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Hey! I love ChinesePod! There are so many lessons/topics, I can always find something interesting to listen to.

I have 2 questions:

  1. Say It Right really helped me get past some of my fears of pronunciation but I still struggle saying or distinguishing some sounds. Perhaps a lesson or two on some of the sounds that people typically struggle with? I would love that review.

  2. What are your favourite success stories (big or small) from your users?

And for something funny… I’d love to see you do one of the typical silly videos like you see on youtube (in Mandarin, of course).

1 – eat terrible things
2 – the jellybean challenge
3 – the “boyfriend” challenge

Something where we see you having fun interacting in Mandarin (rather than a lesson!)

Hello fellow 台北ers! I too used to live in Mainland China and came to this potato-shaped island for language study and now for graduate school. Are there any plans for a Taipei meetup in the near future? ChinesePod fans, 聯合起來!

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When it comes to language exchange, what is the best methods of getting the most out of them?
Should I just be more focused on attempted chit chat or reading to my language exchange buddy to see if they understand what I said or…?

I’d like a video introduction of each of your cats please!

What is your favourite meal to cook at home?

What is the general oppinion of Germany and the EU in Taiwan and what are your personal stereotypes.

Do you think we will solve intelligence in our life time and maybe upload our brains into computers to become effectively immortal?

Do you like milk tea? (I love it)

Also I dare you all to read the following German sentences in a German accent: “Ich frohlocke und jauchze beim Chinesisch Lernen!”, “Wenn ich mal groß bin, möchte ich eine Sternschnuppensammlung haben.”, “Gwylem sieht so süß aus, wenn er Chinesisch unterrichtet!”

Constance, how often does Fiona need your help to learn something? Am I going to need a personal tutor forever :o ?

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Gwillym, what’s the worst thing you’ve overheard Taiwanese people saying about you in public?

Fiona, next time I go back to Taiwan, can I visit the cpod office :grin: ?

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For Gwilym, I’ve been learning Chinese in my spare time for several years, but I can’t seem to get over the intermediate hump. Do you have any advice for maintaining progress and motivation when you don’t have the momentum of studying Chinese full-time?

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To all three:

A la Theresa May, what’s the naughtiest thing you’ve ever done!?

你以前做過的什麼最調皮的事?(英國投票之前therea may 也受到這樣的問題,記得嗎)

To all three, can I please win a prize?
可不可以讓我中獎嗎?

Hey guys! I just LOVE your shows, and since I try to stay a little far from the traditional textbooks, I would like to know what does Gwilym thinks about learning chinese through comics.

Hi, Fiona, Constance and Gwilym. What did you guys do before ChinesePod? :slight_smile:

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Hello ChinesePod Team,

Just allow me a little off-topic because I love you guys :wink:
I arrived here through a Facebook Ads Link. In which you state the source as "MailChimp"in your UTM parameters, which I guess you are using for your email marketing. So your stats might be off on that particular campaign.

End of the off-topic, Keep up the good work!

Pierre-Yves

What kind of music could I listen to that would improve my language learning? Do you know any songs that might help with learning basic things (from pop music to nursery rhymes, anything that could help me as an intermediate student)?

Challenge to Gwilym: Introduce yourself in Chinese for one minute (no english), speak Chinese as much as you can, how old are you, where do you live, what are your hobbies, what can you say about Fiona and Constance, ChinesePod and Taiwan.
Challenge to Fiona: Recite the “Lion-Eating Poet in Stone Den” 施氏食狮史, It is a famous poem that become viral on Facebook
Challenge to Constance: Sing your favorite English song.

Suggestion: If they can do some viral online challenges such as Spicy Noodle Challenge (not necessarily the korean brand, the chinese brand can do)

Question to them:
Can you recommend popular Chinese songs? What songs do you have on your playlist?

Gwilym, Fiona, Constance,如果你可以跟一个中国的或者台湾的明星成为好朋友的话,你会选谁呢? 为啥呢?

Fiona, did your approach to teaching Chinese change after coming from youtube to ChinesePod? Did it get easier here or do you miss something about your time creating content only for youtube?

Gwilym, how does it feel as a learner to be so close to so many Chinese teachers all the time? Would you consider it an advantage or can it be difficult too, sometimes? :wink:

Constance, I’m not sure, but I got the impression that you used to (or still do) teach Chinese in person / in a class room too. If so, how does teaching it on a website compare to teaching in person? Is it more difficult because you don’t have the immediate feedback? Or are there advantages to teaching online too?

Thanks to you all :slight_smile: