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Beginning Chinese Class, Term 1 Report 15 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
I had a great time teaching the Beginning Chinese class to the foreign teachers here at Peizheng College last term. I learned a lot and I’m very much looking forward to teaching it again next term. I...
The 5th Skill: Handwriting 14 Aug 2013 | 12:26 pm
WARNING: This article is an explanation of the footnote in my conceptual breakdown of foreign language teaching. It’s really written more for language teachers and testers than learners. Language ins...
Conceptual Breakdown of Foreign Language Teaching 27 Jul 2013 | 06:28 am
A Conceptual Breakdown of Foreign Language Teaching I have the privilege of teaching three different subjects at Peizheng College: English, music, and Chinese (coming soon is a report on how my first...
Blog Bank updated to be Resource Bank 7 Apr 2013 | 06:33 am
Umm… it’s not often that I update something as quickly as I’ve updated my Blog Bank. It was just after I published that last post that I realized I can actually add far more than just blog RSS feeds. ...
“Blog Bank” Replaces iGoogle Page 5 Apr 2013 | 09:55 am
With the upcoming demise of iGoogle (see image above), I’ve decided to explore better options for what used to be the “Learn Chinese” iGoogle Page. The best new thing I’ve found is NetVibes. So I’m ve...
Posters for Teaching Chinese 27 Mar 2013 | 09:39 am
I’ve really been enjoying teaching the Beginning Chinese class here at Peizheng College this term. I’ve got two posters on the wall that I use every time we hold class: Tone Combo Chart Pinyin Chart I...
Why Non-Chinese Make Good Chinese Teachers 24 Feb 2013 | 06:34 am
This semester I’ll be doing something new here at Peizheng College: I’ll be teaching Beginning Chinese to foreign teachers. I’ve long been intrigued by the idea of designing an actual Chinese curricul...
Out of the Blue Vocab Trap 6 Feb 2013 | 11:59 pm
In this post I offer some data, a little rant, and then three stories all meant to encourage us lǎowài-s 老外 not to give up on listening comprehension. I’m often asked, “Is it harder for you to learn C...
faceless Free Until Saturday (for Kindle) 22 Jan 2013 | 10:00 pm
I know, I know. This is (once again) a post NOT about learning Chinese. But it was too cool not to post. I’ll just let my own words from the other website talk for me: “The Kindle thing I’m enrolled i...
faceless Available for Free Kindle Lending 11 Jan 2013 | 07:39 pm
Just a quick note to let you know that the new Kindle version of my novel faceless is out (paperback version here). Besides various little typo corrections, “real page numbers” (based on the print boo...
