Mandarin

Resources for Mandarin Find out who collaborates here!


 * ||  || 语法学 / Grammar ||   ||
 * **Just for Fun** ||  || Listening Practice || 消息 / General News ||
 * 电视 / General Video || 阅读 / **General Reading** || 调查 / **Research** || **Role-Playing Games** ||
 * **Teacher Resources** || 聊天室 / Text and Voice Chat/Forums || 文明 / Culture || 字彙; 字汇 / Vocabulary ||
 * Writing and Composition/Rhetoric || Comprehensive Sites ||  ||   ||


 * 语法学 / Grammar ||
 * **Quia -** http://www.quia.com/shared/chinese ||


 * 消息 / General News ||
 * Sina Chinese language newspaper http://www.sina.com/ ||
 * Taipei Times Taiwan newspaper in English http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/ ||
 * World Journal Chinese only - may take a few moments to download http://chineseworld.com/ || Chinese Press Chinese only http://www.chinesepress.com/ ||


 * 电视 /General Video ||
 * **Yappr ** like YouTube but designed for Mandarin learners http://www.yappr.cn/welcome/Welcome.action ||
 * **MandarinTube ** this bills itself as a multimedia resources for Mandarin study and Chinese culture. Heavy on video and virtual reality resources. http://www.mandarintube.com/menu/aboutus/aboutus.htm ||
 * **Internet Archive Non English videos ** collection of the Internet Archive which makes media available to public for free. Click on "Chinese" to find videos http://www.archive.org/details/foreignlanguagevideos ||


 * Listening Practice ||
 * **Clear Chinese** http://www.clearchinese.com/learn-chinese/ mp3s para descargar para lecciones de principiantes. Se requiere conocimiento de inglés para poder navegar en el sitio. ||
 * **Chinese Tool**s http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/chinese bLecciones de chino para principiantes, audio y textos. Liga para un club de estudantes chinos. Es necesario saber inglés para poder navegar en el sitio. ||
 * **Radio Canada International ** broadcasts in French Spanish Arabic Mandarin Russian and Portuguese http://www.rcinet.ca/ ||
 * **Chinesepod ** - Chinese lessons by podcast http://chinesepod.com/ ||
 * **China232 Learn English Anywhere ** – Podcasts on various topics in English http://www.china232.com/ ||
 * **Mandarin Pod ** Podcasts for Mandanrin http://www.imandarinpod.com/hoola/ ||


 * 聊天室 / Text and Voice Chat/Forums ||
 * **Chinese Forums** - for those interested in learning Chinese http://www.chinese-forums.com/ ||
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">UniLang Language Community ** - website with free courses in various languages (including Mandarin) (source language English) with online exercises and chat and forums http://www.unilang.org/ ||


 * 文明 / Culture ||
 * ** China the Beautiful ** Bilingual Chinese-English page about Chinese culture with topics such as music, painting and history. http://www.chinapage.com/main2.html ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">China Knowledge comprehensive site about Chinese culture Bilingual English/Chinese http://www.chinaknowledge.de/index.html ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Zhongwen site dedicated to the study of Chinese characters and the culture behind them. http://zhongwen.com/ ||


 * 字彙; 字汇 / Vocabulary ||
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Study Stack Chinese ** Web 2.0 application in which you can use any of the activities already there or you can create a new one! http://www.studystack.com/Chinese ||
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Chinese Multimedia Tutorial ** Interactive (Javascript) site for learning to pronounce some basic characters http://otal.umd.edu/chintut/ ||
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Online Chinese Tools ** including character-to-pinyin (Romanization) programs and flashcards. http://www.mandarintools.com/ ||
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">All Dict ** Online collaborative dictionary project Students can help! http://www.dicts.info/ ||
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Goethe Vocabulary Tests ** site is not interactive, offers tests and answer sheets but can generate the tests with any two language combinations (e.g. Spanish - Chinese) http://www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/index1.htm ||


 * Writing and Composition/Rhetoric ||
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Chinese Writing ** History and explanation of the Chinese writing system (in English) http://www.aproposinc.com/pages/asiantrm.htm ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Zhongwen** site dedicated to the study of Chinese characters and the culture behind them. http://zhongwen.com/ ||


 * Comprehensive Sites ||
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">BBC Languages ** http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chino Mucho material en línea para aprender lenguas en diferentes niveles del BBC cubriendo también Chinio mandarín, etc ||
 * **<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Chinese Tools ** Not completely intuitive but contains some beginner lessons as well as English/Chinese and French/Chinese dictionaries. http://www.chinese-tools.com/ ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Best Chinese Websites** collections of categorized sites for Chinese. http://www.uni.edu/becker/chinese2.html ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Language Guide.org** site dedicated to beginner-intermediate vocabulary, grammar and reading lessons. It is a collaborative site, meaning students can participate adding content. http://www.languageguide.org/ ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Learning Chinese Online** large collection of online Chinese learing sites, categorized [] ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**UniLang Language Community** website with free courses in various languages (including Mandarin) (source language English) with online exercises and chat and forums http://www.unilang.org/ ||


 * ~ Mandarin (unsorted) ||

<span style="background-color: #d7d5d5; color: #050010; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 175%; text-align: center;">Mandarin Page Collaborators


 * **Name (how you wish to be known here)** || **Contact Info (optional)** ||
 * Leigh Thelmadatter || leigh@itesm.mx / osamadre@hotmail.com ||