Korean Conversation Sentences Lesson 9
August 14, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Korean 한국어
Korean Conversation Sentences Lesson 8
August 14, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Korean 한국어
Korean Conversation Sentences Lesson 7
August 14, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Korean 한국어
Korean Conversation Sentences Lesson 6
August 14, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Korean 한국어
Korean Conversation Sentences Lesson 5
August 14, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Korean 한국어
Korean Conversation Sentences Lesson 4
August 14, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Korean 한국어
Korean Conversation Sentences Lesson 3
August 14, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Korean 한국어
Learn Taiwanese
August 14, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Taiwanese 閩南語
This is a list of all the Taiwanese courses available on this site.
Universal Tone Categories of Taiwanese
Taiwanese Tones
Campbell Universal Pinyin
Campbell Universal Pinyin in Use
Taiwanese pronunciation of ë
| Lesson 1 | Lesson 2 | Lesson 3 | Lesson 4 | Lesson 5 |
| Lesson 6 | Lesson 7 | Lesson 8 | Lesson 9 | Lesson 10 |
Using my methodology it’s possible to learn a language in days and weeks rather than months and years. If you follow my methods, you’ll realize that your ears are becoming accustomed to the language in days and by the second week you’ll be able to make intelligible sentences in the language. By the fourth week you’ll be able to formulate new sentences on your own. I used to think that I could learn a foreign language by poring over lots of documentation on grammar and syntax. But all that does is help build your understanding of a language and does nothing for building ability to speak it. I’m not saying don’t do that — it’s good — but you’ll need a completely different approach if you want to speak this language at all. My method is based on using the ears and tongue for all language learning. You’ll need plenty of examples (no fill-in-the-blank exercises where your possibility of mistakes is great) to get your ears accustomed. Once you repeat the correct way of speaking, your brain will start picking up on the patterns just like a baby does.
It’s hard to find language learning materials for Taiwanese, although in recent years more and more have been popping up. I was the first to start a course over the internet back in 2001 — that was even before resources like Wikipedia existed so information was kind of scattered here and there. Today, there are good resources to get a strong background on something, and Wikipedia is a good place to start your research in languages, linguistics, and get a basic understanding of the history and development of the Chinese languages. But for real training, in addition to my recorded course, my team here in Taipei is also offering 1-on-1 lessons as a service to you.
Think about it, in just a matter of days, you’ll be able to say greetings in that Taiwanese person’s native language. Impress them even more in another week, you’ll be able to invite a Taiwanese friend out to dinner or for fun. By the end of the month you might even be able to hold some common conversation with your Taiwanese friend or business partner. This course gives you at least the basics, don’t assume it’ll take you to philosophical discussions! But armed with these basic tools you’ll have the ability to learn more from interacting with your friends. And I’ll be launching an intermediate and advanced course within the next few months anyway.
For real training in speaking a foreign language, my course will do the following for you:
1. Lots of repetition of vocabulary and greetings to get your ears accustomed.
2. Each lesson will review previous lessons first before introducing new material. In this way you get plenty of review in case you forgot. You’ll also be cued, most importantly from native language and then to target language. This gives you a chance to think of the target language before it’s actually said. You also have a space to repeat. Amazingly, this is complete opposite of Living Language, Teach Yourself, and other courses teaching style — and the results really show a difference.
2. About 30~45 minutes per day is required. Just allow one file per day because a full night’s sleep in between lessons is required for the memories to form. Don’t skip more than 2 days between lessons, or go back to review the last lesson when you start up again. It’s okay to listen to the same file more than once.
3. If you have to, only look at the written words on the first day, or do it before the recording starts. On successive days of review avoid the written word as much as possible! This is so your brain is processing sounds rather than writing. You’re going to have to understand what people say because few, if any, Taiwanese can even write their language (they use Mandarin to write!)
Here’s what you get:
1. 30 Training Files on MP3 including 600 phrases and vocabulary in programmatic teaching style.
2. An HTML file with all the lesson contents saved in UTF-8 Unicode format using Church Romanization (almost). The romanization on this site is using my own Campbell Unified Pinyin that I’ve developed for representing all the Chinese languages. It’s good to be able to recognize different romanization since no one standard exists — it gives you a more flexible and laid-back personality 
3. Need more help with your Taiwanese? You might want to consider our service package where you can contact our office in Taipei via Skype for more Taiwanese help and training. See pricing below.
Basic Taiwanese in 30 Days: 
Here are some of the sentences you’ll be able to say when you complete the course:
Mandarin 1-on-1 Training:
Need extra help with your spoken Mandarin? Same price and service as above. You get 10 lessons of 1-on-1 tutoring and training via Skype.
Basic Taiwanese 1: 500 Sentences (coming soon!) Samples:
Basic Taiwanese 2: 500 sentences (coming soon!) Samples:
Intermediate Taiwanese 1: 500 sentences (coming soon!) Samples:
Intermediate Taiwanese 2: 500 sentences (coming soon!) Samples:
Learn German
August 14, 2009 by Mike
Filed under German Deutsch
This is a list of German lessons and courses here at Glossika.
Basic German Speaking and Listening Training
Basic German Lesson 10
August 14, 2009 by Mike
Filed under German Deutsch