Changing Scripts: Conversations about Mandarin Chinese with native speakers and learners

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  Eric Olander, co-host of the China in Africa Podcast: https://chinaafrica-podcast.com/, has been studying and using the Mandarin Chinese language for over 30 years. With this linguistic longevity comes language wisdom, a realistic perspective and sensible tools to give those of us studying the language a boost. His viewpoint on Mandarin Chinese can help people who are not able or interested in learning Mandarin Chinese understand the juxtaposition of this communication tool with the culture it is so intimately connected to as well as its' role globally now and in the future.      Where to find the Changing Scripts Podcast: Changing Scripts Podcast website & Changing Scripts YouTube Channel Subscribe to Changing Scripts Podcast on : iOS , Android devices, RSS Join our email list: for weekly podcasting updates Support the podcast: Virtual Expats Amazon Affiliate Link and Traveling Mailbox Affiliate Link  --------------------------------------------------- Music courtesty of Damon Castillo, https://www.damoncastillo.com/ Song "I Hope You Figured It Out" on the "Mess of Me" album. All projects: https://stephfuccio.weebly.com/

Lucy grew up in Shanghai, China speaking both Standard Mandarin Chinese and a local Songjiang dialect. She later learned other languages both as a child and an adult. Her descriptions of both the Chinese and foreign language classrooms in China are fascinating. She is now working in an English language workplace in Shanghai in the Social Media arena of a local publication, Sixth Tone: http://www.sixthtone.com/ .  Where to find the Changing Scripts Podcast: Changing Scripts Podcast website & Changing Scripts YouTube Channel Subscribe to Changing Scripts Podcast on : iOS , Android devices, RSS Join our email list: for weekly podcasting updates Support the podcast: Virtual Expats Amazon Affiliate Link and Traveling Mailbox Affiliate Link In this episode: Chinese words talked about in this ep: ru and ren, pan and fan: https://www.instagram.com/p/BnxIPGolVug/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1qporthas3   40:11 Afu https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC689uDf0ryZniKpuSK9ESTw   44:10 Ximalaya Podcast Site (in Chinese) https://www.ximalaya.com/   --------------------------------------------------- Music courtesty of Damon Castillo, https://www.damoncastillo.com/ Song "I Hope You Figured It Out" on the "Mess of Me" album. All projects: https://stephfuccio.weebly.com/

Changing Scripts Podcast website & Changing Scripts YouTube Channel  Liv is in an interesting language experience right now. She grew in New York City using Cantonese with her Southern Chinese mother and some Mandarin Chinese with her Taiwanese father. She then picked up Spanish and English in her diverse NYC environment. She has traveled extensively and has learned a few more languages along the way. But it is now, while living and working in Shanghai, China, that she is faced with a myriad of language AND cultural obstacles that she feels the most challenged by. Liv started an intensive Mandarin Chinese summer course the day after this interview in order to face these challenges head on. We have the pleasure of talking to her before and after this course. The after conversation will be in the Fall season.  Liv's website: http://www.thatlivlife.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This podcast is a sister project to the Changing Scripts YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzR7HySZTVb6g-tSzAhi5A Music Info: Galaxies by Split Phase is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Split_Phase/Compendium/split_phase-38-galaxies

Changing Scripts Podcast website & Changing Scripts YouTube Channel Eric (his English name) grew up partly outside of Shanghai, China and then in Shanghai. He is now a Software Engineer that maneuvers through his Shanghai life in a multitude of languages including Mandarin Chinese, Shanghaiese, English, Japanese and French. In this conversation we talk about:  -how he learned his 1st language-both the spoken and written form  -how learning his other languages compared to his Chinese 1st language experience -what languages he reads in and why  -how technology has changed language learning -how street signs in China include a script that is not a language at all and so much more.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This podcast is a sister project to the Changing Scripts YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzR7HySZTVb6g-tSzAhi5A Music Info: Galaxies by Split Phase is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Split_Phase/Compendium/split_phase-38-galaxies

Changing Scripts Podcast website & Changing Scripts YouTube Channel  This is our first group chat about Simplified Mandarin Chinese. In this episode we have Yifei, a Chinese college student in Shanghai and Phil from episode 2 fame (he's British), who is a Master's student and also works in Shanghai. Some of the things covered during this conversation are: -how they learned their 1st and 2nd languages  -higher level language learning issues such as studying uncommon vocab for the GRE exam and how to practice less common grammatical structures in every day conversations without sounding out of place - how to keep motivated -challenges at different levels of learning languages -unlearning beginner ideas of languages - culture effecting lexical (vocabulary) nuance within a language and so much more.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music Info: Galaxies by Split Phase is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Split_Phase/Compendium/split_phase-38-galaxies  

Changing Scripts Podcast website & Changing Scripts YouTube Channel   Angie's YouTube channel, T(h)ree of books, about books and bookstores:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6LBSm1HZjecZt7EVnyUImw ------------------------------------------------------------------- Music Info: Galaxies by Split Phase is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Split_Phase/Compendium/split_phase-38-galaxies

Changing Scripts Podcast website & Changing Scripts YouTube Channel Changing Scripts Amazon Affiliate Link (shop normally with this link and support this podcast at the same time! Music Info: Galaxies by Split Phase is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Split_Phase/Compendium/split_phase-38-galaxies

Changing Scripts Podcast website & Changing Scripts YouTube Channel Music Info: Galaxies by Split Phase is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Split_Phase/Compendium/split_phase-38-galaxies