Just a reminder that if the discussion seems a little slow here it is probably because we are posting in the Conversation sections of the LanguagePod sites and on our own blogs. If you are interested in joining the discussions:
Ken Carroll blogs at Here Comes Everybody
John Pasden blogs at the legendary Sinosplice
JP Villanueva blogs at […]
original article @ The MASIE Center
Language Learning by iPod: An Emerging Model
by Hank Horkoff and Jonathan M. Kayes
As podcasting becomes ubiquitous in the world of e-learning, it can bring us almost anything from investment tips, to interviews with leading authors some of which are fabulous and others have you reaching for your MP3 player to […]
An article in Sunday’s Times discussing distance language learning (with an excellent photo of one of our students - Mike Kuiack - as well). Check it out »
With the Hanban partnering with ChinesePod to develop the Online Confucius Institute, we have been encouraging them to be a lot more collaborative with the people who will use the site - that is, you. For reference, the last attempt at a domain name was “Linese”, or short for living in Chinese.
Please let us […]
We are big believers in language learning as a social process. That said, we do take a different approach than some of the other leading, language social network verticals (e.g. LiveMocha, Mango Languages, Shanghai-based iTalki, etc). While they tend to put the emphasis on making connections first and then introducing the language learning content after, […]
We are busy planning a number of features to help regional groups of Chinese & Spanish language learners get together. So, I thought it might be a good time to review our current top cities.
ChinesePod Top 10 Cities
Shanghai
Beijing
London
Singapore
Sydney
Chengdu
New York
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Melbourne
SpanishPod Top 10 Cities
London
New York
Bogota
Washington
Melbourne
Sydney
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Madrid
Houston
Please let us know if you have any ideas or requests […]
This week the Chinese Hanban (China’s equivalent to the British Council, Alliance Française, Goethe-Institut, etc) invited ChinesePod up to Beijing to attend the second annual Confucius Institute Conference. A group of us braved the snow in Beijing and introduced ChinesePod to the global network of Confucius Institutes.
More on the conference can be found here:
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6316507.html
We were informed this week that ChinesePod is featured in a recently published book titled “Why Buy the Cow?”. The interview was done over a year ago (says a lot about the publishing industry), but the words still ring true:
ChinesePod’s business model threatens the industry incumbents because it re-arranges the supply chain. The company is […]
Just a quick note for anyone that will be in Amsterdam on September 28th. I will be representing ChinesePod at the China Language Bridge at PICNIC’07.
From the Event Brochure (PDF):
As China’s Economy is growing rapidly, cultural exchange between the Western World and China is flourishing. However, one of the largest barriers is language. New […]
With the launch of our new players to syndicated ChinesePod/SpanishSense lessons on your own blog, website, etc. (see SpanishSense now and ChinesePod on Thursday), it seemed appropriate to use Google Maps newly released embeddable map for ourselves. If you have ever wondered where the Praxis Language office is in Shanghai:
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