Mandarin From the Ground Up
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Mandarin From the Ground Up
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Daily Practice (Normal Speed) - S3 - Lesson 08
After listening to Season 3, Lesson 08, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking six minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the mate...
S3 ~ 08 ~ The front desk is responsible 櫃台負責配合客人！
Show notes:
Lesson Outline:
Magic Phrase (4-2)
This phrase is composed entirely of words that use the 4-2 tone pair. W...
Daily Practice (Normal Speed) - S3 - Lesson 07
After listening to Season 3, Lesson 07, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking six minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the mate...
S3 ~ 07 ~ Handsome brother goes to work 帥哥上班
Lesson Outline:
Magic Phrase (4-1)
This phrase is composed entirely of words that use the 4-1 tone pair. We use it to practice iden...
Daily Practice (Slow Speed) - S3 - Lesson 06
SLOW SPEED VERSION
After listening to Season 3, Lesson 06, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking ten minutes a day to practice listeni...
Daily Practice (Normal Speed) - S3 - Lesson 06
After listening to Season 3, Lesson 06, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking ten minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the mate...
S3 ~ 06 ~ The subway is leaking! 地鐵漏水！
The long-awaited episode 06 is finally here! This lesson's dialogue is longer than usual, so let's get right to it.
Lesson Outline:
Daily Practice (Slow Speed) - S3 - Lesson 05
SLOW VERSION
After listening to Season 3, Lesson 05, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking eight minutes a day to practice listening...
Daily Practice (Normal Speed) - S3 - Lesson 05
After listening to Season 3, Lesson 05, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking five minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the mat...
S3 ~ 05 ~ Forget the past 忘記過去
We can't understand a language outside the context of the people who live it and speak it. A human language cannot be contained in an artifact like a...
Daily Practice (Slow Speed) - S3 - Lesson 04
After listening to Season 3, Lesson 04, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking a few minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the ma...
Daily Practice (Normal Speed) - S3 - Lesson 04
After listening to Season 3, Lesson 04, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking five minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the mat...
S3 ~ 04 ~ The park is extremely safe 公園非常安全
Be mindful of how you're feeling when you practice these lessons. Are you feeling excited and energized? Tired and doubtful? Distracted? Focused? With...
Daily Practice Session - S3 - Lesson 03
After listening to Season 3, Lesson 03, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking five minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the mat...
S3 ~ 03 ~ Dangerous horse riding 拿起啤酒騎馬危險！
Today's tone pair, 2-3, is easily confused with the one we learned in episode one, 3-2. Today we'll spend some time practicing differentiating between...
Daily Practice Session - S3 - Lesson 02
After listening to Season 3, Lesson 02, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking five minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the mat...
S3 ~ 02 ~ Supermarkets need music 超市需要音樂！
Let's learn another tone pair! Can you hear which one it is?
Learning the pronunciation of a foreign language can sometimes feel strange, even...
Daily Practice Session - S3 - Lesson 01
After listening to Season 3, Lesson 01, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking five minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the mat...
S3 ~ 01 ~ American strawberries on sale 美國草莓打折！
Welcome back for Season 3! In this series, we are going to do a deep dive on the tones in Mandarin.
We covered tones briefly in Season 1, Episo...
S2 ~ 17 ~ 你人真好！Part 2 + Season Finale!
Let's hear a line-by-line translation of the dialogue from lesson 16.
This is the final lesson of Season 2 -- a milestone for both of us. Congra...
Daily Practice Session - S2 - Lesson 16
After listening to Season 2, Lesson 16, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking five minutes a day to practice listening to and imitating the...
S2 ~ 16 ~ 你人真好！You're so kind.
In this lesson, we get to hear the last dialogue in Season 2! Mrs. Kang (康太太) goes to get dinner ready, leaving Xiao Li, A-Ming, and Lili to talk....
S2 ~ 15 ~ 你這樣太辛苦了！Part 2 + Questions
Let's hear a line-by-line translation of the dialogue from lesson 14, and then practice with a Q&A.
At the end of the lesson, I suggest that yo...
Daily Practice Session - S2 - Lesson 14
After listening to Season 2, Lesson 14, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking five minutes a day to practice listening to and imitating the...
S2 ~ 14 ~ 你這樣太辛苦了！You're working too hard!
新年快樂！Happy Lunar New Year! In honor of the new year, this dialogue involves lots and lots and lots of food, prepared by Mrs. Kang (康太太). Can y...
S2 ~ 13 ~ 不要被嚇到！Part 2
Welcome back! After a long, unplanned break, we're back to finish out Season 2 once and for all. Let's finally find out what happens to Xiao Li (L) an...
Daily Practice Session - S2 - Lesson 12
After listening to S02 Lesson 12, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking five minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the dialogue....
S2 ~ 12 ~ 不要被嚇到！Don't be scared!
In this new dialogue, Mrs. Kang (康太太) arrives with the water and something else that Xiao-Li (小李) hasn't seen before. And she receives a surprise...
S2 ~ 11 ~ 你要提醒我啦！Part 2 + Curiosity
I talk about the importance of curiosity as fuel, and then we'll hear the line-by-line translation of the dialogue from Lesson 10.
Lesson Outlin...
Daily Practice Session - S2 - Lesson 10
After listening to S02 Lesson 10, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking five minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the dialogue....
S2 ~ 10 ~ 你要提醒我啦！You've got to remind me!
Xiao-Li (小李) goes to get some water at Mrs. Kang's (康太太) house, but it seems that something else is on her mind...
Lesson Outline:
Wo...
S2 ~ 09 ~ 趕快進來坐！Part 2 + Questions
We'll hear the line-by-line translation of the dialogue from S02 Episode 8, and then we'll further reinforce the vocabulary and practice answering som...
Daily Practice Session - S2 - Lesson 08
After listening to S02 Lesson 08, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking four minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the dialogue....
S2 ~ 08 ~ 趕快進來坐！Come on in!
Xiao-Li (小李) and A-Ming (阿明) are on the way to the convenience store when they run into an unexpected obstacle.
Lesson Outline:
S2 ~ 07 ~ 冰箱是空的！Part 2 + Questions
We'll hear the line-by-line translation of the dialogue from S02 Episode 06, and then we'll further reinforce the vocabulary and practice answering so...
Daily Practice Session - S2 - Lesson 06
After listening to S02 Lesson 6, start reinforcing what you've learned by taking three minutes a day to practice listening and imitating the dialogue....
S2 ~ 06 ~ 冰箱是空的！+ Letting Yourself Explore
Learning a new language can become a gateway to exploring an undiscovered side of yourself. Find out how in this lesson. In the dialogue, Xiao-Li (小...
S2 ~ 05 ~ 怎麼辦？Part 2 + Interviewing in Mandarin
One fun, engaging way you can give your Mandarin learning a boost is by conducting interviews with your Mandarin-speaking language parents, friends, o...
Daily Practice Session - S2 - Lesson 04
README: How to use this recording
You'll hear the dialogue from Episode 4 twice.
The first time, there will be a short pause after each l...
S2 ~ 04 ~ 怎麼辦？+ Finding Your Language Parents
What makes a good language parent, and how do you find one? In this episode I share some tips based on my own language learning experience. In the dia...