Learning Chinese -- PINGRID, my vocabulary training game

Hello, Chinese learners.


If you are like me, one major difficulty in learning Chinese is to associate characters with their pronounciation. Noting that, I developed a small game to help memorize new words.


It is called Pingrid. The game consists of finding a word among a grid of other words.


Pingrid incorporates an original learning model aimed at insisting on "difficult" words. I have been using it for several months now to study my vocabulary and it has proved to be a real asset in my learning process.


Though quite simple, Pingrid is tremendously effective. It works along the same lines as other advanced repetition-based learning programs. What makes Pingrid unique is that it is 100% tailored for learning Chinese vocabulary.

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Included is a sample study list and a complete tutorial to get you started right away !

	Download the package at: http://www.box.net/shared/b7uzv0g548 (Just unzip the file to a directory and... RUN) current version is v2.1c (Oct. 6, 2009)
	Feel free to donate to support developments and updates. You can try it out for free, but if you like Pingrid and use it, it is only fair to contribute a small amount, don't you think?
	How to get the Chinese voice to work. -> you need to install the voice engine with the Microsoft Chinese voice. You can find that on the Lingoes web site (which, by the way, is a great translation tool): http://www.lingoes.net/en/translator/speech.htm That voice is not very nice but it is free. Commercial alternatives are all pretty expensive. If you know of any good free voice, please let me know! For more detailed instructions, look here.
	Finally, if you haven't yet, be sure to check out Pablo, a great Chinese-English dictionary for beginners.