Introducing ChineseLevel – Test your Chinese Reading
Ah, the digital age is upon us. I think Chinese learning, and language learning in general is getting very exciting lately. It became even more exciting, when I received a tweet, this weekend, from an acquaintance studying in Taiwan at the moment. His wife went with me on my trip to Beijing in 2009. Without further ado, I [...]
Chinese Rage Comics
If you spend as much time on the Internet as I do, you might have come across Rage Comics. It started on 4chan, became hugely popular on reddit and is now hitting mainstream via sites like 9gag. It features a homogenous group of “characters” and people create their own stories or “rages” using an online editor. [...]
Pinyin Sudoku
I found this blog somehow through a blogroll grapevine, which very cleverly combines Chinese and Math Puzzles: Pinyin Sudoku. The author posts Sudoku puzzles made up of similar sounding characters. So not only do you get to learn the differences in homophones, but you also bust your brain doing Sudoku puzzles. Check out this out [...]
Doing SRS the fun way
Ok, so after my post detailing my failures in using SRS, I’ve got some excellent feedback! Makes me just realize how great the online Mandarin learning community is. So, here’s the dealio: I was doing it wrong. Well that’s at least my view of it. I’m going to test this now. Jacob, Peckish Laowai and [...]
Revisiting SRS and Flashcards
I’ve always found SRS systems (like Anki and Skritter) and flashcards an interesting addition to language learning. Many people seem use to it to great success, but somewhere along this language learning continuum, SRS and Flashcards just fail with me. Don’t get me wrong. I did the research. It can work, if you allow it [...]
