delpino Posted August 1, 2005 at 12:50 AM Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 at 12:50 AM Hello all, I'm learning mandarin chinese at the moment as my wife is from Taiwan. Since I haven't found any language courses I liked I've done one myself being a programmer. Please have a look at, and tell me what you think: Chinese Course Website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necroflux Posted August 1, 2005 at 02:33 AM Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 at 02:33 AM Delpino, you've really done a terrific job with this software. I've been working on the same type of program using PHP/SQL, and have come to the EXACT same conclusions you have about how the program should be made. Your included data on the right hand side, particularly the EXAMPLE SENTENCE, is something I just added to my program as well. We really think alike. The only deviation I made from yours is the difficulty system - in my software I have a 10 random pinyin choices for each character; if you get it right, the diffiiculty of the character goes down, if you get it wrong the opposite happens. You can then cater the quiz however you like to include the difficult words more often, and eventually eliminate characters that have been solidly memorized. Since you beat me to the punch, I'm going to be using yours while I finish mine up. I'll release mine to everyone here when it's done - although now that I see you've implemented a login system I might have to do the same. Thanks a lot for your very well thought-out contribution! -Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpino Posted August 1, 2005 at 10:39 PM Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 at 10:39 PM Thanks for the praise. In my software characters are never completely eliminated, but known ones are less likely to be shown. It can be customised as to how likely those known characters shown up. Not sure what you mean with "diffiiculty of the character goes down". I don't like multiple choice question, because I think you might remember characters wrong and it might confuse you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpino Posted May 5, 2006 at 08:12 PM Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 at 08:12 PM By the way, I've redesigned the website and added more features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogleg Posted May 5, 2006 at 09:23 PM Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 at 09:23 PM I just tried creating an account and I got this error: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class base in /home/stampsau/public_html/chinese-course/class.base.php on line 9 One other point. When entering my password in the form for creating the account it doesn't mask the password. My password shows up in plain view. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpino Posted May 5, 2006 at 09:47 PM Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 at 09:47 PM I checked and to sign up a new account and there was no error message, I bit strange. Maybe try again, you can contact my by "live help", just click on the Live Support Button on the website. About the unmasked password, I know that and I did that on purpose. Its not really an important password and it avoids to having it to type it twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogleg Posted May 5, 2006 at 10:51 PM Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 at 10:51 PM I just tried it again and it works. I still don't think it's a good idea not to mask the password. It's just expected behavior when typing passwords in a field like that. I could be typing my password expecting it to be masked with someone sitting right beside me and they would see it. That doesn't seem cool. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh-J Posted May 6, 2006 at 08:32 AM Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 at 08:32 AM Got a server unavailable error or something (from the browser) when I created an account but it works nonetheless and I got the welcome email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpino Posted November 28, 2006 at 05:17 PM Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 at 05:17 PM I've started an affiliate programme for chinese-course.com You can earn 50 USD per new user. If you are interested just sign up like a regular user and then click on "Affiliate Program" for more information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wichita Posted November 29, 2006 at 04:03 AM Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 at 04:03 AM 很好！ I just took a quick glance at the site and started an account. It looks very useful. Very similar to an effective site that I used when starting my Finnish studies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpino Posted June 27, 2007 at 10:03 PM Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 at 10:03 PM I've added simplified characters.. please review! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david1978 Posted June 28, 2007 at 05:03 PM Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 at 05:03 PM Is there a chance you can add pinyin accompaniment to each sentence? Great site, BTW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpino Posted March 19, 2009 at 03:25 PM Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 at 03:25 PM Hi David, Pinyin has been added to each sentence. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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