by Terry Waltz | Sep 10, 2019 | Chinese-specific, Languages of Unusual Features, Reading, Unfounded Tripe
It’s good to acquire new languages. It is. And I’m always happy to hear that people are coming into contact with Chinese, often through demos, and discovering what a cool language it is. But doing a demo brings with it responsibility. Especially if the...
by Terry Waltz | Sep 2, 2019 | Chinese-specific, Languages of Unusual Features, Unfounded Tripe
Really??? Again on the social media…I really have to just stop reading it…I get the following: Nail those tones and all is forgiven. We’ll show you how to improve your tones in the HandyDandy TonesRUs NotItsRealName Masterclass… I really, really wish...
by Terry Waltz | Aug 29, 2019 | General, Speaking/Listening, Unfounded Tripe
I get all kinds of things popping up on my feed on a popular social media site. This one recently came up. Are you struggling with your accent in [language]? Or do you have a difficult time understanding native speakers? This course is for you! We’ll start from...
by Terry Waltz | May 19, 2017 | Chinese-specific, Reading, Unfounded Tripe
Recently, a teacher of an alphabetic, phonetic language who does not teach Mandarin posted online to the effect that: …heavy intellectualizing teachers are driving the Mandarin train further down into the intellectual caverns of non-productivity. This, at least,...
by Terry Waltz | Mar 4, 2017 | Methods, Unfounded Tripe
On a TPRS teachers’ listserv, the comment was recently made: I find it unfair to suggest that we should just make the story “like a movie in their minds” but oh, we get to stop the movie whenever we want and ask them what happens during the...
