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FOB-ulous! - Learn Mandarin through Chinese pop music
Mandarin is the most popular 1st language on the planet, beating English by 500 million speakers. It's also the 2nd most common language on the Internet. Mandarin shouldn't just conjure up images of oranges and collars anymore...it's also known as Putonghua ("common speech") in China; Guoyu ("national language") in Taiwan; and Huayu ("cultural language") in Malaysia and Singapore. If you already know Mandarin, you should consider your ass lucky...if you're learning, why not have a little fun? Check out the website "LEARN CHINESE THROUGH CHINESE POP MUSIC" where you can master Mandarin by imagining popular pop artists like Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, Wang Lee Hom and others as your "personal Mandarin tutor".
The site helps you navigate the music lyrics in Pinyin (alphabet letters) above the Chinese characters, along with the English meaning of the lyrics. Sometimes there'll be an explanation of a song's meaning, and Youtube music videos often accompany the lyrics. PS: After a peeksy, I'd recommend Jay Chou's Dong Feng Po (The Song of the East Wind). You don't have to know any Mandarin just yet...just listen and get inspired!
More:
*Listen to Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Japanese music on this popular Taiwanese music station @ www.kissradio.com.tw/
* Read "More brain power needed for Mandarin than English" @ www.smh.com.au.
* Read "The Mandarin Offensive: Inside Beijing's global campaign to make Chinese the number one language in the world" @ www.wired.com.
* Read "Mandarin learning soars outside China" @ news.bbc.co.uk/.
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I love Jay Chou!
This website disappeared sometime this year. Does anyone know what happened--and will it return?? :( I am wondering if there was some sort of copyright dispute with the publisher of a new "textbook" entitled "Learn Chinese Through Music." Anyone have any info.???
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