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| genini1 Senior Member United States Joined 5287 days ago 114 posts - 161 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 9 of 33 08 December 2009 at 2:49am | IP Logged |
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How's My Chinese Coach? I've been thinking about picking it up for DS and just playing around with it.
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| Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6385 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 10 of 33 08 December 2009 at 7:33pm | IP Logged |
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@ genini1--I like it to play with, the good/bad part is that when you're doing the "multiple choice", for instance, some of the answers are in pinyin, and some are in simplified Chinese. And the characters are very small. So far, and I'm only on lesson 3, it's been fairly easy to figure out--only because either it's the only Chinese character choice and the other are obviously not correct, or one has a question mark or something. And I'm not totally familiar with the characters yet. It might be easier as I memorize more of the characters, but it is still fun.
And I like the part where you can write the characters and compare to the original, I just wish it went slower so you can see the order of the strokes easier. But is does help with learning the characters. It also lets you practice your pronunciation, and record your voice. That's a nice tool. I don't think it would work as your only teaching tool, but as a fun addition, I like it. It's easy to take along and pull out when you have to spend some time waiting, you can practice your writing, and it does tell you a little about China at the beginning of each lesson, which I find interesting. I got mine for $15, and for what it is, I think it was worth the money I spent. I believe it's even cheaper now. Hope this helps. Edited by Marj on 08 December 2009 at 7:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6385 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 11 of 33 21 December 2009 at 1:50am | IP Logged |
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Over the last two weeks, I've dabbled in Spanish, Esperanto, French, German, Mandarin and Irish.
Esperanto--2.5 hours. I've done some lessons onine, and one lesson in the lessons I downloaded. Really enjoying this. Irish--.5 hours (one Pimsleur lesson) Mandarin--1 hour (playing on my DS with my Chinese Coach) Can't remember what level I am on now. French--.25 hours, did a online lesson. Spanish--3 hours. I started with Mi Vida Loca, did 3 lessons. Also did lessons on my DS, with My Spanish Coach. I'm a second grader now. German--.5 hours. Did lesson one (newbie), in GermanPod101. I actually surprised myself, as I knew what all of the words/phrases meant when I heard them, although I didn't think I knew any German at all. I must have picked up some, living near and shopping in a German-American town in Michigan, where quite a few of the inhabitants still speak German in their family home. We'll see how the next lesson goes. Still having a good time trying out different languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6385 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 12 of 33 27 December 2009 at 8:58pm | IP Logged |
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Update for Dec. 21-27.
My husband for Christmas got me Instant Immersion Mandarin and Italian, so I will be playing with those over the next few weeks (or months). What I've done for the last week. Mandarin--1 hour playing on my new Instant Immersion Mandarin. I hadn't tried this program before, not sure how it's going to work for me, but willing to give it a try for a few weeks at least to see. French--.5 hours. Started reading Agatha Christie's Nemesis in French. Love Agatha Christie, so thought this would be fun. Don't know all the words, but can get the gist of the sentence most of the time. And I already know the story, so that makes it a little easier. Spanish--2 hours. Did lessons on my DS, with My Spanish Coach. Fourth grader now. German--.5 hours. Did lesson 2(newbie), in GermanPod101. Italian--1 hour. Just playing with my new Instant Immersion Italian. Esperanto--None this week. Irish--None. Russian--Didn't even look at the book. Only a total of 5 hours this week, which isn't bad. Didn't do anything on Dec 24th and 25th, had the entire family over for Christmas. Edited by Marj on 26 January 2010 at 10:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6385 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 13 of 33 26 January 2010 at 10:19pm | IP Logged |
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Update for Dec. 28-Jan 3.
Mandarin--Did nothing this week. French--Nothing in French, either. Spanish--2 hours. Did lessons on my DS, with My Spanish Coach for an hour or so. Also did an hour with Rocket Spanish. German--No German this week. Italian--Started playing with my new Instant Immersion Italian again, spent about 30 minutes on it. Esperanto--Didn't do anything with this. Irish--Didn't do a thing with Irish this week. Russian--Didn't do anything this week. Only a total of 2.5 hours this week, which isn't bad. Spent a lot of time visiting with family, and very little doing language studies. Edited by Marj on 26 January 2010 at 10:39pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6385 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 14 of 33 26 January 2010 at 10:26pm | IP Logged |
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Update for Jan 4-10.
Mandarin--Did nothing this week. French--Read a little in Agatha Christie's Nemesis in French. Only spent half an hour on it. Spanish--Nothing this week in Spanish. Just wasn't in the mood for Spanish at all. German--Did about half an hour of German lessons online. I'm kind of liking this, may have to spend more time with German. Italian--Nothing this week. Esperanto--None this week. Irish--Took the CDs in the house, thinking I would work on them, but didn't. Russian--Didn't do anything this week. Only a total of one hour this week. I just wasn't in the mood most of the week to study. Edited by Marj on 26 January 2010 at 10:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6385 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 15 of 33 26 January 2010 at 10:31pm | IP Logged |
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Update for Jan.11-17.
Mandarin--Did 2.75 hours this week. All of in Instant Immersion, over several days. I don't know that I'm learning a lot, but it is interesting. French--Nothing in French. Spanish--1 hour. Did lessons on my DS, with My Spanish Coach for an hour or so. German--No German this week. Italian--No Italian this week. Esperanto--None this week. Irish--Didn't work on this at all. Need to put the CD's back in the car. Russian--Didn't do anything this week. Only a total of 3.75 hours this week, which isn't bad, but I hope to do better. Edited by Marj on 26 January 2010 at 10:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Marj Senior Member United States Joined 6385 days ago 257 posts - 283 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 16 of 33 26 January 2010 at 10:34pm | IP Logged |
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Update for Jan.18-24.
Mandarin--No Mandarin this week. French--Nothing in French. Spanish--2.75 hours. Did lessons on my DS, with My Spanish Coach. I'm now a 7th grader. German--No German this week. Italian--No Italian this week. Esperanto--None this week. Irish--Didn't do anything with this at all. Russian--Didn't do anything this week. Edited by Marj on 26 January 2010 at 10:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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