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| LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5573 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian | Message 17 of 25 30 April 2011 at 3:43am | IP Logged |
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The truth is that at the end of the day it is a great time to be a Mandarin learner.
There is just so much content (for English speakers) it's ridiculous. :) Mastery will take years, but there is certainly enough content to get one conversational in a reasonable time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6377 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 18 of 25 17 May 2011 at 5:29am | IP Logged |
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Agreed, there is a lot of great material available.
I've listened to the first 6 lessons of CLO, and I like it a lot. No banter and it's short and sweet so I can fit it into the little time I have in the day to study. Edited by newyorkeric on 17 May 2011 at 5:29am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6377 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 19 of 25 18 May 2011 at 4:57am | IP Logged |
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Thanks for the suggestion Snowflake.
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| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5957 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 20 of 25 18 May 2011 at 5:03am | IP Logged |
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Glad to hear it helped.
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| LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5573 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian | Message 21 of 25 30 June 2012 at 4:02am | IP Logged |
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Hi Guys,
Anyone have any updated thoughts on the podcasts? I was thinking it would be a good time to review our options again, especially since some of the courses have gotten more expensive in the last year or so. 1) ChinesePod Basic Sub. 1yr. $124 Premium 1yr. $249 2) ChineseLearnOnline Superscription 1yr.$149.95 3) PopUpChinese Superscription 1yr.$99.99 4) ChineseClass101 Basic Sub. 1yr. $48 (very basic) Premium 1yr. $120 Premium+ 1yr.$312 5) iMandarinPod* DVD Format Only(?) 3 years of content $96 6) CLSPod* Subscription 1yr. $179.99 7) melnyks.com Subscription 1yr. $127 8) Confucius Institute Online (http://www.chinese.cn/learning/en/) Free P.S. Are there any more good podcasts we may have missed? I'd like something a little less Beijing focused. Either more Standard Mandarin or a little more southern (think Shanghai/Taipei). Beijing is nice, but I'd like to keep things balanced before I decide which accent to try to mimic more. Chinesepod is starting to lean a little more Beijing nowadays from my understanding. Anyone find anything new Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 30 June 2012 at 1:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5957 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 22 of 25 01 July 2012 at 6:54am | IP Logged |
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ChineseLearnOnline can also be purchased by level for working offline. The PDFs, audio lessons and audio dialog only/repeat material is altogether about $60 per level. I've never used their videos and cannot comment on those.
The PopUpChinese premium 1 year subscription is currently on sale for $99.99. There is also a basic subscription which is something like $50. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5573 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian | Message 23 of 25 02 July 2012 at 4:08am | IP Logged |
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Hey Snowflake,
Yeah, I also noticed that they all have different options, but I wanted to try to make them somewhat comparable...so looking at there yearly subscription prices seemed like the best option. Do you have any new feedback on these nowadays? I'm just trying to aim for a neutral accent. Beijing has a bit of heavy "r" use and consonant "slurring" that I'm trying to keep to a minimum. From what I understand, Taipei standard is seen as "soft" and a slight southern/Shanghai is "pleasant/chic" because of it's use in business...any thoughts? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5957 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 24 of 25 04 July 2012 at 2:14am | IP Logged |
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LatinoBoy84...Beijingnese having constant slurring, does this refer to talking super fast or their "abbreviations" such as 明天见 or 明天儿见 becoming mier2 jian4? Edited by Snowflake on 04 July 2012 at 2:20am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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