I'm a Canadian expat living in Beijing, China, trying to learn Chinese and teach university students the English language. This newsletter is a companion to my YouTube channel wherein I post my own language learning efforts and travel videos.
SLV | Episode 59 | China's Golden Week, The AI Bandwagon, and How Are My Chinese Classes Going?
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Hey there! Just letting you know we have a new podcast episode up. Episode 59 brings us China’s on its Golden Week break, seven days of no work… but two need to be made up. Why is it like this and what is there to do? Would you dare go anywhere if you know 10,000 other people were doing the same? Tiananmen, the Great Wall, or even Hangzhou's West Lake will ALL be crowded. On the AI bandwagon, and is it necessary? What are the tools being used these days and how can they help? Do you need to LEARN AI? How can you USE it? And who benefits most: students or teachers? And how are Chinese classes going? With two courses due October 25, I gotta get a move on. It certainly is much easier to follow along but does that matter? (And I cancelled my DuChinese membership! Why did I do that?!) Listen here: Libsyn, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube Enjoy, Steve PS - Thanks to whoever listened to the whole range of episodes of the weekend, you spiked my download count! But then again... maybe it's just Apple Podcasts downloading them all? |
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I'm a Canadian expat living in Beijing, China, trying to learn Chinese and teach university students the English language. This newsletter is a companion to my YouTube channel wherein I post my own language learning efforts and travel videos.
There's no doubt that Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City are the two most iconic locations in Beijing. As someone who's lived here for over ten years, you'd think that I've been a few times. You'd be right. It seems that the girlfriend and I have made it somewhat of an annual trek to visit the square for an afternoon. However, given the trouble securing an appointment and then going through all of the security, let alone all the walking, once a year is enough. Most people will visit the...
Heya, New video up on the vlog that I thought would interest some people: what's it like to take a regular bus in Beijing? May sound odd, but these types of videos I think serve a purpose in that if someone was thinking of coming to Beijing and wanted to be prepared, then these types of videos can help. Granted, they won't help you set up WeChat or Alipay, but in this video in particular I explain a little bit about how the bus system works. Two important takeaways: 1) Some bus routes have...
Heya, Finally had some time to wander around the neighbourhood this past week (given that it's National Day (国庆节) break n all) and see if there was anything good. I guess all I can say is that it's a quiet, suburban neighbourhood. Not much going on. Truth be told, I was looking for a place to eat on Saturday night but didn't want to go to a place that had people drinking. Why? Because then the inevitable conversation of "Hello foreigner! Where are you from?!" would ensue and... it just wasn't...