Geopats NaPodPoMo
76 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -During National Podcast Posting Month, which takes place the entire month of November, the Geopats podcasts experiment with their content, format and more!
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Narrative Plot Pull In A Mandarin Chinese Graded Reader
November 22, 2019 06:00 - 18 minutes - 14.6 MBMassive breakthrough last night in my Mandarin Chinese reading practice. Want to know what it is? More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/21 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo)
Day 21: Narrative Plot Pull In A Mandarin Chinese Graded Reader
November 21, 2019 07:00 - 18 minutes - 14.6 MBMassive breakthrough last night in my Mandarin Chinese reading practice. Want to know what it is? More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/21)
Mandarin Chinese Yes & No with Tanya Crossman
November 21, 2019 06:00 - 10 minutes - 8.4 MBWhat do you do when simple words like "yes" and "no" open up a language pandora's box? You adjust, just as Tanya Crossman has. Here she is explaining the differences between these two words in Mandarin Chinese and English. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/20 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo)
Day 20: Mandarin Chinese Yes & No with Tanya Crossman
November 20, 2019 07:00 - 10 minutes - 8.4 MBWhat do you do when simple words like "yes" and "no" open up a language pandora's box? You adjust, just as Tanya Crossman has. Here she is explaining the differences between these two words in Mandarin Chinese and English. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/20)
Writing in Mandarin Chinese & English with Nanci
November 20, 2019 06:00 - 12 minutes - 10.2 MBIs writing in Mandarin Chinese and English very different? Nanci, a local Chinese Writer I met in various cultural groups in Shanghai, was kind enough to share her experiences writing in both languages from an early age. Does anything she say surprise you? Does her experience resonate with you? Please share your ideas with us on Twitter, Instagram or via Gmail: stephfuccio is my handle in all of these places. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/19 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/...
How Much Do Our Language Teachers Influence Our Personality IN a Language with Host Steph
November 19, 2019 07:00 - 16 minutes - 13.4 MBDo we sound like our language teachers? Do we pick up and carry with us different language and personality nuances based on their language usage? Geopats Host Stephanie dives into this idea from both a language learner AND language teacher point of view. What do you think? More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/30 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/18)
Day 19: Writing in Mandarin Chinese & English with Nanci
November 19, 2019 07:00 - 12 minutes - 10.2 MBIs writing in Mandarin Chinese and English very different? Nanci, a local Chinese Writer I met in various cultural groups in Shanghai, was kind enough to share her experiences writing in both languages from an early age. Does anything she say surprise you? Does her experience resonate with you? Please share your ideas with us on Twitter, Instagram or via Gmail: stephfuccio is my handle in all of these places. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/30 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/...
Language Learning Pride
November 18, 2019 07:00 - 18 minutes - 14.5 MBAre you a beginning language learner? Do you feel inadequate, shy, hesitant about talking about your learning process? Let's work on that. #languagelearningpride at every stage should be a thing and I want to help make it a thing. Who's with me on this? More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/30 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/17)
Reading, Writing & Future Mandarin Chinese Language Goals with Ryan Shuken (3 of 3)
November 17, 2019 07:00 - 17 minutes - 14.2 MBDoes the phrase "practice make perfect" make you cringe? Me too! When it comes to learning and using Mandarin Chinese, our guest Venture Capitalisthttps://twitter.com/Rshuken ( Ryan Shuken) focuses on fluency. He mentioned this in parts 1 and 2 of this interview but really expands on this concept with real life examples in today's episode. He stresses that he wants to keep talking to people, keep reading the newspaper, and keep typing a message. Perfection is not the goal: communication is. T...
Chinese numerology & Culture with Ryan Shuken (2 of 3)
November 16, 2019 07:00 - 19 minutes - 15.4 MB666 has a bad meaning in every culture, right? In today's episode Venture Capitalisthttps://twitter.com/Rshuken ( Ryan Shuken) explains what 666 means in Mandarin Chinese how numbers were a gateway into understanding Chinese culture for him. He also admits that focusing on communication instead of language perfection was a strong element in his success in finally becoming fluent in a language after years and years of struggle. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/30 (https://www....
From Defeated to Lead Olympics Interpreter: Ryan Shuken (1 of 3)
November 15, 2019 07:00 - 20 minutes - 16.3 MBHave you ever had to create your own path to succeed at something? That is exactly what Venture Capitalist https://twitter.com/Rshuken (Ryan Shuken) did to become fluent in Mandarin Chinese. In fact, he was so successful at it that he ended up being the Lead Interpreter for the Beijing Olympics in 2008 in China. This is a 2 part interview about his amazing language learning story. Come back tomorrow and the day after for the rest of Ryan's inspiring language story. More info: https://www.st...
What's Geopats Podcast?
November 14, 2019 07:00 - 17 minutes - 13.9 MBWe jumped into this month of NaPodPoMo without me explaining what a Geopat is. So let's take a moment to dig into this term. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/14 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/13)
Language: Podcast versus 播客 and other audio differences between English & Mandarin Chinese with James Thomas of Four Seas One Family Podcast:
November 13, 2019 07:00 - 9 minutes - 7.81 MBWhat words and phrases are to talk about podcasting in Mandarin Chinese? How are they different from English? Audio and language experienced James Thomas, Host of thehttps://120226949-447684682532113263.preview.editmysite.com/geopats/episode/update/id/fourseasonefamily.com ( Four Seas One Family Podcast )oins us for today's mini episode to answer these questions. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/30 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/12)
Language: How Many Writing Scripts Are Used in English?
November 12, 2019 07:00 - 14 minutes - 11.6 MBJapanese uses 3 writing scripts but how many does English use? Lisa's 2 recent mini episodes about typing and reading Japanese in these multiple scripts got me thinking really hard about this. Guess how many scripts we use in English? Did I miss any? More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/14 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/11)
Language: Typing & Reading Japanese with Lisa, part 2 of 2
November 11, 2019 07:00 - 16 minutes - 13.6 MBHave you ever written or read a language that has 3 scripts with different readings of them as well? Lisa has and was kind enough to describe how she navigates writing Japanese on mobile phones and computers. This is part 2 of a 2 part interview, because NaPodPoMo, see below for more info. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/14 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/10)
Typing & Reading Japanese with Lisa, part 1 of 2
November 10, 2019 07:00 - 15 minutes - 12 MBHave you ever written or read a language that has 3 scripts with different readings of them as well? Lisa has and was kind enough to describe how she navigates writing Japanese on mobile phones and computers. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview, because NaPodPoMo, see below for more info. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/14 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/9)
Behind The Mic Reading Mandarin Chinese Overview with Host, Steph
November 09, 2019 07:00 - 13 minutes - 11.1 MBDo you learn languages better by focusing on reading first? Me too! Here is an overview of my parallel Mandarin Chinese studying while this month of mini interviews about the language is going on. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/14 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/8)
Emotional & Nuanced Mandarin Chinese Language Moments with Tanya Crossman
November 08, 2019 07:00 - 19 minutes - 15.3 MBDo emotions transfer over into our other languages? https://twitter.com/TanyaTck?lang=en (Tanya Crossman) returns to the Geopats Podcast to ponder/vent about the difficulties of expressing emotions and nuance in Mandarin Chinese. This episode is a collection of https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tencent.mm&hl=en_US (WeChat) audio messages we left each other over the course of an evening last week.The total conversation was over an hour in audio length so I have a feeling might ...
Language: Mandarin Chinese (MandoPop) Song Circa 2003-2004
November 06, 2019 07:00 - 15 minutes - 12.6 MBCan you help me find a popular song from 2003-2004 in Asia? I hope so because I have not been able to find this song since I left Taiwan in 2004 and need to find it before leaving Mainland China in January 2020. I need music closure. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/14 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/6)
Japanese Calligraphy ASMR with YouTuber Dakota Abroad
November 06, 2019 07:00 - 17 minutes - 14.3 MBDoes calligraphy relax you? Judging from the plethora of Chinese and Japanese ASMR videos on YouTube now, it seems like the answer is a yes for many people. It certainly does for our guest today, YouTuber Dakota of the https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx2PqqM7p1PXdKTWhtHX3Mw (Dakota Abroad), Language Learning and Dungeons and Dragons Channel. He has started a new series of Japanese ASMR videos and I just had to ask him all about it for this microepisode for NaPodPoMo. More info: https://ww...
Reading As Instrument of Joy
November 05, 2019 07:00 - 16 minutes - 12.9 MBLanguage in my first language(s) was a struggle for me growing up and I didn't realize how much those struggles transferred over to my second language learning until quite recently. This is my story on how I am taking these unique challenges into account and employing a slow language learning method to keep going with my Mandarin Chinese studies and practice. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/14 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/4)
Chinese Dating Language with Joshua Ogden-Davis of Mandarin Slang Guide Podcast:
November 04, 2019 07:00 - 17 minutes - 13.9 MBLet's talk love with Podcaster Joshua Ogden-Davis of Mandarin Slang Guide Podcast. Josh has lived in China for about a decade and spent some time recently documenting these dating language gems from Mandarin Chinese for us.Thanks Josh, we don't think you are a "single dog!" More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/14 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/3)
Time in Mandarin Chinese with Eric Olander, Tanya Crossman & Jeremy Tiang
November 03, 2019 07:00 - 6 minutes - 5.23 MBWhere time meaning is in English versus Mandarin Chinese is very different and complex.By "where" I mean visually and semantically. For example, in English we can see that the "-ed" in "walked" places the time meaning in the past. There are exceptions, of course, but these verb form changes (called verb inflections) are common in English and other languages but do NOT exist at all in Chinese. So how do we indicate time meaning in Mandarin Chinese then? Here are some clips from our Geopats Pod...
Sounds of Chinese from Claire Chao in Remembering Shanghai (book)
November 02, 2019 07:00 - 6 minutes - 2.56 MBI love reading language moments from people that have a long history with a language and often circle passages in books when this happens. Here are some sound related Mandarin Chinese passages from one of my favorite books about China, "Remembering Shanghai" https://www.rememberingshanghai.com/ (https://www.rememberingshanghai.com/) More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/14 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/1)
2019 NaPodPoMo: A Month of Mandarin Chinese Language Geekery Coming Right Up
November 01, 2019 07:00 - 10 minutes - 5.03 MBWhat is happening on Geopats Podcast this month (November 2019)? More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/14 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/0)
A Month of Mandarin Chinese Language Geekery Coming Right Up
November 01, 2019 06:00 - 10 minutes - 5.03 MBWhat is happening on Geopats Podcast this month (November 2019)? More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/0 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/napodpomo/14)