Are you well? What is the woman doing? As you noticed, the order of the rest of the words in the sentence remain the same. Where is the boy? What color is the car? What is the woman eating? Okay so let's repeat that again. This telephone is not red, it's black. In this section we will learn how to ask for something or make a request. This is very common, such as in restaurants wherein we ask for a plate or a drink. Please pass me the spoon! This is just a short introduction to Chinese Mandarin.
L-Lingo follows a similar approach like the L-Ceps Personaltrainer but is a full online web application - it just runs in your browser! Learn Chinese Mandarin. Learn Chinese Mandarin Lessons. Lesson 1: Introduction. Lesson 2: Food I. Lesson 3: Numbers At the very least the current service will be available for another 2 years. Anyone 18 or over university research restrictions I am continuing to develop new functionalities, and will be increasingly using more sophisticated machine learning as time goes by.
Learner input into what they like or want is very important, and any new ideas will be considered for implementation! I am using the system myself for learning Chinese, so I am one learner I have been listening to a lot so far Scanning your post and having a quick look at your website and I mean quick , it looks like you might be doing something cool, and something I'd be interested in being involved in.
I will say that the amount of reading required to have any real idea of what you're doing is putting me off. I love reading but I don't want to have to read thousands of words just to know if it's worth my time to even look into. I signed up for an account without reading anything in detail. The "initialising" process for the web app takes a few minutes and is somehow exciting because websites almost never need to initialise.
Going into the site web app, but I'll call it a site , the UI is clean and seems to have been thoughtfully done and seems to have the potential to be something good.
I guess I will have to do some reading and playing around to figure out what to do next. I agree with Mark: the above applies to your instructions about the program! Your introduction is WAY too longwinded if you want to draw people in. Think about how to answer the following questions in half a page or less, with let's say two screen shots:. And best if you can say the above in language that doesn't sound like a bunch of hot air or like everyone else's language-learning pitch.
This is hard - but essential. One thing is that it doesn't seem to have any content, so I couldn't see what the actual reader is like, or if it even exists yet. Mostly what there is is a menu, with names obscured by a "obes" suffix that seems to have been added to every menu item. I would love to do that but no matter how hard I try, it is either long, hot air or both! The problem is that the software already does lots because it should follow you everywhere.
It should provide both content and active learning exercises. Most people seem to want to push single-use stuff they can market and monetise - my interest is something people can use over several years, evolving with them as their language competencies develop in many different contexts.
That means not just one exam, but all exams and then further study, work or life in a language. So how to pitch that? Tools for living in a language? That already sounds like hot air! It is currently BYOC bring your own content.
The browser plugin also requiring a 10 minute "install" unfortunately Any epub so novels, etc. I am a little hamstrung being associated with a university, as some of the sites that provide free content might not be only providing freely downloadable content, so I can't include those unfortunately I hope it's all open source to be able to integrate into content platforms later but that will only ever be possible if there are lots of users.
There should never be any lock-in - I think that is the absolute opposite of what education should be I'm not nearly so fussed about it elsewhere, just in education There are a LOT of complex theoretical aspects to the project technical and "waffly, social science stuff".
For example, one major driver is a variant of Zoltan Dornyei's "Imagined Future L2 Self" for allowing rich, learner-driven L2 identity development. I'm pretty sure the LingQ guys aren't on that level though!
I skimmed your "get started as intermediate" page and its far too verbose. I know you don't have unlimited resources to hire copywriters and graphic designers though. Right: The text only has a few unknown words, and the person begins reading the text as its at suitable level.
AntonOfTheWoods could you please give us bullet points what it does and how it compares to existing programmes or apps? The online Mandarin Chinese lessons we provided certainly not assisting you to be an advanced Chinese speaker.
It is recommended that you learn from formal Chinese language training schools such as Chinese language programs provided by universities in China if you want to further study in Chinese speaking, listening, writing and reading skills. In order to be fluent in Mandarin Chinese, average foreign students spend two years four semesters in full-time Chinese language program. Online Mandarin Chinese Lessons. FluentU has a wide range of contemporary videos—like dramas, TV shows, commercials and music videos.
FluentU brings these native Chinese videos within reach via interactive captions. You can tap on any word to instantly look it up.
All words have carefully written definitions and examples that will help you understand how a word is used. Tap to add words you'd like to review to a vocab list. FluentU's Learn Mode turns every video into a language learning lesson. You can always swipe left or right to see more examples for the word you're learning. The best part is that FluentU always keeps track of your vocabulary.
Start using FluentU on the website with your computer or tablet or, better yet, download the FluentU app from the iTunes or Google Play store. If you liked this post, something tells me that you'll love FluentU, the best way to learn Chinese with real-world videos.
There are many free e-books available online, and most of those that are not free are still very inexpensive compared to hard copy books. Many public libraries even have digital libraries now, where you can check out e-books for a period of time for free, just as you would with a hard copy. You can take your books with you anywhere, on an e-reader, laptop or even smartphone, and read while you commute.
They provide in-context learning. Regular reading practice reviews words you already know, helping to ingrain them in your memory. Reading also pushes you to learn new words, idioms and expressions in context, which is more memorable than studying from plain lists. Additionally, e-books can be published faster than paper books, which allows for the most current information to be read and used for learning.
They work well with other context-heavy resources like FluentU. FluentU can take the vocabulary you learn from e-books and show you even more examples of usage in context, along with visuals and audio.
0コメント