Popular Post jkhsu Posted November 10, 2011 at 12:11 AM Popular Post Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 at 12:11 AM I just saw this news article: Chinese universities offer free online courses Excerpt: "According to the Ministry of Education, the first 20 China university open courses were put online on Nov. 9. The will have free access to them through several websites, such as www.icourses.edu.cn, www.cntv.cn and www.163.com." I checked out a few lectures from www.icourses.edu.cn (爱课程) and they seem pretty interesting, complete with subtitles and all. I can't comment on the quality of the course topics, but for someone who is studying Chinese outside of China, this gives me a feel of how it's really like to be sitting in a class in China. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted November 10, 2011 at 09:09 AM Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 at 09:09 AM I tried one out, it was great - some old bloke rambling on and checking his text messages. Could be very useful for anyone who wants to know if they could follow a Chinese university course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yialanliu Posted November 10, 2011 at 09:56 AM Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 at 09:56 AM Wow that's really cool I goto PKU right now as an exhcange student and I am actually in the a class that's being shown online. http://www.icourses....b1-4876d02411f6 He's really popular even at PKU(standing room first few weeks) From a business student perspective, the business school chinese professors were easier to understand but from a history professor professor, their vocabulary all seem to be around his level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gymnosopher Posted November 10, 2011 at 10:08 AM Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 at 10:08 AM Those poor academics, so quick to be over-protective of their slides having them shown to the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkhsu Posted November 10, 2011 at 07:54 PM Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 at 07:54 PM I was just watching the lecture about the moon (千古名月). At around 2:57, a student goes into a long monologue describing her feelings about the moon. She seems overly enthusiastic with a very prepared type of speech. Is this typical of students in Chinese universities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friday Posted November 11, 2011 at 02:34 AM Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 at 02:34 AM Are there any Chinese as a foreign language courses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yialanliu Posted November 12, 2011 at 05:37 AM Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 at 05:37 AM I do not think there are any as these are top tier professors in the top tier universities. Chinese as a foreign language courses wouldn't have professors who are at these calibars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted December 1, 2011 at 07:31 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 at 07:31 PM The most recent update have bad subtitles (for me). E.g. this one The original clips are fine. I assume it's an encoding issue in the clip. Can someone confirm that or should I start fiddling with my settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkhsu Posted December 1, 2011 at 07:42 PM Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 at 07:42 PM Can someone confirm that or should I start fiddling with my settings? I watched that link for a few minutes and the subtitles look fine. Is there a specific time in the video that the subtitles fail for you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted December 1, 2011 at 08:04 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 at 08:04 PM No, It's from the beginning and looks like a encoding issue. I assumed it was hard coded, specially as the older ones are fine. As it was not corrected I started to doubt. If it's fine for you I have to take a look at my settings, I'm not yet sure where though:) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areckx Posted December 1, 2011 at 08:34 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 at 08:34 PM 你会了! 谢谢好的 ， 大学11月小说时大谢谢你快乐会了 哈哈哈 Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like how the one I am watching http://www.icourses....c6-4876d02411f6 has jarbled "subtitles" because it made me realize that I need to focus on listening rather than read Chinese subtitles (like I do when I watch Chinese TV) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkhsu Posted December 1, 2011 at 09:05 PM Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 at 09:05 PM @Areckx, where (in time) are you seeing this happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areckx Posted December 1, 2011 at 09:16 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 at 09:16 PM The entire video. It just shows symbols in English template, like supra/sub math symbols, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted December 1, 2011 at 10:43 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 at 10:43 PM I just get the message "没有找到可播放的媒体“ for any video I try to look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkhsu Posted December 1, 2011 at 11:46 PM Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 at 11:46 PM It looks like Silent and Areckx are experiencing the same encoding issue. I tried it using IE and Firefox on a PC and the subtitles look fine for me. The video did take forever to start though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmayo Posted December 2, 2011 at 05:42 AM Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 at 05:42 AM Thanks for the link jkhsu! I too have this encoding problem -- if anyone figures out what settings to change please let us know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areckx Posted December 2, 2011 at 06:39 PM Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 at 06:39 PM It's fine, like I said, with pretty much EVERY SINGLE Chinese show or movie containing Chinese subtitles, I could use the break to focus on my listening. It almost seemed for a second that the jarbled subs were purposely made to look that way in order to spark the "ah-hah!" in our minds that we need to work on our listening. Besides, if you were actually in the classroom, there wouldn't be subtitles hovering under the professors... although knowing China I wouldn't be surprised if the technology existed. 哈哈哈！ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaiknees Posted January 25, 2012 at 04:41 AM Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 at 04:41 AM Under the video, you can switch between 线路1 线路2 线路3 . I had to switch it to "2" to get readable subtitles and not just strange symbols. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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