Comments on: Thoughts on learning Chinese whilst hanging in France http://granitestudio.org/2006/08/24/thoughts-on-learning-chinese-whilst-hanging-in-france/ A Qing historian reads the newspaper... Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:31:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jonathan In China » Positive Reinforcement http://granitestudio.org/2006/08/24/thoughts-on-learning-chinese-whilst-hanging-in-france/comment-page-1/#comment-6595 Jonathan In China » Positive Reinforcement Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:42:01 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=12#comment-6595 [...] while reading the wonderful Chinese history blog: Jottings from the Granite Studio.  One entry, Thoughts on learning Chinese, struck me as the perfect way to explain the need to study Chinese: Fifty years ago, Fairbanks and [...] [...] while reading the wonderful Chinese history blog: Jottings from the Granite Studio.  One entry, Thoughts on learning Chinese, struck me as the perfect way to explain the need to study Chinese: Fifty years ago, Fairbanks and [...]

]]> By: 花崗齋之愚公 http://granitestudio.org/2006/08/24/thoughts-on-learning-chinese-whilst-hanging-in-france/comment-page-1/#comment-14 花崗齋之愚公 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:13:00 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=12#comment-14 Jierui,<br/><br/>Absolutely. There are a few old school guys whose zhongwen (kouyu as well as reading) is off the charts. We have one at Davis named Don Price. But I tend to think he is the exception rather than the rule. I'd be interested in other opinions on this. Jierui,

Absolutely. There are a few old school guys whose zhongwen (kouyu as well as reading) is off the charts. We have one at Davis named Don Price. But I tend to think he is the exception rather than the rule. I’d be interested in other opinions on this.

]]> By: 舒 杰 瑞 http://granitestudio.org/2006/08/24/thoughts-on-learning-chinese-whilst-hanging-in-france/comment-page-1/#comment-13 舒 杰 瑞 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:23:00 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=12#comment-13 Iceland, wow...Eirik Harris from IUP was from Iceland, just remember he really loved persimmons...anyway, just curious, is it true that Mike Lampton can barely speak Chinese? Are there any China scholars out there over 35 who speak passable Chinese with decent tones and a somewhat good accent? <br/><br/>Curious<br/>Jierui Iceland, wow…Eirik Harris from IUP was from Iceland, just remember he really loved persimmons…anyway, just curious, is it true that Mike Lampton can barely speak Chinese? Are there any China scholars out there over 35 who speak passable Chinese with decent tones and a somewhat good accent?

Curious
Jierui

]]> By: 花崗齋之愚公 http://granitestudio.org/2006/08/24/thoughts-on-learning-chinese-whilst-hanging-in-france/comment-page-1/#comment-12 花崗齋之愚公 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:07:00 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=12#comment-12 好，没问题。：） 好，没问题。：）

]]> By: Lemur http://granitestudio.org/2006/08/24/thoughts-on-learning-chinese-whilst-hanging-in-france/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Lemur Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:31:00 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=12#comment-11 You have made a a lot of progress in your chinese this summer, especially your spoken Chinese. I'm impressed. I think we should switch to Chinese when communicating. What do you think?:) You have made a a lot of progress in your chinese this summer, especially your spoken Chinese. I’m impressed. I think we should switch to Chinese when communicating. What do you think?:)

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