Hey guys,
I'm back! Had a nice little vacation and now back onto the routine. School soon!
Anyway, decided to something different in making a video, so I made my first Chinese vlog!
It's kind of bad I have to say; I was very nervous when making it. But here it is! Gotta start somewhere.
Hope to make more soon and also continue with language books.
Any requests for videos? Feel free to email me here as always.
Below is the video or you can watch it at this link. Enjoy!
Remember to comment, rate and subscribe!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Review - Basic Chinese Grammar and Sentence Patterns by A. D. Syrokomla-Stefanowska & Mabel Lee - #6
Hi guys,
Back with another review for ya' tonight. Another Chinese book came in the mail, so we're back to C (check out Intermediate Chinese and Learn Dutch for English Speakers too!).
A little bit tired in this one, sorry -- I hope I don't go in circles too much. The content's there though. I have to say this is a nice review manual book and kind of fun/something different.
By the way, I wanted to let you guys know that I'll be away for a week so may not be able to do language resource reviews; I might do a vlog or two, though, who knows.
Thank you to all of my new subscribers and YouTube friends! If any of you are reading this blog please leave a comment :)
Enjoy this review!
Chinese is spoken by around 1.3 billion China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and communities around the world.
(More at Wikipedia and more at Omniglot)
This video is an overlook of A. D. Syrokomla-Stefanowska and Mabel Lee's Basic Chinese Grammar and Sentence Patterns.
Check it out on Amazon here or search it on Bookfinder here.
Remember to comment, rate and subscribe!
Feel free to email me here as always.
Below is the video or you can watch it at this link. Enjoy!
Back with another review for ya' tonight. Another Chinese book came in the mail, so we're back to C (check out Intermediate Chinese and Learn Dutch for English Speakers too!).
A little bit tired in this one, sorry -- I hope I don't go in circles too much. The content's there though. I have to say this is a nice review manual book and kind of fun/something different.
By the way, I wanted to let you guys know that I'll be away for a week so may not be able to do language resource reviews; I might do a vlog or two, though, who knows.
Thank you to all of my new subscribers and YouTube friends! If any of you are reading this blog please leave a comment :)
Enjoy this review!
Chinese is spoken by around 1.3 billion China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and communities around the world.
(More at Wikipedia and more at Omniglot)
This video is an overlook of A. D. Syrokomla-Stefanowska and Mabel Lee's Basic Chinese Grammar and Sentence Patterns.
Check it out on Amazon here or search it on Bookfinder here.
Remember to comment, rate and subscribe!
Feel free to email me here as always.
Below is the video or you can watch it at this link. Enjoy!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Review - Intermediate Chinese by Yong Ho - #5
Hey guys,
Back! Sorry. Two day little hiatus. Just getting into the groove of things with this channel and even though it's summer, things get busy (aka I can get lazy...don't hate ;D).
Anywho...
Following alphabetically in my coursebook collection tour is Chinese. Oh wait. Does Brian not know the alphabet in order?
Haha, I did Dutch last time but now I am back to C, Chinese, because I just got a book in the mail! Whoo hoo! Don't you love getting that crinkled, tape-covered manila envelope with bubble-wrap inside and a language book and an Amazon receipt?
Well that was the highlight of my day today, so I wanted to share with you this Chinese book for intermediate learners as I would call myself.
I've been studying Chinese on and off over the past year and a half or so, at a weekend class, a day camp last summer, and then this past summer I did an epic one-month Middlebury Language Academy CTY (Center for Talented Youth through Johns Hopkins) Chinese Immersion camp. Was a crazily fun and learningful camp. For any of you guys out there my age, finishing 7th to 10th grade, check out the camp (for which they also have Spanish and French).
Talk about awesome way to learn a language. Being totally immersed in it: Chinese class 3 and a half hours a day conducted in Chinese, plus all directions and daily life (with exceptions) given in Chinese, movies, books, etc. all in Chinese.
Sorry, won't go on too much.
P.S. Check out my last two on Dutch and Balinese if you interested).
Just in case you didn't know...I have to post this stuff below in each of my posts, just to be consistent:
Chinese is spoken by around 1.3 billion people in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and in communities around the world.
(More at Wikipedia and more at Omniglot)
This video is an overlook of Yong Ho's Intermediate Chinese.
Check it out on Amazon here or search it on Bookfinder here.
Remember to comment, rate and subscribe!
Feel free to email me here as always.
Below is the video or you can watch it at this link. Enjoy!
Back! Sorry. Two day little hiatus. Just getting into the groove of things with this channel and even though it's summer, things get busy (aka I can get lazy...don't hate ;D).
Anywho...
Following alphabetically in my coursebook collection tour is Chinese. Oh wait. Does Brian not know the alphabet in order?
Haha, I did Dutch last time but now I am back to C, Chinese, because I just got a book in the mail! Whoo hoo! Don't you love getting that crinkled, tape-covered manila envelope with bubble-wrap inside and a language book and an Amazon receipt?
Well that was the highlight of my day today, so I wanted to share with you this Chinese book for intermediate learners as I would call myself.
I've been studying Chinese on and off over the past year and a half or so, at a weekend class, a day camp last summer, and then this past summer I did an epic one-month Middlebury Language Academy CTY (Center for Talented Youth through Johns Hopkins) Chinese Immersion camp. Was a crazily fun and learningful camp. For any of you guys out there my age, finishing 7th to 10th grade, check out the camp (for which they also have Spanish and French).
Talk about awesome way to learn a language. Being totally immersed in it: Chinese class 3 and a half hours a day conducted in Chinese, plus all directions and daily life (with exceptions) given in Chinese, movies, books, etc. all in Chinese.
Sorry, won't go on too much.
P.S. Check out my last two on Dutch and Balinese if you interested).
Just in case you didn't know...I have to post this stuff below in each of my posts, just to be consistent:
Chinese is spoken by around 1.3 billion people in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and in communities around the world.
(More at Wikipedia and more at Omniglot)
This video is an overlook of Yong Ho's Intermediate Chinese.
Check it out on Amazon here or search it on Bookfinder here.
Remember to comment, rate and subscribe!
Feel free to email me here as always.
Below is the video or you can watch it at this link. Enjoy!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Review - Learn Dutch for English Speakers by Fernand G. Renier - #4
Morning, guys. Back with another language resource review! Number three today.
Following alphabetically is Dutch (check out Albanian and Balinese too).
I like the Dutch language in that it is fairly common and widely-spoken, but is a bit quirkier and more interesting than German and the other Germanic languages, I think. I like how it has a clean, non-diacritic-using writing system and seems fairly easy to learn.
Of course it's on my list to learn in the future but I'm not currently working on it. Nonetheless, I bring you this little language resource review for anyone looking into this book!
The publisher, Saphrograph Corp, looks like a respectable language publishing company, kind of along the lines of Spoken Language Service, Cortina, and then of course the old Teach Yourself books and Colloquial books.
However, I found no website or real information for them, but they are based in New York. One day I want to contact them and see if I can set up a website or something for them... I want to find out more about their books, especially their volume for learning Turkish (one of my favorite languages).
Anyway...
Dutch is spoken by around 27 million people in Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Aruba, and more.
(More at Wikipedia and more at Omniglot)
This video is an overlook of Fernand G. Renier's Learn Dutch for English Speakers.
Check it out on Amazon here or search it on Bookfinder here.
Remember to comment, rate and subscribe!
Feel free to email me here as always.
Below is the video or you can watch it at this link. Enjoy!
Following alphabetically is Dutch (check out Albanian and Balinese too).
I like the Dutch language in that it is fairly common and widely-spoken, but is a bit quirkier and more interesting than German and the other Germanic languages, I think. I like how it has a clean, non-diacritic-using writing system and seems fairly easy to learn.
Of course it's on my list to learn in the future but I'm not currently working on it. Nonetheless, I bring you this little language resource review for anyone looking into this book!
The publisher, Saphrograph Corp, looks like a respectable language publishing company, kind of along the lines of Spoken Language Service, Cortina, and then of course the old Teach Yourself books and Colloquial books.
However, I found no website or real information for them, but they are based in New York. One day I want to contact them and see if I can set up a website or something for them... I want to find out more about their books, especially their volume for learning Turkish (one of my favorite languages).
Anyway...
Dutch is spoken by around 27 million people in Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Aruba, and more.
(More at Wikipedia and more at Omniglot)
This video is an overlook of Fernand G. Renier's Learn Dutch for English Speakers.
Check it out on Amazon here or search it on Bookfinder here.
Remember to comment, rate and subscribe!
Feel free to email me here as always.
Below is the video or you can watch it at this link. Enjoy!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Review - Everyday Balinese by I Gusti Made Sutjaja - #3
Hi all!
Onto our next review! Alphabetically following Albanian (check out that video as well right here) in my coursebook collection is Balinese.
Balinese is a language that I decided to look into and dabble with partly inspired by Moses McCormick's interest in it (really cool language guy on YouTube, check him out here), partly inspired by my fascination with the cool Indonesian island of Bali, and partly inspired by my interest in Austronesian languages.
Balinese is spoken by around 4 million people, mostly centered around the island of Bali.
(More at Wikipedia and more at Omniglot)
This video is an overlook of I Gusti Made Sutjaja's "Everyday Balinese: Your Guide to Speaking Balinese Quickly and Effortlessly in a Few Hours".
Check it out on Amazon here or search it on Bookfinder here.
Remember to comment, rate and subscribe! I'd love to hear from you, especially if you were previously or are now interested in Balinese!
Feel free to email me here as always, too.
Below is the video or it is available at this link. Enjoy!
Onto our next review! Alphabetically following Albanian (check out that video as well right here) in my coursebook collection is Balinese.
Balinese is a language that I decided to look into and dabble with partly inspired by Moses McCormick's interest in it (really cool language guy on YouTube, check him out here), partly inspired by my fascination with the cool Indonesian island of Bali, and partly inspired by my interest in Austronesian languages.
Balinese is spoken by around 4 million people, mostly centered around the island of Bali.
(More at Wikipedia and more at Omniglot)
This video is an overlook of I Gusti Made Sutjaja's "Everyday Balinese: Your Guide to Speaking Balinese Quickly and Effortlessly in a Few Hours".
Check it out on Amazon here or search it on Bookfinder here.
Remember to comment, rate and subscribe! I'd love to hear from you, especially if you were previously or are now interested in Balinese!
Feel free to email me here as always, too.
Below is the video or it is available at this link. Enjoy!
Review - Learn Albanian: Mësoni Shqip by Çezar Kurti - #2
Hi all! So, I'm just jumping right in with some resource reviews.
What I'll be doing in these videos is walking you through some of the books that have helped me in my language learning journey.
I know for myself, just seeing previews and hearing about and making Amazon carts of language books gets me excited. C'mon, you know it does for you too.
I want to help prospective learners of languages know what's out there in terms of books, audio, etc.
I'll just be giving short tours of the lesson format, pros and cons, price range, and all that fun stuff.
Here's my first one, going in alphabetical order of my course-book collection first (then phrasebooks, grammars, and so on afterwards), Albanian.
Lucky Albanian. Always first in the lists.
Albanian is spoken by around 3 million people mostly in Albania (obviously), Montenegro, Kosovo, and the surrounding area.
(More at Wikipedia and more at Omniglot)
This resource video is an overlook of Çezar Kurti's Learn Albanian: Mësoni Shqip: An Introduction to Albanian Grammar.
Check it out on Amazon here or search it on Bookfinder (super awesome site) here.
Below is the video, or follow this link. Enjoy! Please feel free to comment, rate, and subscribe.
What I'll be doing in these videos is walking you through some of the books that have helped me in my language learning journey.
I know for myself, just seeing previews and hearing about and making Amazon carts of language books gets me excited. C'mon, you know it does for you too.
I want to help prospective learners of languages know what's out there in terms of books, audio, etc.
I'll just be giving short tours of the lesson format, pros and cons, price range, and all that fun stuff.
Here's my first one, going in alphabetical order of my course-book collection first (then phrasebooks, grammars, and so on afterwards), Albanian.
Lucky Albanian. Always first in the lists.
Albanian is spoken by around 3 million people mostly in Albania (obviously), Montenegro, Kosovo, and the surrounding area.
(More at Wikipedia and more at Omniglot)
This resource video is an overlook of Çezar Kurti's Learn Albanian: Mësoni Shqip: An Introduction to Albanian Grammar.
Check it out on Amazon here or search it on Bookfinder (super awesome site) here.
Below is the video, or follow this link. Enjoy! Please feel free to comment, rate, and subscribe.
Introduction - #1
Hi all! Welcome to my new blog, Brian on Language.
This blog accompanies the YouTube videos I'll be making at my channel identically-named, BrianonLanguage.
With this project, I hope to share my passion for languages (mostly the obscure, lesser-studied ones) by making videos on language resource reviews, vlogs on learning and practice, discussion, how-tos, and more.
I've started many projects in the past but I really hope to get this one going. As such an avid YouTuber and Internet surfer, especially on the topic of language, I feel that I want to contribute to the community that has helped me become who I am today.
So, here I go!
Check out my first video below, or at this link. Please, do not hesitate to comment, subscribe, rate or email me here as always.
Brian
P.S. - Don't judge 'cuz my blog layout is a preset! I like it ~_~
This blog accompanies the YouTube videos I'll be making at my channel identically-named, BrianonLanguage.
With this project, I hope to share my passion for languages (mostly the obscure, lesser-studied ones) by making videos on language resource reviews, vlogs on learning and practice, discussion, how-tos, and more.
I've started many projects in the past but I really hope to get this one going. As such an avid YouTuber and Internet surfer, especially on the topic of language, I feel that I want to contribute to the community that has helped me become who I am today.
So, here I go!
Check out my first video below, or at this link. Please, do not hesitate to comment, subscribe, rate or email me here as always.
Brian
P.S. - Don't judge 'cuz my blog layout is a preset! I like it ~_~
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