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Re-post: Great Websites for Learning Chinese

Great Websites for Learning Chinese

This is a condensed list of on-line resources that will help you learn Chinese.
http://www.archchinese.com/mobile
Classroom Expressions:

http://k12chineseflagship.osu.edu/files/CI700/ci700.html
Course Management (for Teachers only):

Moodle
Schoolology http://www.schoology.com/home (on-line quizzes, additional quizzes can be
created on IC's on-line workbook site)

Engrade

LearnBoost

http://bit.ly/ROqwXe (www.classdojo.com)
Supplementary Websites for Your Textbook:

Pinyin Practice: http://cn.yes-chinese.com/v2010/letter/index.jsp

Pinyin Practice: http://www.zheshishenme.org/

Pinyin rule: http://www.instantspeakchinese.com/pinyin/index.cfm

http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~pinyin/

Pinyin Exercise Site: http://www.pinyinpractice.com/tones.htm (quiz yourself on Pinyin)

Pinyin exercise http://chinesestudies.ucsd.edu/cpp/index.htm

Pitch Perfect Pinyin http://www.laits.utexas.edu/ppp/learning.php?unit=0

Dual-tone Drill http://shufawes.ipower.com/language/dual-tonedrill.html

Effective Ways to Learn


Pronunciation Discussionhttp://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/169miv/effective_wa
y_to_learn_pronunciation/

Improve Your Tones http://lingomi.com/blog/2011/03/practice-these-20-words-for-awesomechinese-tones/

Listening Practice: http://www.language.berkeley.edu/ic/gb/toc.html (you can review what


you have learned and quiz yourself on this website)

Additional text scripts and sound files: http://wwwrohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chinese/ICL1P1.html

Vocabulary: search "Integrated Chinese or IC"


on Quizlet.comorhttp://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/integrated-chinese3.php

Vocabulary: http://www.learningchocolate.com/ (Choose: use English to learn Chinese)

All kinds of electronic flashcards websites

A website you should read daily for self-study resources: http://cn.yes-chinese.com/

Self-study resources: http://www.chinese.cn/

http://learning.chinese.cn/wordbookr335/ pronunciation correction


and grading , also show the
stroke order for each character

http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Pinyin_Notes.htm#1. Vowels

http://lingtlanguage.com/jgao/ Chinese chants (extra listening exercises)

Read characters and type in Pinyin http://www.fastchinese.org/


Grammar Practice:

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/PCRopen/selftest.htm

http://chinesegrammar.info/structure/zai4-after-the-verb/

Common sentence patterns (in traditional


characters)http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/culture/biweekly/99common/

Chinese Biographies website (Cheng-Tsui) sentence patterns exercise

http://www.fluentflix.com/blog/topics/beginner-chinese/no-nonsense-newbie-tips/(grammar
tips)

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rsimmon/chingram/ (grammar rules and explaination in English)

http://www.yoyochinese.com/reference

http://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Main_Page

Lin http://blog.huayuworld.org/shinlin/21503/2013/01/03/48843

Basic Grammar http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rsimmon/chingram/

Measure Word
Challengehttp://mail.lsps.tp.edu.tw/~gsyan/works/flash/bubble/bubble.swfb

Audio books (for listening


practice)http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/10569
Chinese Culture:

http://www.yes-chinese.com/feature/everydaychina/

http://www.chinafile.com/ by Asia Society


On-line Dictionary:

http://cn.yes-chinese.com/v2010/dict_ce/search.do (search in Pinyin or characters, search


for meaning of the word and see examples with the word)

http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php (type in Pinyin/characters/English)

http://www.nciku.com/ (hand-written characters recognition; show the stroke orders)

http://www.yellowbridge.com/

http://www.jukuu.com/

http://www.rikai.com/perl/HomePage.pl?Language=Zh (similar to on-line Jin Sha Ci Ba, oline


page translator)

http://cn.yes-chinese.com/v2010/zw/index.jsp (Chinese on-line picture dictionary with


pronunciation and tone recognition & assessment function)
http://zhongwen.com/

http://www.archchinese.com/ has many functions (learn characters with stroke order and
radicals, words, pinyin, etc) some of the feastures are only open for paid subsribers

http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php

writechinese.com apps
Vocabulary Study:

Quizlet (sets of cards for your group, group chat function for discussion)

Flashcards and memory game http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/integrated-chinese3.php

My Chinese Picture Dictionary on-line e-book (use in class together)

http://www.memrise.com/welcome/

http://cop.yes-chinese.com/cnpic/index_en.html

http://cop.yes-chinese.com/cnpic/index_en.html

http://www.learningchocolate.com/ (vocab learning platform)

Rosetta Stone practice (audio component)

http://www.ninhao.com/flash_courses (also presents vocab in various topics)

http://www.lingq.com/ (study all languages, not just Chinese)


Assignments or Quizzes:

http://lingtlanguage.com/home/ (speaking assignments)

http://readchinese.nflc.org/ (extra reading homework)

IC online workbook (access code in Moodle)

Moodle or Schoology

Chinese games http://www.chinese-ilab.com/games/index.html


http://www.quia.com/quiz/2483225.html (Yale University Chinese Placement Test) Simplified
characters
Study Characters:

Introduction to Chinese
charactershttp://blog.huayuworld.org/shinlin/21503/2012/08/28/54547

The Very Basic Hanzi Radicals http://www.slideshare.net/sulaoshi/the-very-basic-radicals-ofchinese-character

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le5keBiZa9s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5mDCXVaDLk

Resources on Hanzi stroke orders http://extras.zhongweb.org/web-resources-for-characterstroke-order/#.UTP2qaKG10c

http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_stroke_order_rules.html Hanzi stroke order rules

Hanzi stroke order rules http://www.zhongwen.com/shufa/index.html

More on stroke orders http://www.chinesetools.eu/tools/order-stroke/

http://blog.huayuworld.org/shinlin/21503/2012/08/28/54547

Common hanzi animation http://www.silkstory.net/

Enter hanzi and see the stroke


orders:http://www.eon.com.hk/verysimple/template2.html & http://www.eon.com.hk/verysimple/

www.skritter.com

Chinese radicals database http://mandarinposter.com/radicals/

http://www.jiantizi.com/dic/hanzi.asp (type in the character to learn the stroke orders,


pronunciation, meaning and words containing that character)

http://www.yourhanzi.com/home/ (study the most common characters)

The top 300 characters http://clavisinica.com/SS/Top300.html

A free on-line character course by Duke


Universityhttp://www.duke.edu/web/chinesesoc/character/index.html

http://the1000puzzles.com/ (hanzi jigsaw puzzle, words puzzle and so on. Some of the
characters are difficult.)

Chinese Etymology http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterEtymology.aspx?


characterInput=%E8%BB%8A&submitButton1=Etymology (We will not use this site frequently, but it
is for those who are fascinated with characters.)

Learn about radicals http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/radicals.php

http://www.mandarintools.com/flashcard.html (random characters)

http://www.hanyu.com.cn/oldedition/en/htm_newlesson/cc-01.htm (pinyin & pronunciation,


good for learning stroke orders)

http://kid.chinese.cn/card/

http://chinesestudies.ucsd.edu/cpp/index.htm

http://daman.cool3c.com/node/65641

http://art.china.cn/mjda/2009-06/22/content_2976167.htm

Pictures to Chinese
charactershttp://share.renren.com/share/243569348/15570128831/?photoId=7039516850

Character Practice: http://www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese/character/index.html (the same


as the one below)

Character
Practice: http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/ealc/chinese/characters.html(character animations,
sound, English, Lesson number)

Character Practice: http://www.skritter.com/ (This website requires a monthly


subscription fee.)

http://chinesestudies.ucsd.edu/cpp/index.htm (hanzi grid/practice sheet)

Make Your Own Character Flashcard: http://www.hanlexon.org/index.htm &http://cn.yeschinese.com/card/

Animations of Chinese characters http://www.youtube.com/user/choumeizai?


feature=watch
http://www.mandarinstrokes.com/ The Stroke Order Dictionary

http://www.hanziyuan.com/

The story of hanzi: http://www.silkstory.net/index_hanzi.html


http://www.silkstory.net/index_hanzi_00.html

Chinese Multimedia Resources & Lessons:

http://kid.chinese.cn/article/2009-09/25/content_68502.htm (Kuai Le Hanyu on-line ebook


with lessons, videos, and games)

http://cctv.cntv.cn/lm/learningchinese/program/index.shtml
orhttp://cctv.cntv.cn/lm/learningchinese/01/index.shtml

Free online FL lessons http://www.knowmia.com/browse/world-languages

Travel in Chinese (learn Chinese and tour China


virtually)http://english.cntv.cn/program/learnchinese/travelinchinese/index.shtml

http://www.learnnc.org/search?area=&phrase=Mandarin+Chinese (from Chinese I to


AP with texts, videos, grammar points)

News http://www.chinese.cn/

Chinese TV show http://cctv.cntv.cn/lm/kuailehanyu/

Happy Chinese with Susan http://cctv.cntv.cn/lm/kuailehanyu/index.shtml

Happy Chinese (Daily Conversations) & Tourist


Chinesehttp://english.cntv.cn/program/learnchinese/happychinese2/index.shtml

See the list Chinese soap operas and movies

http://www.fluentflix.com/ (the BEST! pinyin, English, character subtitles)

http://watchtolearnchinese.com/

http://www.ninhao.com/flash_courses (pictures, audios, sentence patterns, can be used for


the sudents to do quick listening review and get them used to diferent people's voices)

http://www.knowmia.com/browse/world-languages/mandarin-chinese (similar to the flipped


classroom for learning Chinese, video based)
http://edu.chinese.cn/Edu/zh-CN/easy_chinese/

http://edu.chinese.cn/onlinelearning/KeyChinese/openc_KC_courselist.aspx?TextbookID=20
Rosetta Stone,

http://www.aichinese.com/lessonCenter/ (AI Chinese, with flashcard-like lessons in


podcasts, tone recognition & assessment function)

On-line Interactive Courses

http://www.middleburyinteractive.com/products/middleburyprep.php (

http://www.powerspeak.com/chinese.php
drill)
New Practical Chinese

Authentic videos http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/14544


http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EF55AD4B2F3F948C

Authentic voice project http://www.clavisinica.com/voices.html

900 () http://www.chinese.cn/onlinelearning/node_21302.htm

300 CD

Slow Chinese (Audio Podcast for Learning Chinese) (sitable for higher level
students as listening comprehension) http://www.slow-chinese.com/

https://www.coursera.org/learn/chineseforbeginners/outline

http://wps.prenhall.com/wl_wu_chineselink_1/39/10025/2566509.cw/index.html

Virtual Reality Chinese Games:

http://cn.yes-chinese.com/v2010/game/index.jsp

http://enterzon.com/

Second Classroom
Community Building:

Twitter (may be blocked)

Blogger

Weibo (aka: Chinese Twitter) at weibo.com

CSG Chinese Facebook Page


Chinese for Entertainment:

http://csgchinese.wikispaces.com/Chinese+Movies+and+Dramas

http://csgchinese.wikispaces.com/Chinese+Songs+and+Dances

CSG Chinese Facebook Page (current events, trends, authentic pictures and videos,
thought-provoking resources, fun, daily-picked by Wu Laoshi)
News on China:

http://www.thoughtfulmedia.com/

http://english.cri.cn/
Reading Materials:

Read children's stories with pronunciation and pictures: http://cn.yeschinese.com/v2010/reading/index.jsp

Bedtime stories: http://cn.yes-chinese.com/v2010/story/index.jsp

Chinese poetry: http://cn.yes-chinese.com/v2010/poetry/index.jsp

http://readchinese.nflc.org/ (reading materials with exercises and answers)

Stories of Langlang and Yaoming: http://www.chinesebiographies.com/

http://faculty.virginia.edu/cll/chinese_reading/ (Traditional Characters, audio file)

http://chinesereadingworld.org/

http://www.uiowa.edu/~chnsrdng/index.html (Three levels, with audio file, and reading


questions.)

Beginning http://collections.uiowa.edu/chinese/topic_beginning.html

Intermediate http://collections.uiowa.edu/chinese/topic_intermediate.html

Advanced http://collections.uiowa.edu/chinese/topic_advanced.html

http://www.oneaday.org/ (daily idioms or aphorisms)

Reading Comprehension via Videoshttp://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Mll/Chinese/BBVideo/

Soap Opera listening & reading comprehension

http://chinesestudies.ucsd.edu/chin112B/masterworks.htm

http://book.pcbaby.com.cn/gushi

http://book.pcbaby.com.cn/ ()

http://www.slow-chinese.com/ to improve students


reading, listening and pronucnation skills

Chinese idioms http://chinese.fluentu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/50-EssentialChengyu-Chinese-Idioms-Made-Simple.pdf

The Lady in the Painting http://theladyinthepainting.wikispaces.com/(online


resources), interactive DVDYoutube

http://www.language.berkeley.edu/ic/gb/toc.html IC

http://readchinese.nflc.org/

http://chineselevel.com/
In-class Realtime Response System:

http://www.socrative.com/ (m.socrative.com, Room Number) slow connection issue

http://www.polleverywhere.com/

kahoot game
Online Quizzes:

Socrative (multiple choice and short answer)

Schoology (complete quiz)

IC on-line workbook

Quizlet auto-generated vocab quiz

Use test report (analysis) to guide future teaching

http://www.quia.com/shared/search?category=9&adv_search=true (Quia activities created by


other teachers)
Exit-ticket for Each Class:

Socrative (exit ticket)

Weibo reflection
The Complete Resource Center:

http://csgchinese.wikispaces.com/

http://edu.chinese.cn/zh-cn/onlinelearning/learningchinese/
Summer Study Abrod/Travel Word List:

http://www.nscollegeprep.cps.k12.il.us/ncphs/depts/language/hfu/vocabualry%20for
%20studying%20aboard.htm
Cultural Materilas:

http://www.chinafile.com/

http://www.fengshuigate.com/

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ (mostly for teachers)

Learn more about Chinese Pinyin at http://www.pinyin.info/

Learn more about the Chinese language and writing system


athttp://www.omniglot.com/chinese/index.htm
Learn Chinese with Apps:

http://www.clavisinica.com/ (also a great resource for other Chinese learning materials)

For Teachers:
Make on-line games and activities & assessment

Quizlet

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/default.htm

http://www.superteachertools.com/

SMART Notebook software

http://jeopardylabs.com/

http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

http://testmoz.com/ (for creating an on-line quiz)

IC online wkbk (contains Quia's quiz-making functions)

Lingt (for quiz)


http://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/memory.php
www.studystack.com (has more activities and games, no audio and visual function)
RIA (Rich Internet Applications) by CLEAR, Michigan State
Universityhttp://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/
https://challenge.zoho.com/login.do

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/

http://www.classtools.net/ (make quick games with no sign-up)

http://www.kitzkikz.com/flashcards/ (free printable flash cards maker)

http://www.yes-chinese.com/exercise/

http://www.snacktools.com/en/ (flipsnap)

IC e-book de Quia

studystack games

http://www.proprofs.com/ online testing skills

Shin-Shin Lin . ~
~http://blog.huayuworld.org/shinlin/21503/2012/08/28/54547
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blog.huayuworld.org
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Winnie Huang http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/dli/audio/daxueyuwen.htm


A primer for advanced beginners of Chinese (audio files)
faculty.arts.ubc.ca

Winnie Huang http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/dli/audio/daxueyuwen2.htm

Winnie Huang http://www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese/Level/1.htm


Progressive Reading
www.usc.edu

PW Chinese Sing in Chinese (pinyin, hanzi &


yingwen): http://pennychen.webs.com/fun.htm &http://singchinesesongs.com/

FUN
pennychen.webs.com
Experience the beauty of the Chinese language and culture while preparing yourself to communicate
with 1.4 billion people on earth!

PW Chinese http://liuc.pages.tcnj.edu/songs/

Songs | My Chinese Class at TCNJ


liuc.pages.tcnj.edu
Let's Sing

PW Chinese http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=preVNISCtgs&feature=share
MiddWorld Course Demonstration

PW Chinese fluentflix fluentu.com

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