amandagmu 196 Report post Posted January 19, 2012 I found this English learning video today on the web and thought I'd share. If this is what ChinesePod sounds like to native Chinese speakers then maybe I finally understand why they laugh at it.... http://effortlessenglishclub.com/the-fluency-engine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roddy 5,436 Report post Posted January 19, 2012 In the unlikely event you actually want an English version of Chinesepod.com, you'd want to look at . . . Englishpod.com. No really, it's the same company. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amandagmu 196 Report post Posted January 19, 2012 Yeah, but does it also make you a "fluency engine"? 我要成为一个流利发动机! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imron 5,247 Report post Posted January 19, 2012 to native Chinese speakers then maybe I finally understand why they laugh at it.... Do native speakers laugh at it? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amandagmu 196 Report post Posted January 22, 2012 At ChinesePod--yes, I've had a few of them laugh at the topics of choice and the people doing the program. But I think it's also partially a biased perspective. In one case it was colleagues of mine in Chinese history at the PhD level so they saw the CPod topics as trivial; in other cases it was native Beijingers who thought the Shanghai accents on CPod were sounded incorrect (or maybe they just thought I should learn from Beijingren and not Shanghairen?). Nevertheless, I found the above English video just.... I don't know, awkward and silly at times, both in terms of high-pitched accent and flailing his arms around to describe things. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imron 5,247 Report post Posted January 22, 2012 Oh I definitely agree that the above video comes across as awkward and silly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anonymoose 1,582 Report post Posted January 22, 2012 Yes, it's a crock of... Well, never mind. But if your English is at such a level to need that kind of input, then inventing phrases such as "fluency engine" is not very helpful. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites