Hero Academy - Learn Chinese through subject-matter courses

[Jon Long]

Hero Academy: https://zh.zerotohero.ca/#/youtube/channel/UCMoxI3OhLuyItB8__6iuJhg

 

The idea is that you learn some subject matter (business, engineering, art, literature...) through Chinese

• Subjects sorted by Dewey decimal system (like books in your library)
• All videos have Chinese subtitles that's, time-synced, pinyin-annotated, dictionary-equipped, parallel-translated
• Learn subject matter (business, engineering, art, literature...) while you learn Chinese
• The concept is akin to Sheltered Subject-Matter Teaching (PDF paper by Stephen Krashen)
• A prior foundation in Chinese (HSK 4+) is recommended.

 

I just made this today... New YouTube videos are being added and categorized.

 

Please try this out and let me know what you think!

 

Jon

Chinese Zero to Hero

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I like the idea (I read the Stephen Krashen article you linked.) When I've studied actual subject material here in China as a member of a class of Chinese students, taught in Chinese by a Chinese teacher, I've learned a good deal about the subject and improved my Chinese in the course of doing that. It was not without considerable effort, however. (I studied tea at a tea academy 培训茶艺学校。) 

 

Your transcriptions off to the side make it easy to understand parts of the lecture that were not initially clear. (I watched the one about wine 葡萄酒。) 

 

My own learning experience, however, wasn't "sheltered" in that I was the only foreigner and the teacher wasn't going at my speed to accommodate my language limitations. My classmates were very kind and helped me with my notes during breaks and after class. I snapped photos of all the slides and recorded the entire lectures. Reviewed them at home every night and again on weekends.