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30 May 2011 | 23 Comments
Chinese Learning iPhone App GIVEAWAY: Over $100 In Chinese Iphone Apps
If you aren’t using your iPhone, iPod, or iPad to study Chinese, you should be! Using apps is a great way to expedite learning a new language. In the spirit of getting people to use technology to study Chinese, Tom’s ...
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23 May 2011 | 16 Comments
The Drawbacks of Using Flashcards to Study Chinese Characters
For about the last 4 months, I have been using an iPhone app to study Chinese characters. There’s a good selection of these types of apps available through the App Store, which is great because making hundreds of flashcards is ... -
18 May 2011 | 14 Comments
How American Companies Choose Their Chinese Names
Everyone knows (or at least everyone should know) that when you do business in another country, you don’t go in with the sam plan. You need to adapt to the new market. One of the most obvious things that should ...
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14 May 2011 | 17 Comments
Learning Chinese, The Slump & What It Means For You
Slumps aren’t just limited to baseball players with falling batting averages, they expand into all professions, skills, and hobbies. And apparently it even expands into learning another language. Lately I feel like my Chinese has gone through a slump. Words ... -
11 May 2011 | 13 Comments
How I Chose My Chinese Name, 唐睦
If your going to be spending an extended period of time in China, you might want to find yourself a Chinese name. While it is definitely not necessary and you will probably find most people still calling you by your ... -
9 May 2011 | 4 Comments
Three Chinese Learning Apps You DON’T Want To Buy!
I love using iPhone apps to learn Chinese, but the only problem is that I have been disappointed jut as many times as I have been impressed. I hope this post prevents the latter; here are three apps you’ll want to skip. ...
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7 May 2011 | 2 Comments
China Links- May 2011
A Shanghai Novice blog that I guest posted in, detailing the culture shocks to prepare yourself for as you move or travel to China. China and the U.S. have periodic “discussions” on human rights issues. Here is a NY Times ...
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4 May 2011 | 20 Comments
So You Think You Know A lot About China? Take My China Quiz
Below are 15 multiple choice questions that will test your China IQ. Fill out each answer and then show results to see your score. When your finished, post a comment and tell us how you did! -
2 May 2011 | 13 Comments
Finding The Optimal Number of Chinese Characters to Learn: An Economic Perspective
I have recently added a section to my blog about learning characters; detailing how I went from having no intention of learning characters to it being my favorite part of learning Chinese. While there are many thousands of Chinese characters, ...
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30 May 2011 | 23 Comments
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Chinese Learning iPhone App GIVEAWAY: Over $100 In Chinese Iphone Apps
A screen shot from 321 Speak Chinese. Enter to win this $9.99 app and others (20 total) by entering a comment or email subscribing to Tom's China Blog.
Posted in iPhone Apps, Learn Chinese
23 Comments
The Drawbacks of Using Flashcards to Study Chinese Characters
For about the last 4 months, I have been using an iPhone app to study Chinese characters. There’s a good selection of these types of apps available through the App Store, which is great because making hundreds of flashcards is a pain (even if making them does help in studying). I set a goal several months ago of having the first 500 characters down by the time I left China in July. So I thought the repetitive nature of flashcards would be a slam dunk for learning these characters.
Posted in iPhone Apps, Learn Chinese, Personal Experiences
16 Comments
How American Companies Choose Their Chinese Names
Before entering the Chinese market, American companies usually change their brand names. Though, you can see here, Tide still displays its English name prominently on the packaging.
Posted in Marketing/Finance, Western Brands In China
14 Comments
Learning Chinese, The Slump & What It Means For You
Slumps aren’t just limited to baseball players with falling batting averages, they expand into all professions, skills, and hobbies. And apparently it even expands into learning another language. Lately I feel like my Chinese has gone through a slump. Words aren’t being pronounced right or I am always groping for a word or I hardly know any characters in a sentence. Worst is when I can’t fully express myself because I do not know the necessary vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Posted in Learn Chinese, Personal Experiences
17 Comments
How I Chose My Chinese Name, 唐睦
If your going to be spending an extended period of time in China, you might want to find yourself a Chinese name. While it is definitely not necessary and you will probably find most people still calling you by your English name, it is still a fun way to learn more about Chinese culture.
Posted in Culture, Personal Experiences
13 Comments
Three Chinese Learning Apps You DON’T Want To Buy!
I love using iPhone apps to learn Chinese, but the only problem is that I have been disappointed jut as many times as I have been impressed. I hope this post prevents the latter; here are three apps you’ll want to skip.
Posted in iPhone Apps
4 Comments
China Links- May 2011
China Links - May 2011
A Shanghai Novice blog that I guest posted in, detailing the culture shocks to prepare yourself for as you move or travel to China.
China and the U.S. have periodic “discussions” on human rights issues. Here is a NY Times article with an overview how little gets done because China refuses to accept criticism from foreign countries.
Posted in China Links
2 Comments
So You Think You Know A lot About China? Take My China Quiz
Below are 15 multiple choice questions that will test your China IQ. Fill out each answer and then show results to see your score.
When your finished, post a comment and tell us how you did!
Posted in Culture, Personal Experiences
20 Comments
Finding The Optimal Number of Chinese Characters to Learn: An Economic Perspective
I have recently added a section to my blog about learning characters; detailing how I went from having no intention of learning characters to it being my favorite part of learning Chinese. While there are many thousands of Chinese characters, experts agree that there are about 4,000 used in modern day literature. So if you successfully learn all 4,000 characters, you will have no problem reading Chinese, except, of course, when you know the characters but do not know the vocabulary word. In terms of ranking characters, earlier characters are seen significantly more than later characters (a bit like in the way R or S is seen much more than X in English). Accordingly, the rate at which you see Chinese characters is a function that increases at a decreasing rate; see the graph below.
Posted in Learn Chinese
13 Comments
