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DrWatson -
That is a good idea! I know it will be hard and my vocabulary is really small but I think it would
help just to listen to Mandarin more often.
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Luobot -
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I'm probably not a *normal* user though.
Actually, I think you probably are more the norm for someone who is outside of China and trying to
learn the language independently. Since you don't hear the language all the time in the normal
course of your daily life, and you're not forced to respond to someone in real time terms, it's
difficult to develop good listening skills. Portable audio is a good solution.
I also agree with Calibre on venturing out. No single podcast will make you fluent, so it's a good
idea to try a variety of input sources.
Another one worth listening to is the Chinese Voices Project. These audio essays are intended to
be used with Clavis Sinica's software (which is for "reading and reference") but they also stand
as gems on their own.
roddy -
If you're looking for native-level podcast stuff, don't miss this discussion. I'd particularly
look at 德国之声 as it's got a nice headlines + news bit at the start which is a bite-sized 5
to 10 minutes, and often has magazine-type general interest content.
mikeedward -
CSLpod is my favourite.. especially the level 3 intermediate lessons. They have full transcripts
with extra example sentences, none of the chattiness that chinesepod has, and are pure chinese..
they're about 8 minutes long each but I cut off the beginning and end redundant intros which
brings them down to about 6.5 minutes. I then listen to them over and over, and re-read the
transcript over and over as well, as well as mimic the speaker. They're not the balanced mix of
english/chinese that you may be looking for, but they will really boost your comprehension and
everything else pretty fast if you work hard with them.
ipsi() -
CSLPod is interesting, but I really need the transcripts. The problem I have is that I can't
process what they're saying fast enough to be able to understand what they're saying. I also don't
have a huge vocabulary, to the point where I don't know most of the words. Or at least, enough of
the words that I could give you even the gist of what they're saying.
I'd love to be able to read the transcript first, figure out what it means, and then listen to it
and see if I can understand it when it's spoken aloud. That, or just check out the new words
they're using, and then listen to it. Not all their lessons have enough information for me to be
able to do that. .
Luobot -
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just check out the new words they're using, and then listen to it.
That's exactly my strategy with CLO.
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