My daily trip to China As I begin writing this blog post, the American narrator with a serious voice demands to know when it is exactly that my colleague at the Bank of China, Mr. Wong, ate his breakfast. “Pretend…
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With a Little Help from Miss Lo: Pimsleur Mandarin (review)
Tagged with: audiolingual learning, chinese, diskuto events, mandarin, pimsleur, review
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What Did You Do This Summer?
It was a blast meeting people from all over the world on the streets and paths of Toronto and make meaningful connections with them, right there out in the fresh air.
Tagged with: french, french corner, mandarin, mandarin corner, spanish, spanish corner
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Meet the Language Polygamist
Tagged with: about diskuto, analogies for learning a language, ancient greek, french, german, italian, language metaphors, latin, mandarin, parallel language learning, russian, serial language learning, sister wives
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An entire Chinese family at Mandarin Corner
When you tell someone that you speak Mandarin (and you aren’t from China), they might say something like, “Huh? What!? Why? Are you serious?” or “Chinese is so hard to learn! How did you do it?”
Tagged with: chinese, diskuto, hsk, learn chinese, learn mandarin, mandarin, mandarin corner
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Mandarin corner: outside Sid Smith Hall (U of T)
Wednesday July 24, 2013 – Wednesday July 24, 2013 100 St. George Street Map and Directions | Register Description: Speak more Mandarin Chinese, with Diskuto. At University of Toronto St. George, from 5:30 to 7:30pm, on the steps outside Sid…
Mandarin corner: outside Sid Smith Hall (U of T)
Wednesday July 31, 2013 – Wednesday July 31, 2013 100 St. George Street Map and Directions | Register Description: Speak more Mandarin Chinese, with Diskuto. At University of Toronto St. George, from 5:30 to 7:30pm, on the steps outside Sid…
May 29: Mandarin corner at U of T (outside Sid Smith Hall)
Wednesday May 29, 2013 – Wednesday May 29, 2013 100 St. George Street Map and Directions | Register Description: Speak more Mandarin Chinese, with Diskuto. At University of Toronto St. George, from 5 to 7pm, on the steps outside Sid…
