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| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5957 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes  Studies: Mandarin | Message 17 of 33 17 September 2010 at 10:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
Well, newbies are sometimes overly enthused about particular name brand material. Just think of how many people have raved about using XYZ even though they've never used it themselves. So I would prefer giving this person the benefit of the doubt at this point. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7119 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian | Message 18 of 33 18 September 2010 at 2:01am | IP Logged | |||||
OK, but to dismiss the wealth of excellent Chinese resources out there is wrong. I also want to add one more resource to the list: 'A Key To Chinese Speech And Writing' Vol I and II with cassettes by Sinolingua 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| schoenewaelder Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5558 days ago 759 posts - 1197 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 19 of 33 18 September 2010 at 2:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't know anything about chinese, but I have noticed that the big name pods do have an awful lot of English blathering on them, even for their advanced lessons. I guess it's because the internet relies on people stumbling accross them who can't really speak the target languages, but need to be sucked in. I wouldn't mind so much if the blathering was about the language, or learning, but it's just such woodenly scripted banter. Even the "ums" and "ers" are scripted in. Of course, I am a miserable old bugger which doesn't help.
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| fireflies Senior Member Joined 5179 days ago 172 posts - 234 votes Speaks: English* | Message 20 of 33 18 September 2010 at 4:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Has anyone tried Chinese Link?
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| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5957 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 21 of 33 18 September 2010 at 4:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
I have no idea what this refers to. I was responding to the insinuation that a newbie might be here to push a particular product. Edited by Snowflake on 18 September 2010 at 4:49pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7119 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian | Message 22 of 33 18 September 2010 at 9:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
Chinesepod.com is by far the best resource for learning Mandarin. Don't waste your time on the other stuff. That last sentence does more than infer that all other products for learning Chinese are worthless...does it not? Good luck with your language studies: I imagine the climb might be quite steep! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5957 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 23 of 33 20 September 2010 at 9:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Chris, I really feel that we are missing each other. My comments were in reference to the insinuation that sugizo is on this forum solely to promote Chinesepod, period.
Thanks for wishing me luck. Good studying to you too. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Welltravelled Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5860 days ago 46 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 24 of 33 22 September 2010 at 9:46am | IP Logged | |||||
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What would you guys say the best stepping stones prior to Chinese Pod would be and in what order?
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