Studying consonants and vowels? Check out two posts from my linguistics blog:
The University of Iowa's Flash-based explanations are excellent: http://cute-2011-linguistics.blogspot.tw/2011/09/consonants-place-manner-of-articulation.html
Another excellent site is Sammy, which shows you what all of the IPA consonant symbols mean: http://cute-2011-linguistics.blogspot.tw/2011/09/place-and-manner-of-articulation.html
In Chinese society, "play" is something that small children do. After you become a teenager, you are supposed to be "serious" and stop playing. This is a serious mistake. Playing (if done correctly) is an excellent way to learn. I hope that all of my students will PLAY with these two websites.
Below this screenshot is a video explaining how "play" makes you smart:
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| Screenshot from Stuart Brown's TED talk on the importance of play. |
http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital.html
You can watch the video with Chinese subtitles or download it to watch on your own computer/smartphone: http://download.ted.com/talks/StuartBrown_2008P-low-zh-tw.mp4?apikey=TEDDOWNLOAD
