#mandari
Podcasts are simply the best way to squeeze in study time into busy schedules. Doing any sport, doing groceries, walking to/from school and work, extra time can be squeezed in (I always think back to the analogy with the stones, pebbles, sand and water in a cup, remember that post by Hacking Chinese?).
Below is some Intermediate to advanced appropriate listening material. If you have any suggestions don’t hesitate to contact me!
By the way, I am thinking of creating an Instagram account, is that anything you are interested in? Let me know!!
Podcast software/Apps:
Stitcher, Spotify and Ximalaya all have mobile apps and desktop versions for easy syncing.
Podcast Shows:
Ximalaya Podcasts:
- 青春逗[this show is presented by two 海归 (Chinese returnees, i.e. two Chinese who have lived abroad and come back to China), therefore they sometimes mix English words within the podcast. It is a contempary topic discussion podcast, spoken in natural language between the two presenters and sometimes a third guest] https://www.ximalaya.com/shishang/18796952/
- Linda讲故事 [naturally spoken language, one person retelling a story, natural and unscripted] https://www.ximalaya.com/qinggan/29392148/
- 健康生活100问 [has a question about nutrition and it answers the question in 3-5 minute short episodes, for example ‘is MSG really bad for health?’, 'which is healthier, cow milk or soy milk?’] https://www.ximalaya.com/jiankang/18734760/
- 故事FM [each episode has a different person come to tell their story about some kind of topic, such as being abused, quitting a 'top school’, and other stories that tell lives of very ordinary people but presents a picture of lives of ordinary chinese people with a story to tell. It’s also spoken in natural, unscripted language with a host] https://www.ximalaya.com/toutiao/7878702/
- 失眠小姐[Short 3-5 minute 'life advice’ to soft background music] https://www.ximalaya.com/qinggan/292190/
- 唐诗三百首 [Learn the 300 Tang Poems] https://www.ximalaya.com/ertong/16479532/
- Kaela的中文广播 Learn Chinese with Kaela [a naturally spoken podcast presented by Kaela, transcripts for the show found at https://gaerdan.wordpress.com/ https://www.ximalaya.com/jiaoyu/16634873/
Stitcher Podcasts:
Simply search the below podcasts in your podcast app
Misc Podcast Websites:
These podcasts you can access through the podcast website (the ones with *s are ones I have used and are very good, its worth spending time on the website, you can download the MP3s to your phone)
o https://www.slow-chinese.com/podcast/*
o http://justlearnchinese.com/mini-novels/
o https://mandarinbean.com/category/advanced/
o http://justlearnchinese.com/category/chinese-short-stories/
Do you have anymore? Please share in the comments!
Long time no post! I have been on my course since September, and the first semester was stressful to say the least. Would you guys like a detailed post on my course? I am currently studying enterprise management (企业管理) master course at Qingdao University. Before I started I couldn’t find any other people online/at my uni doing the master course in Chinese… so I had no other people to reference my experience to which I feel would have been helpful. Would you guys like to know about it?
Anyway onto the post…
Below is a preview of my university course notebook. The page you see is where I put an overview of my classes. You can see I have made a note of what study methods to use, info about exams and homework to do. To organise my homework I created a tag called ‘homework’. For each piece of homework I tag it as such. On the right hand panel you can see my tag summary (to open click home > find tags). I then filter to this notebook. I can then see all my tasks tagged 'homework’ from every page and its now organised as a bit to do list.
This is a closer look at the tags summary.
I also have a tag which is called 'to ask’, this tag is used when I come across something I don’t understand and need help. As you can see below I have tagged some words I don’t understand and need clarification. When I next meet my teacher I can simply go to the tags summary and click on each tag that takes me to a different page. This is powerful as you do not need to remember where you got stuck and look in all pages when you meet your teacher for help.
Lastly I have a tag called 'projects’, this is for mini 'projects’ that I want to learn about outside of my course (for example I want to learn some Tang poems, or studying starsigns in Chinese etc.)
Other tag ideas include
· Exam
· Remember for later (if I am in class I need to make a note.. e.g. add vocab to my pleco etc. but don’t have time, I’ll note it and execute after class)
In daily life I use such tags too (in my 'organiser’ notebook). One note doesn’t just organise my studies.. But my whole life! (if anyone would like some posts about organising in general then let me know.. I could make some posts).
Tags include…
· Groceries
· Recipes
· Wishlist
· TV show to watch
If you have any tag ideas let me know in the comments too :D
