Require br. material up to ch. 15 has been posted on the Chinese, Pinyin, & English Require Br. page. Previously, only material up to ch. 14 was available.
I will work to get ch. 16 finished as soon as possible so that this Require br. material can finally be complete.
Someone just sent me this link to a great Wikipedia article on Chinese measure words:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_measure_word
It contains tables of measure words with columns for Traditional characters, Simplified characters, pinyin, Cantonese Yale romanization, and main uses.
What is Wikipedia? There is an explanation in their introduction. Of course, such an openly collaborative environment can be abused by some, especially in this world, but it can often heal itself, at least to a degree, and many have found Wikipedia to be at least one useful source of information on many things.
I have recently come across a couple of interesting blogs written by fellow students of Chinese, who happen to be from Florida, USA. Here are the links, along with some excerpts from their About pages:
http://stephenanddianna.com/
“This website is dedicated to providing useful information for preparing, traveling and living in Taiwan. Hopefully, this online blog will answer alot of questions and mysteries about living in Taiwan. Plus we wanted a way to keep in touch with our family and friends. Send us an email if you’d like and just drop a comment. We hope you can live and enjoy this experience with us.”
http://pandagator.info/blog/
“This blog is dedicated to those learning Mandarin Chinese. Learning another language is not just about vocabulary and grammar, it’s also about the people who speak it. Their language is inextricably tied in with their history, their food, and their land.
“I also write about my own experience learning Mandarin as someone who lives on the other side of the world in Florida, USA. I comment on the unique challenges this sometimes presents.”
(Note that there is other content on this site besides the blog. It is listed in the Blogroll section on the right.)
The audio files for all of Eze. have been posted to the NWT Audio Files page, which has been revamped a little to better accommodate leaving links to older files there as well.
The audio files for La. 1-5 have been posted to the NWT Audio Files page.
The one supplying the files has decided to set the speed of the speech in them to the weighted average of the preferences expressed so far in our little poll in the Slow or Smooth? post. Any others who wish to express their preference may still do so there.
Require br. material up to ch. 14 has been posted on the Chinese, Pinyin, & English Require Br. page. Previously, only material up to ch. 13 was available.
A version of the Great Teacher book with Simplified characters and pinyin is now available from the Publications (Mandarin) page. Many thanks to those who helped make this available.
The plan is for there to eventually be material for this book with added English as well, for those who prefer that, but at this point it is uncertain when it will begin to become available.