Useful Web Sites for Teaching and Learning Chinese

Useful Web Sites for Teaching and Learning Chinese Collected by Tianwei Xie California State University, Long Beach June 2001 This list contains the web sites that I have started to collect since 1997 During the past years, the list has been updated regularly However, some new web sites appear every day and some sites became inactive or impossible to be accessed Users of this list should be aware of this fact and make appropriate adjustments Contents Introduction to the Chinese Language Learning Pronunciation Learning Conversations Discussion and Chat Learning Characters .8 Learning Grammar .11 Reading Materials 12 Listening 14 On-line Dictionaries .15 Learning Chinese Translation Online 17 Testing Your Chinese 17 Links for Chinese Studies 18 Universities, Colleges, Institutes and Schools Offering Chinese, Chinese Language Associations 19 Language Research, Textbooks, Learning Materials Database 20 Chinese Bookstores .22 Search Engines 24 Seek Help from Experts .25 Learners' Experience 25 CD Titles and other multimedia programs for Learning Chinese 25 Review Articles 26 Learning Chinese CD ROMs, tapes and software 27 Study Abroad .30 Other Resources 31 Introduction to the Chinese Language How many people speak Chinese? http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fergab/Learn.htm Mandarin Chinese Outpost http://www.chinese-outpost.com/ Mandarin Chinese Profile http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/profiles/profm02.htm Ocrat.com Chinese Language: Questions & Answers http://www.ocrat.com/info/faq.html Online Chinese Schools Chineseon.net http://www.chineseon.net/ (An on-line learning school Free for teachers $16 for six months for students) Online College of Chinese Language http://www.hanyu.com.cn/ Speaking-Chinese.com http://www.speakingchinese.com/en/en_index.asp (All Chinese courses of this website are authorized by the National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language This site can be best viewed in IE4.0 or above with a screen display 800*600 ) Learning Pronunciation Bell Lab Chinese Text-to-Speech Synthecizer (big5) http://www.bell-labs.com/project/tts/mandarin.html (Type Chinese characters or pinyin, sound will be generated automatically) Bell-lab Bell Lab Chinese Text-to-Speech Synthecizer (gb) http://www.bell-labs.com/project/tts/mandarin-gb.html Branner, David Prager Guide to Gwoyeu Romatzyh http://weber.u.washington.edu/~yuenren/Romatzyh.html ChinaSchool.net Learn Pinyin http://chinese.chinaschool.net/learn/course/win_one1.htm Harvard Univ Chinese Pronunciation Guide http://icg.harvard.edu/~pinyin/ Hill, Harold C Pinyin, Wade-Giles, Yale: Comparative Romanization http://www.wlu.edu/~hhill/tlit.html Hill, Harold C Zhuyin Fuhao [BPMF] Transliteration http://www.wlu.edu/~hhill/bpmf.html Li, Sanpao, California State University at Long Beach Pinyin Master http://www.csulb.edu/~sanpaoli/pym/pym.htm Moran, Patrick Patrick Moran's drawing to teach z, c, s, zh, ch, sh, r, j, q, x http://www.wfu.edu/~moran/z_GIF_images/Difficult_Sounds.gif Peterson, Eric Chinese Romanization Converter (Pinyin-Wade Giles-BoPoMoFo) http://www.erols.com/eepeter/pytable.html (This tool will not convert characters to pinyin It will also not convert pinyin to characters It only works between different Romanizations and Zhuyin Fuhao.) Sciban, Shu-ning and Xiao-jie Yang, Univ of Calgary Fayin http://www.uti.ca/fayin.htm Speakingchinese.com Chinese Pinyin http://www.speakingchinese.com/en/en_script/elogin/login.asp?ClassID=3000 (Free registration Fundamental course for beginners to grasp the key to the Chinese pronunciation by learning its phonetic system.) The City Univ of Hong Kong LISRC Computerized System for Learning Pinyin http://www.lang.cityu.edu.hk/pinyin/default.htm Univ of Iowa Practice Your Pinyin http://www.uiowa.edu/~chinese/pinyin/ Warmington, Richard GR Junction http://home.iprimus.com.au/richwarm/gr/gr.htm#aka Learning Conversations A Brief Introduction to Shanghai hua http://plaza27.mbn.or.jp/~yilingmu/zhanhe/index.html (In Japanese) Bai, Jianhua, Kenyon College Video Clips of Survival Chinese http://www2.kenyon.edu/people/bai/vcsc.htm OCAC Taiwan Mandarin Classroom http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/whole4.html (all levels) Singapore Promote Mandarin Council Basic Business Mandarin Chinese http://www.gov.sg/spkmandarin/conversation/conversation.htm (Texts and sound, intermediate) SpeakingChinese.com Foreigners in China http://www.speakingchinese.com/en/en_script/elogin/login.asp?ClassID=1006 (Free registration This course provides a quick solution for foreigners who are going to travel, work or live in china to grasp the most commonly used spoken Chinese.) Xie, Tianwei Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online(Level I, big5 version) http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol/content.htm (Fifteen Units in Pinyin, English, Characters and Exercises with sound) Xie, Tianwei Translated by Gwon, Young June Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online (Level I) for Korean speakers http://home.opentown.net/~cmcokr/learn/learn.htm Discussion and Chat Harbaugh, Rick Chat in Pinyin http://zhongwen.com/chat.htm (Students can chat here in Pinyin) Huang, Kaibo & Huizhen Wu Chinese Learners Chat Room http://www.chinaw.com/chinese/chat.htm (allow gb codes) Xie, Tianwei Voice Discussion Board http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/voiceforum.htm (This voice forum will allow you to record and post your message to the discussion board You can also send voice e-mail No need to download software.) Learning Characters ChineseOn.net learning characters http://www.chineseon.net/resources/search_word/search_word.php?pd=1 (Search by Pinyin) http://www.chineseon.net/resources/search_word/search_word.php?pd=2 (Search by English) http://www.chineseon.net/newword/index.php (Search by textbooks) Harbaugh, Rick Chinese Characters: Questions and Answers http://zhongwen.com/faq.htm Moran, Patrick Patrick Moran's character practice sheets for downloading http://www.wfu.edu/~moran/callig.html Ocrat.com Animated Chinese Characters http://www.ocrat.com/ocrat/chargif/ (Stroke orders are animated, covers Characters in PCR Book I) Peterson, Erik Chinese Character Flashcards http://www.mandarintools.com/flashcard.html Speakingchinese.com Chinese Characters http://www.speakingchinese.com/en/en_script/elogin/login.asp?ClassID=1007 (Free registration Fundamental course for beginners to learn the writing, structural characteristics, stroke order, and development history of Chinese characters.) Taylor, Insup and M Martin Taylor (Amsterdam: John Benjamins) http://www.mmtaylor.net/Literacy_Book (A Book about Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese) University of Iowa Students Chinese Flashcards 2001 http://www.thechinesecard.com/ (The flashcards based on the textbook) University of Southern California Animated Chinese Characters http://www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese/newweb/character_page.html (For users of the textbook Interactive Chinese) University of Virginia Learning Chinese Characters http://faculty.virginia.edu/cll/chinese/index.html (For users of the textbook Interactive Chinese ) 10 Univ of Hawaii Multimedia Software for Learning Chinese http://nts.lll.hawaii.edu/flmedia/languages/chinese.html Zhang, Zhengsheng Integrated Chinese, Level Digitized text http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/materials.html#L1text Zhang, Zhengsheng Lab assignments http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/materials.html#L1text Zhang, Zhengsheng Integrated Chinese, Level Digitized text http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/materials.html#L2text Chinese Bookstores Asian Rare Books http://users.erols.com/arbs/ Cheng & Tsui Company Chinese Collection http://www.cheng-tsui.com/ 22 Childbook.com http://www.childbook.com/ (Chinese Children Books, Video's, Audio and computer CD's, and other material for libraries, ESL Programs, and government institutions for teaching Chinese Culture and Language) China Books Periodicals, Inc http://www.chinabooks.com/ Chinese Arts http://www.blackbeltmag.com/books/chinese.html Great Wall Books & Arts http://www.chinesemall.com/greatwall/ Multilingual Books and Tapes - Chinese Materials http://www.esl.net/mbt/chinese.html Nan Hai Co., Inc., U.S.A The Bridge of East and West Culture http://www.nanhai.com/ Paragon Book Gallery http://webart.com/paragonbook/index.shtml Powell's Books http://www.powells.portland.or.us/ World Journal Book Store http://205.158.4.21/bay/wj/ 23 Search Engines Alta Vista Chinese Search Engine Big5 http://www.altavista.digital.com/av/oneweb/query_big5.html Alta Vista Chinese Search Engine GB http://www.altavista.digital.com/av/oneweb/query_euccn.html Google Search Big5 http://www.google.com/intl/zh-TW/ Google Search GB http://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/ SearchEdu.com http://www.searchedu.com/ (Over 20 million university and education pages indexed and ranked in order of popularity) Yahoo Chinese Search Engine Big5 http://chinese.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Chinese Search Engine GB http://gbchinese.yahoo.com/ 24 Seek Help from Experts Experts Willing to Share Knowledge of Chinese http://carla.acad.umn.edu/lctl/experts.html#C (They can help you if you have questions related to learning Chinese) Learners' Experience Harbough, Rick Learning Chinese Forum http://zhongwen.com/wwwboard/wwwboard.html Jacob, Mary Learning Chinese Tips http://www.princeton.edu/~msjacob/langtips.htm Maclay, Callum Learn the Chinese Languages both Mandarin and Cantonese with the System Method http://members.xoom.com/camlac/ McLoughlin, Ian http://sun1.bham.ac.uk/i.v.mcloughlin/learn_chinese.html CD Titles and other multimedia programs for Learning Chinese 25 Review Articles Chu, Cecilia, UC Berkeley Chinese Character Tutor http://philo.ucdavis.edu/zope/home/txie//learn_online/chchartu.htm Chu, Cecilia, UC Berkeley HyperChina http://philo.ucdavis.edu/~txie/learn_online/hchina.htm Chu, Cecilia, UC Berkeley Professional Interactive Chinese http://philo.ucdavis.edu/~txie/learn_online/profes.htm Chu, Cecilia, UC Berkeley Wenlin http://philo.ucdavis.edu/~txie/learn_online/wenlin.htm Irving, Robert, Monash University Power Chinese 1.01 http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/others/calico/review/powchin00.htm Wang, Jun, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Professional Interactive Chinese http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/call/reviews/archives/intchinese.html 26 Zhang Zhengsheng, SDSU HyperChinese http://philo.ucdavis.edu/~txie/learn_online/hyperc.htm Zhang, Zhengsheng, SDSU CALL for Chinese: Issues and Practice http://philo.ucdavis.edu/~txie/learn_online/issues.htm http://philo.ucdavis.edu/~txie/learn_online/issues.doc Zheng, Tongtao, University of Tasmania The Passage to China http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/others/calico/review/powchin00.htm Learning Chinese CD ROMs, tapes and software 66 Communication Inc Learning Chinese is Fun http://www.66ny.com/66ecd.htm Amtrade Com ABC Interactive Chinese http://www.amtrade.com/abc.html Bourgire, Dana Scott and Ronald R Robel Critical Language Series: Beginning Chinese http://clp.arizona.edu/cls/chn/ 27 Brandl, Klaus, Qi Yang, and Chris Delucia Pinyin Tutor http://www.llc.washington.edu/resources/asian/chi_comp.html Chinesesoftware.com http://www.chinesesoftware.com/ (You can find and buyChinese software here) ChineseTapes, Videos, DVD http://www.chinesetapes.com/ CyberChinese http://liwin.com/cyberchinese/ (By Prof Li Sanpao and Jeff Winters, California State University, Long Beach) Easy Chinese CD for Windows http://www.emnes.com/EzChinese/ezchn.htm Beijing T-Best Multimedia Easy Mandarin http://www.t-best.com.cn/ (A series of CD-ROMs including speaking, reading and writing) FlashWare International Chinese Character Tutor http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fergab Hamiltom College Multimedia Learning Software http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/eal/Software_for_Chinese.html 28 InnerTalk: Learning Chinese http://www.innertalk.com/language_learning_chinese.html (Tapes and CD) Ningxia CDT Auto-control Technology Ltd, China Standard Chinese Course http://www.cdt.com.cn/scc.htm Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese http://languagetapes.com/chinesemandarin.html (Audio tapes, recommended) Resources United International Step into China http://www.jps.net/ruic/cstep/ Sinologic Software HyperChina http://www.sinologic.com/HyperChina.html The Rosetta Stone Language Library http://www.trstone.com/ Venture Tech, Inc The Professional Interactive Chinese http://www.agoralang.com:2410/venturetech.html 29 Wenlin Institute, Inc Wenlin http://www.wenlin.com/ Zhang, Zhengsheng, SDSU Mandarin Pronunciation http://philo.ucdavis.edu/~txie/learn_online/MP.html Study Abroad East China Normal University International Chinese Culture College http://www.studychinese.net/ Glexchange: A Bridge between East & West http://www.glexchange.net/ Learn Chinese in China: a private Chinese homestay program http://www.nettaxi.com/dcitizens/homestay/index.html Study in China Information http://www.speakingchinese.com/en/en_script/StudyInChina/cstun_intr.asp Studying Mandarin in Shanghai: A comprehensive guide to Chinese language schools http://www.chinanow.com/english/shanghai/city/features/mandarin.html WorldLink Education http://www.worldlinkedu.com/chinese_language.html 30 Other Resources Bahasa.com: Basic English-Mandarin http://www.bahasa.com/Mandarin.html (play games and learn words) Chalkface.net http://www.chalkface.net/pagecopy/subjectitems/languages01.htm#chinese (Collection of sites of learning foreign languages including Chinese) Cheng, Qinghai Business Chinese Syllabi http://www.lsa.umich.edu/asian/chinese/courses/bchin/syllabi.html ChinaSite.com The Complete Reference to China/Chinese-Related Web Sites http://chinasite.com/ Chinese Exercises http://camel2.conncoll.edu/academics/departments/chinese/mhu/001Classes.html Chinese Language Resources http://www.worldlanguage.com/chinese.htm Chinese Multimedia Tutorial http://www.inform.umd.edu:8080/EdRes/Topic/Humanities/.C-tut/C-tut.html 31 Chinese Studies Web Resources http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/hss/asrl/chiwebso.htm Chinese Tutor http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/ctutor.html Chinese Way To Go http://chinasite.com/ DrDo Chinese Multimedia Language Trainer http://www.thinkred.com/drdo_index.htm Easton Language Education http://eleaston.com/chinese.html Electronic Classroom of the Qianye Business University (Japan) http://www.cuc.ac.jp/~zhao/ Erge http://erge.uhome.net/ (Kids Songs in Chinese) Hawaii Univ Integrated Chinese http://nts.lll.hawaii.edu/tedyao/icusers/stu.htm Himedia Mandarin Chinese (Huayu Jiaoxue) http://media.hinet.net/life/class/teach.htm 32 Hong Kong Univ Multimedia Project for Teaching and Learning Chinese http://hkusuc.hku.hk/curric/chincal/ Hu Mingliang's Page http://camel2.conncoll.edu/academics/departments/chinese/mhu/000.html (Chinese Exercises, etc.) Huang, K Learn Chinese Online http://www.khuang.com/chinese/ Human Langauges Page http://www.june29.com/HLP/ (Links to many human languages including Chinese) International Chinese Culture College (East China Normal University) http://www.studychinese.net/ La Trobe University Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning http://chinese.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/index.htm Language Resource Directory http://www.linguascope.co.uk/ Languages-on-the-web.com http://www.languages-on-the-web.com/ 33 Learning Express Inc., Follow Me Learning Chinese http://www.learningchinese.com/ (Video tapes, books) Linguaphone, UK http://www.linguaphone.co.uk/ Liu, Wenzheng Hanyu Online http://home.domaindlx.com/wzliu/ Mymandarin.com (Canada) http://mymandarin.com/ Nelson , Michael Chinese Language Maintenance Program and Learning Technologies http://207.204.197.254/ Network for Teaching and Learning Chinese http://mcel.pacificu.edu/china/ Nicholson, John Mandarin Chinese http://www.1jn.com/1/chinese.html Niigataum University (Japan) http://508bsd.niigataum.ac.jp/chinese/ 34 OCAC Education Center Online (Taiwan) http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/whole4.html Online Chinese Langauge College http://www.hanyu.com.cn/ Peterson, Erik Chinese Tools Online http://www.mandarintools.com/ Renmin Ribao [People's Daily] Chinese Lessons for Pre-Schoolers http://members.tripod.com/~StudyChinese/textbook.htm Speaking-Chinese.com http://www.speakingchinese.com/ Teach English, Learn Chinese http://www.eslhouseonline.com/index.htm Univ of Hawaii Chinese Net: On-line Lessons http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/workshops/chinesenet/lessons/ Waseda University (Japan) CCDL Project http://meet2.project.mnc.waseda.ac.jp/col/index.htm 35 Webcom.com Chinese Langauge Related Info Page http://www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/chinese.html Wwli.com Online Mandarin Course http://www.wwli.com/languages/zhongwen Xie, Tianwei China and Chinese Culture (Websites) http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/chinanet.htm 36 ... http://home.domaindlx.com/wzliu/ Mymandarin.com (Canada) http://mymandarin.com/ Nelson , Michael Chinese Language Maintenance Program and Learning Technologies http://207.204.197.254/ Network for Teaching and Learning Chinese. .. http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/eal/Software _for_ Chinese. html 28 InnerTalk: Learning Chinese http://www.innertalk.com/language _learning_ chinese. html (Tapes and CD) Ningxia CDT Auto-control Technology Ltd, China Standard Chinese. .. http://www.childbook.com/ (Chinese Children Books, Video's, Audio and computer CD's, and other material for libraries, ESL Programs, and government institutions for teaching Chinese Culture and Language)