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 Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:53 am
Un. of Penn. = University of Pennsylvania
I just got accepted to it. Its a six week course from nine in the morning to two in the afternoon. There, we will learn how to speak, write, and, potentially, sing in Chinese. We will also learn culture, religion, traditions, and various other aspects of the Chinese people. Field trips will teach us and let us watch demonstrations in dances and martial arts. It starts in Mid-July. After that, I'm going to China with my "Aunt" to visit her family. I'm really excited.
But, I wanted to know if anyone else is doing anything similar or if they are going to the same academy as I am...
NOTE: Everything that I just mentioned isn't on the Schedule. I'm just assuming one or two additional points from phone calls my mother made to the place.
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:06 pm
haven't heard of it, but it sounds like fun blaugh
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:12 pm
dude... 9-2? 9-2?!!! seriously? you must like chinese alot rofl
edit* ah did not see the field trip part of your explanation, but yes, sounds like plenty of fun.XD (none of my language classes seem to use much of the language we're suppose to learn)
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:44 pm
AT: Pink hair @__@;;
Exchange: wtf @ deflation
Corvius, I'm very glad you're learning Chinese. <3
stare @ yalie
Art: give free art? <3
Guilds: we need to recruit, guys
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:07 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:09 pm
@niph: mrgreen
@corvius: I just want to tell you now, that when learning chinese it's better to focus more on the characters than on the ping ying.
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:40 pm
Thanks everyone!!
I just hope that I'm not the only English guy there >.<
My Aunt said that it would probably be alot of other Chinese kids there that didn't learn how to speak it originally...
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:16 am
AT: Pink hair @__@;;
Exchange: wtf @ deflation
Yeah, probably quite a few ABCs (American-born Chinese). But it'll be fine (: and I agree with yalie, focus on characters. And when trying to pronounce, it's most important to master the four tones of voice first as that's what most people find the hardest to do. -nodnod-
Art: give free art? <3
Guilds: we need to recruit, guys
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:18 am
I've already learned the four tones from Night Classes at a local College. We also learned Introductory phrases and stuff whee ...
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:18 am
Ahh, well done. All my friends are like "all those tones sound exactly the same".. -__-;;
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:06 am
lol they were prolly looking at the ping ying... but i never which tone is which when it's on paper. except for the third one. rofl
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:54 pm
I'm alright with tones sweatdrop ...
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:09 am
wow... okay yeah, i should probably brush up on english since i seem to have missed a few words in my last post. anyway, it's a shame that chinese schools and classes only teach mandarin. I'd really like to learn cantonese too.
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:20 am
AT: Pink hair @__@;;
Exchange: wtf @ deflation
Not much point though.. not useful unless you go to Guangzhou/HK.. xP
Art: give free art? <3
Guilds: we need to recruit, guys
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:44 pm
i've always figured that most people go to china vist the great wall and the forbidden city then jet over to hk and party.
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