Saturday, January 17, 2009

Learning Materials/Textbooks

  • Adsotrans (By Lancashire, David) This is the web site that provides audio Chinese lessons, audiovisual reading materials and Chinese news in Pinyin. It features an online glossing engine and personal vocabulary list. Date: 2006
  • An Online Lenarning Aids for Classical Chinese Reader: Language of the Dragon (By Xie, Tianwei) Learning materials to support the textbook "Language of the Dragon 龍文墨影". The characters are linked to an online dictionary. Grammatical notes, translation and online exercises are available online. Date: 2003
  • Books for Babies and Kids Learning Chinese 婴幼儿学习中文系列丛书 (By Anonymous) Chinese learning materials for kids in simplified characters. Date: None
  • Chinese Scholar 汉语老师 (By HM68.COM) Free Chinese Class - learn Chinese through interactive games and tutorials. A collection of learning materials for Chinese language, culture, literature, characters, etc. A good resource page. Date: 2007-2008
  • Chinese Tide - Integrated multimedia Chinese learning courseware series (By TideTime) An online school which has two sets of learning materials: Chinese for kids and Standard Chinese. Each course has lessons, vocabulary, grammar notes and drills. Date: 2002
  • Chinese Way to Go 華語處處通 (By Emily Yih 薛意梅) eCompuChinese Learning: Easy, Effective plus Enjoyable way of learning Chinese via Computer. Date: None
  • Chineseblast: An collaborative learning engine for Chinese (By Dr. Insano) A wiki web site inviting collaborative efforts to provide learning materials for Chinese. Date: None
  • CyberChinese (By Li, Sanpao and Jeff Winters) Multimedia CD for PCR users. Date: Last updated 2001
  • DLIFLC Online Language Courses (Mandarin Chinese) (By DLIFLC) 10 lessons at advanced level. Includes glossary, vocabulary and grammatical exercises. Date: 2003
  • E Z Learn Chinese (By Yeh, Rosa) Designed for children. It has 7 books including quizzes. It also provides consultation and referral service for the business conversation and private lesson. Date: Last updated 2004
  • ec4Kids (By schoolplus) The eChinese4Kids Web site is the website for kids to learn Chinese as a second language . The target users are kids of age 4 to 13. Date: 2008
  • Elementary Chinese for Overseas (Book 1) 初級華語上冊 (By Jinan University 暨南大學華文學院) Multimedia online learning materials for overseas Chinese. 25 lessons. Note: clicking on the link 初級華語 will prompt a full screen show. Internet browser can be brought back by pressing alt and tab key at the same time. Date: None
  • EZ Learn Chinese - Online Chinese Class (By Yeh, Rosa) Free learning materials for children. Elementary Chinese book I, Ii, IV, V and VII with sound and animation of characters. Online quizzes are also available. Good for children to use as supplementary learning materials. Other information and activities related to Chinese culture such as calligraphy, Taichi, food, dance, music etc. are also included. Date: 2000-2004
  • Follow Me Learning Chinese (By learningchinese.com) Video tapes and textbooks for sale. This site sell other products related to Chinese learning. Date: None
  • Integrated Chinese Vocabulary Trainer (By University of Hawaii) This web site has some online exercises for learning vocabulary in the textbook Integrated Chinese. Date: None
  • Integrated Chinese: Multimedia Exercises (By University of California, Berkeley) A well designed multimedia exercises including listening. Immediate voice feedback is provided. Good supplementary learning materials for the users of the textbook Integrated Chinese. Date: None
  • Learn to Speak Chinese (By James Dunn) A collection of links for convenient accessing to free online learning materials such as conversation, vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing, etc. Date: 2006
  • LENGUA CHINA PARA TRADUCTORES 学中文,做翻译 (By Departament de Traducció i d\'Interpretació, Facultat de Traducció i d\'Interpretació, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Interactive materials of the textbook \ Date: Unknown
  • Mandarin - English XL Free Lessons (By David Slade) 25 free lessons from the book Mandarin-English XL in Chinese or English in pdf format. Date: None
  • MIT Open Courseware: Foreign Languages and Literatures (By MIT) Chinese course at undergraduate and graduate levels at MIT. Syllabi, calendar and study materials are available for open access. Date: 2003
  • New Practical Chinese Reader Video (By hanyu.com.cn) New Practical Chinese Reader video clips for lessons. Date: None
  • On Line Chinese Class (By Yeh, Rosa) An online classroom to teach Chinese. Uses the textbook 兒童華語 Book 1-7. Pronunciation is represented by Bopomofo. Information on Chinese culture is also available. Date: 2000-2005
  • Online Exercises (By Hu, Mingliang) Online Chinese listening comprehension exercises at the elementary, intermediate and advanced levels. Date: None
  • Pinyin/Character/English Text for Integrated Chinese (Part I, Level I) (By San Diego State University) Digitized textbook, including sound recording in doc format. Lesson 1-11. Date: None
  • Pinyin/Character/English Text for Integrated Chinese (Part II, Level I) (By San Diego State University) Digitized textbook, including sound recording in doc format. Lesson 12-23. Date: None
  • Pinyin/Character/English Text for Integrated Chinese (Second Year) (By San Diego State University) Digitized textbook, including sound recording in doc format. Lesson 1-20. Date: None
  • Popup Chinese (By Language Systems, Ltd.) Provides a variety of lessons for learning and other tools. Create lessons of your own. Date: 2008
  • Practical Chinese Reader Texts with Sound (By University of Oxford, Centre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language) Sound recording for PCR. Reading speed is slow. Incomplete (Lesson 1-19). Date: None
  • Practical Chinese Reader: Learning Aids Online (By Xie, Tianwei) A collection of online resources for the users of the textbook Practical Chinese Reader. Easy to find recordings, online exercises, homework and study guides. Date: Last updated 2003
  • Recmmended Online Chinese Courses (By Tim Xie) A collection of recommended online Chinese course ranging from elementary to advanced. Date: 2008
  • Rutgers Multimedia Chinese Teaching System 羅格斯多媒體中文教學系統 (By The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers) Three levels of materials for Chinese learning in simplified and traditional characters. Includes Pinyin, conversation, sentence pattern and grammar notes online. Sound recording is provided. Good supplementary learning material. Date: None
  • Taiwan Today (By Taiwan National Normal University) Interactive online version of the intermediate course in modern Chinese - Taiwan Today. Incomplete. Date: 1999
  • Zhongwen 中文 (By Jinan University 暨南大學華文學院) Multimedia online learning materials for overseas children. Supports the textbook Zhongwen 中文. Book 1-12. Connection is slow from the U.S. Date: None