ALG, short for automatic language growth, might sound like the informal term for a diverse group of photosynthetic organisms called “algae,” but the two have more in common than you might think. Meanwhile, in the TV series “The 100,” Monty’s algae played various roles throughout the seasons, including breeding people in space, repairing hydrofarms in […]
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Learning Chinese Online: Synchronous and Asynchronous
Online learning has changed the way language learners around the world are learning Mandarin. People used to learn Chinese by memorizing and imitating. Nowadays, Chinese learners can learn it at anytime and anywhere. There are two different types of online learning: synchronous and asynchronous. For teachers and student in an asynchronous online mode, teaching and […]
Does Practice Make Perfect? a Chinese Story for learning new languages
“Practice makes perfect.” It would be equal to an Chinese idiom “熟能生巧”, which may be true for piano learners, but is it true for language learners? We don’t see children practice their language, but every one can speak their language(s) in someway. Adult language learners and most of the Asia students in foreign language class […]