As I prepare for my looming CHIN201 exam...

Dropbox

As I prepare for my looming CHIN201 exam I am using every moment of my time to prepare. Something that is helping me a great deal is a free app called Dropbox. This is helping me automatically sync my flashcards, study notes, books, audio, video and other Chinese resources. It is able to sync between my home and work. It is also syncing all my files between my computer, iPod and iPad. If you sign up and install Dropbox you have 2GB of free online storage. So as long as I have placed things in my Dropbox folder I have access to my study material. I think this has helped me a great deal as I have no excuse not to study. 

Have a look at Dropbox.

我每天使用Dropbox的。

Wǒ měi tiān shǐyòng Dropbox de.

Try Dropbox

Dropbox

Difficult Chinese

Difficult Chinese

Three sites discussing the difficulty of learning Chinese. This is probably something I should not be reading right now. In one month I will have my CHIN201 exam.  My Uni. has switched to trimesters. One of the changes is that there is no 'study week', the semester ends and exams begin. So the pressure is on to 天天学中文。(study Chinese daily).

For the time being I shall not concern myself with how difficult learning Chinese is or is not.

How difficult is Chinese?

Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard
How difficult is it to learn Chinese?

Australian education in the Asian century: adapting for the world to come

News article that looks at some of the current university research. Discussion of current partnership between Wales Department of Education and Communities (Western Sydney Region), the Ningbo Municipal Education Bureau (Ningbo, China).

"The forthcoming White Paper on Australia in the Asian century is expected to provide a national blueprint for Australia at a time of transformative economic growth and change in Asia"

"The education of international students from continental Asia is particularly important for Australian education in the Asian Century."

Australian education in the Asian century: adapting for the world to come