers or friends, based on a phonetic transliteration of their own Western names. For example my own is bu lan deng. Allowing for...
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Peeling Mandarin: My Aunt's Constipation
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An Irishman trying to learn Chinese. This is where I plot my progress (or lack of it) and share any insights into the process. Sunday, September 02, 2007. There's a scene from Madagascar. When Alex the Lion, after listening to a garbled New York subway announcement asks of his companions Did it just say "Grand Central Station", or "my aunt's constipation"? This is the standing joke at home now. When we soon. The nice man either said:. The bus going to the Summer Palace or. Plans for the Last Lap.
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Peeling Mandarin: The Study Process
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An Irishman trying to learn Chinese. This is where I plot my progress (or lack of it) and share any insights into the process. Monday, October 01, 2007. As perhaps previously mentioned, I'm a software engineer. In fact my main responsibility is as the architect of my company's software development processes. There are some parallels between constructing a successful software development process, and constructing a workable study process which I'd like to outline. The parallels are as follows:. But they a...
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Peeling Mandarin: July 2007
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An Irishman trying to learn Chinese. This is where I plot my progress (or lack of it) and share any insights into the process. Monday, July 30, 2007. Do I smell of principled radish? Over the last couple of weeks I've seen a perfume for sale in Italian shops. It seems to have a Japanese name (can't quite remember - four syllables with 'ake' at the end), but it also boasts some hanzi as a prominent part of its title:. Links to this post. Thursday, July 05, 2007. ChinesePod Practice Plan: Day One. That Ken...
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Peeling Mandarin: June 2007
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An Irishman trying to learn Chinese. This is where I plot my progress (or lack of it) and share any insights into the process. Friday, June 08, 2007. I apologize in advance: Another 'joke'. You will understand, that all this in done in the interests of furthering the total sum of Chinese knowledge. If humour has to suffer in the process, well, so be it. 医生，我的老公跛是因为他的右腿比左腿长。如果你是他，你会怎么做？". Thanks to liping, and apologies to everyone else. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Peeling Mandarin: Plans for the Last Lap
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An Irishman trying to learn Chinese. This is where I plot my progress (or lack of it) and share any insights into the process. Sunday, September 02, 2007. Plans for the Last Lap. It less than 4 months now till touchdown in Beijing. Or ' What the hell was the last 2 years study all about? My plan is Revision Revision and Revision (the three 'R's). I will expose myself (nooooo, not thaaaaat way silly) to as many different source of spoken Chinese as possible (I loved this stuff. Wishing you the best of luc...
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Peeling Mandarin: Chinese Learning Process, Level Two: Processes
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An Irishman trying to learn Chinese. This is where I plot my progress (or lack of it) and share any insights into the process. Monday, October 08, 2007. Chinese Learning Process, Level Two: Processes. I ran out of words when it came to naming this level. By Processes. I mean the habits and routines that we form on top of our infrastructure. Or workbench. They can be pretty mindless, in the sense they are things to do, rather than things to think about. What do you do? Only then will I have a chance to tr...
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Peeling Mandarin: Listening to Chinese: An observation
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An Irishman trying to learn Chinese. This is where I plot my progress (or lack of it) and share any insights into the process. Thursday, May 10, 2007. Listening to Chinese: An observation. I hope this observation isn't so obvious as to be uninteresting:. There are two ways to listen to a Chinese sentence. Both have their value, but they are completely different experiences. Listening to a sentence without knowing what the sentence means. Listening to the sentence after finding out what sentence means.
