Why Confucius wanted you to learn by doing

Ninchanese October 22, 2012

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.

Confucius, quoted by Jesse Schell in his Game Design bible, The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses.

Practice: Refresh your Chinese and don’t forget!

Ninchanese October 17, 2012

Chinese is a great language to learn. It’s fun; it’s fascinating; it’s a challenge. It can also easily be forgotten. Because that’s how our memory works. It forget things. The way to prevent this? You practice. Better yet, you make it your daily routine to practice Chinese. The idea: To hit refresh on your knowledge, on all that new Chinese vocab, regularly so you don’t forget it. Here are a few tips to help you optimize practicing and efficiently learn.

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This is why education should be all about you

Ninchanese October 12, 2012

Being educated at school does not make it all. As they say, the master teaches you the way but you have to word on your own to reach your goals.

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Chinese proverb: Go the mountain and meet the tiger.

Ninchanese October 9, 2012

There’s an old Chinese proverb that goes:

上得山多终遇虎

(pinyin: shàng de děi shān duō zhōng yù hǔ).

This means “If you go to the mountain often enough, you will meet the tiger.” But what does that mean? Is it good? Bad? Neither?

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Learning Chinese is not hard

Ninchanese October 8, 2012

So, you’re thinking of learning Chinese… You may have heard learning Chinese is hard. All squiggly lines and unpronounceable sounds. You may even have heard worse things than that: Like learning Chinese is a monumental challenge. A blow to the ego. Incredibly frustrating due to the unbearable ratio of effort to effect. Don’t let that stop you. With the right approach, learning Chinese is absolutely doable. Even better than at, it’s also a lot of fun. Forget what you’ve heard about Chinese. Read on and we’ll tell you what you need to know about learning Chinese…