tottora 2 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Having trouble learning Mandarin with boring classes and textbooks? There is an unconventional way of learning Mandarin now. Check out this clip and you will learn at least 5 useful colloquial words in no time! https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMandarinLearner?feature=mhee#p/u/0/G977aEzuBlI Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roddy 5,535 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Tacky (even taking into account surprisingly high production values), and looks to be cheap marketing for New Concept Mandarin in Hong Kong, but I suspect some of you will have a look anyway. I give it a couple of months before they figure out this is no way to make actual money. A hint for anyone actually trying to learn from this: 5 minutes of actual pornography, then 55 minutes of actual studying. I think of this as the beer-flavoured ham principle. Realistically you're going to be better off with a beer, and some ham. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kdavid 310 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I think this is a novel concept bound to go viral. It caters to the hoards of men with yellow fever looking to learn Mandarin. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gato 919 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Good stuff. Kill two birds with one video. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roddy 5,535 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Xiao Li been updating much recently? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gato 919 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 She still seems to be at it. http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/663976/Xiaoli-mistress-of-the-blackboard.aspx Xiaoli, mistress of the blackboard Global Times | June 30, 2011 08:29 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roddy 5,535 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Did you notice the date on that? Quick look at the Youtube channel and it looks like one video a month. I suspect Xiao Li was more a film student's final year project rather than an attempt at a commercially viable operation though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Demonic_Duck 1,400 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 A hint for anyone actually trying to learn from this: 5 minutes of actual pornography, then 55 minutes of actual studying. I think of this as the beer-flavoured ham principle. Realistically you're going to be better off with a beer, and some ham. Only 5 minutes of porn? Also this reminds me of hotforwords Russian lessons. A nice bit of eye-candy, but not really an effective way of learning anything substantial. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tottora 2 Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Why would you try and learn Mandarin with textbooks and learn textbook language, when you can enjoy yourself and learn colloquial Mandarin that could be of use one day!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post roddy 5,535 Posted February 22, 2012 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Introduce yourself and your company, explain what you're trying to do here, and maybe you'll get taken seriously. As it is, this is a bit of a novelty, but not really worth much attention. When's the version with semi-naked men coming out? 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tottora 2 Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Does life have to be that boring and serious? If you don't like it and want to keep complaining, that is fine with me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yonglin 92 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Ah, you guys got my expectations up real high... but seriously. Only girls? *sigh* So unfair. When do we girls get to watch Chinese guys in only their underpants teaching us Chinese...? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post roddy 5,535 Posted February 22, 2012 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Kenny!!!! Business opportunity!!!! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tooironic 399 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 When's the version with semi-naked men coming out? 太搞笑了 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Meng Lelan 524 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I'm turning off the computer. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jbradfor 681 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 This makes me embarrassed to be a guy with a Chinese wife studying Mandarin -- such a cliche. Now please excuse me as I go watch it for a fifth time. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gymnosopher 29 Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 kay, totally creeped out by that xiao li chick now... thanks sexy mandarin... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yialanliu 56 Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Anyone got a non youtube link of this haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
langxia 36 Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Anyone got a non youtube link of this haha Indeed if you want to target people on the main land aswell you should upload it to pages we have easy access. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
icebear 377 Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Indeed if you want to target people on the main land aswell you should upload it to pages we have easy access. Pretty sure the primary audience is foreigners. I agree that the production value is surprisingly high. Neither it nor the Xiaoli videos are any good for serious students, but are fun links to send to your friends about the joys of studying Chinese (particularly one studying Arabic with no Sexy counterpart). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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