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Studying Chinese with an iPhone (or iPod Touch) – Tech-Web

www.chengduliving.com — What’s the best study aid you can get for learning a language? Aside from the internet itself, I’ve found that the most useful single object in my Chinese study over the last 18 months has been an iPod touch. In the App Store there are thousands of language related applications available for download, many of them free – I’m talking dictionaries, translators, flash card viewers, books of idioms, and much more. Whether you’re studying Chinese in school or on your own these are necessary tools that are fundamental to learning the language and the iPhone makes them more convenient than ever.

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Studying Chinese with an iPhone (or iPod Touch)

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jaycasey 1 year 48 weeks ago

Chengdu Living has become one of the best blogs about China. This article was very helpful.

Chengdu is my favorite city in China - the food and people were great!

FarWestChina 1 year 48 weeks ago

I'll agree with that. Only in its third month and it has a nice array of fascinating articles in its archives.

Great job, Charlie.

NFX 1 year 48 weeks ago

I'll third that in its third month. Good stuff.

chengduliving 1 year 48 weeks ago

Thanks for the kind words!

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