Reading Materials

A Chinese Text Sampler (By Porte,r David) An annotated collection of digitized Chinese texts for students of Chinese language and culture. The texts can be downloaded and Clavis software can be used as an reading aid. Date: 2002
Adsotrans (By Lancashire, David) Chinese text of various difficult levels with pop up glossary for easy reading. Users can make their own vocabulary list and study using flashcards. Instructors may edit the glossary. Date: Not officially publicized yet.
Archive of Chinese Teaching Materials 無極書院 (By Harvard University) One of the earliest web sites that provide online Chinese reading materials for advanced learners. Date: 1996-1998
Baiyun Library 白云书库 (By Baiyun Chinese Library) A collection of various readings including modern and classical literature. Date: None
Black Dragon Curls Around China's Heart (By Moran, Patrick) Several readings written by Prof. Patrick Moran for beginning learners. The reading text is accompanied by gloss. Date: None
Cartoonwin.com 卡通之窗 (By Cartoonwin.com) Comic Reader(QJReader) software needs to be downloaded and installed before reading these picture books. Date: 2002
China Blog List (CBL) 汉语为第二语言博客表 (By John Pasden) The China Blog List (CBL) is a collection of links to English language weblogs focused on China. The CBL plays an important role in providing the rest of the world with convenient access to firsthand accounts and independent views of China. Date: 2002-2007
Chinaweiser (By Tuple C Innovative Services) A web site for German speakers to learn Chinese. It provides reading texts of various types, including songs, stories, current news, etc. Date: 2007
Chinese For Businessmen (By Shalit, Dror) Some readings used for business purposes. Date: None
Chinese Language & Culture Community (By Unknown) A web site for learning about Chinese culture and Chinese Language, offering Chinese phrases with audio, jokes with translation. Registration is free. Date: 2006
Chinese language for pre-schoolers (By www.tripod.com) A collection of texts for pre-schoolers to learn Chinese. Text only. Date: None
Chinese Love Poetry and Folklore (By Hsu, Kylie) Contains two Chinese love poems with English translation and information about the poets and a folktale about Chinese Valentine's Day. An audio player such as Windows Media Player is needed to listen to the music and poem recitation in Chinese and English. Date: None
Chinese Myths, Univ. of Southern California (By University of Southern California Chinese Language Program) Some readings of Chinese myths and fable stories. Date: None
Chinese Reading World (By University of Iowa) Provides online reading at three levels. Reading texts are accompanied by questions and sound recordings. Date: 2004
Classical Chinese Literature (By Harbaugh, Rick) The classical Chinese texts reading with online dictionary (Chinese geneology). Clicking a character will display the meaning, pronunciation and other information about the character. Date: None
Humor Stories (By University of Southern California Chinese Language Program) Some readings of Chinese humor stories. Date: None
LangNet: Read Chinese 閱讀中文 (traditional character version) (By National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland) U.S.-funded Web site developed by the University of Maryland National Foreign Language Center. It helps teach high school students to read Chinese and to provide essential classroom support for teachers. Date: 2006
LangNet: Read Chinese 阅读中文(simplified character version) (By National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland) U.S.-funded Web site developed by the University of Maryland National Foreign Language Center. It helps teach high school students to read Chinese and to provide essential classroom support for teachers. Date: 2006
newsinchinese.com (By newsinchinese.com) New in Chinese. Help in English. Moving cursing over the Chinese words, the pronunciation and English interpretation will be displayed. Date: 2005
Progressive Readings (By University of Southern California Chinese Language Program) The reading materials of the same topics are written for the learners at various levels. The vocabulary and grammar used for writing match the learners' proficiency levels. Very good supplementary reading materials for all levels. Date: None
ssreader.com 超星数字图书馆 (By ssreader.com) An online library which has books, journals and articles for online reading. Some books are free to read and some materials require subscription. A special software program is required for reading. Date: None
Stories of Chinese Idioms and Proverbs 成語歷史故事 (By University of Southern California Chinese Language Program) Stories of Chinese idioms and proverbs. Date: None
The Mid Autumn Festival (By Wu, Sue-mei) Readings and online exercises based on the reading. Mid-Autumn Festival was introduced in simple Chinese. Good supplementary reading materials for intermediate learners. Date: None
諸子百家 Chinese Text Project (By Donald Sturgeon) A huge collection of classical Chinese text with different categories such as Confucianism, Taoism, etc.. Some texts have English translations. Date: 2006-2007