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GeekDad Goes to Taiwan: Bilingual Kids
image: Jonathan Liu I’m an ABC: American-Born Chinese, but my parents taught me and my siblings the language and as much of the culture as they could in the United States. I’m fluent but not really...
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Langu Teaches Your Toddler to Be Bilingual (or More)
My 3-year-old tries out Langu. (The fleece hat holds the earbuds in place.) Photo: Jonathan Liu How do you teach your kids another language? If you’re Ben Morrison, you write an iPhone app. Ben, a web...
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“Ni Hao, Jade-Lianna”: GeekDad Interviews the Voice of Kai-lan
Kai-lan (left), and her voice, Jade-Lianna Peters The Nickelodeon show “Ni Hao, Kai-lan” is currently in its second season. “Ni Hao, Kai-lan” is like a Chinese analog of “Dora the Explorer,” and both...
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Learning Chinese with “Ni Hao, Kai-lan”
"Ni Hao, Kai-Lan" image: Nickelodeon, used with permission. If you have kids, I imagine it’s impossible not to know who Dora the Explorer is, even if you haven’t seen the show yourself, because she...
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HippoDict Chinese Dictionary for iPhone
HippoDict: Chinese-English Dictionary for iPhone When I was considering retiring my Palm TX in exchange for an iPod touch (no AT&T service in the rural area where I live, so no iPhone), one of my...
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Review: Chinese for Munchkins for the iPhone
I’m always looking for ways to encourage my kids to learn Chinese — a task that is not always easy in small-town Kansas, where their bilingual education is largely up to me. Chinese for Munchkins is...
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Core Dump: Learning Games
Wow, has it been a month already since my last Core Dump column? I guess so. Time flies when you’re playing Draw Something. Seriously. At the time I wrote my “Draw the Line” column I was still playing...
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One of the tricky things about learning Chinese is figuring out how to address people. Growing up, I referred to my parents’ friends with the equivalent of “aunt” and “uncle,” but it was important to...
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This week the GeekMoms are having fun both at play and on vacation--and a little of both. Click through to read all of "This Week With the GeekMoms." If you value content from GeekDad, please support...
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