Language Exchange

• The Language Mixxer is a free educational website for language exchange via Skype.

Chinese Computing

• Download the Microsoft Office XP Language Pack for Simplified or Traditional Chinese or the 2007 Service Pack 1.

• Download the handout Type Chinese in the CCSF Language Center. (You will need Acrobat Reader.)

• Download a demo version of NJStar. Consult the Beginner's Guide to the NJStar Chinese Wordprocessor to get started creating documents with NJStar.

• Mac Users! See the Chinese Mac FAQ page.

• More information about viewing the web in Chinese is available from Yahoo! China and

• Multilingual Computing on the Web

• Pinyin to Unicode. Type in the pinyin with numbers and this handy tool will show both the pinyin with tone marks and unicode for use in HTML documents.

Textbook Resources

     Encounters

• Go to Encounters. Click on Register located in the upper righthand corner of the screen. Use the code printed on the first page of your textbook. (Accompanying DVD available in the Language Center.)

     Integrated Chinese

• Integrated Chinese textbook publisher’s student website

• Integrated Chinese author’s website for students
  

• Integrated Chinese Materials from UC Berkeley

• Integrated Chinese Home Page from the University of Hawaii

• Web Resources for Integrated Chinese from the University of Hawaii

• Exercises to accompany lessons 1-10 of Integrated Chinese from Colby College

• University of Virginia Chinese Exercises

• Integrated Chinese Materials Part 1 and Part 2 from SDSU

• Animated Characters to accompany Integrated Chinese from USC

• Chinese Reading World offers beginning and intermediate reading lessons with audio from the University of Iowa.
  

Pinyin and Pronunciation

• Pronunciation help in all languages

• Pin-Yin Romanization. An explanation in English of Pinyin and how it works

• Pinyin Chat from Zhongwen.com. Practice your Pinyin while communicating with others from around the world.

• Practice Your Pinyin

Language Learning

     Cantonese

• Learn Cantonese. Resources for students of Cantonese, flashcards, sound files, etc.

     Mandarin

• Chinese Language Tools includes a Chinese-English-Chinese dictionary, annotation and pronunciation tools, pinyin with tone marks, and more.

• Chinese Character Flashcards for testing your Pinyin and Cantonese romanization, includig an English translation.

• ChinesePod offers a 7-day free trial of daily podcasts, 520 lessons by level, vocabulary review, tests, pdf-format dialogs, and posted comments to others regarding the lessons.

• Chinese Character Genealogy

• Chinese Character Tutor. Animated page by Dr. Tianwei Xie. See his complete resource page below.

• Chinese Language Teachers Association Links offers many resources chosen by Chinese language instructors.

• Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online by Tianwei Xie. 15 units of basic expressions including getting acquainted, family, time, food, etc. You'll see the characters, pinyin, and hear the pronunciation of each expression.

• Study Chinese online with CCSF instructor Joyce Liou.

• Learning Chinese Online Page by Dr. Tianwei Xie (CSU-Long Beach) has everything you need on-line for studying Chinese.

• Hello-Han.com. Online lessons, pinyin charts, grammar explanations, lots of sound from Beijing Normal University.

• Resources for Teaching and Learning Chinese from Dartmouth University

• USC Chinese Department - Character Page. Learn how to write characters.

• Video Clips of Survival Chinese including phrases you might need when visiting a Chinese speaking country along with interactive exercises based on the clips. Units include hotels, shopping, asking for directions, the post office, and more.

Dictionaries

• Chineselanguage.org. Includes links to online dictionaries and a Chinese character dictionary.

• Chinese Annotation Tool. Converts characters to Pinyin and provides definitions in English.

• Chinese Characters Dictionary Web. Major Chinese character dictionaries on the web are interlinking at a character-to-character level allowing visitors to quickly jump across dictionaries to check the same character entry without having to search again.

Search Engines

• AltaVista

• Google (Chinese)

• Top Chinese Sites (in Chinese only).

• Yahoo! China Simplified Characters

• Yahoo! Hong Kong

• Yahoo! Taiwan

Media

• BBC World Service. News of the world from the BBC in Mandarin, including sound files in RealAudio format. Download RealPlayer here.

• Beelinetv offers television broadcasts from NJTV1 and NJTV 5.

• China News Digest has links to news, photo archives, tech help and reference information for Chinese software, literature, and more.

• China Times Newspaper from Taiwan

• People's Daily from the PRC (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish)

• Voice of America - News in Chinese. See and hear the news in Chinese. Use the vocabulary lessons to learn idiomatic expressions.

Government

• Government Information Office of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

• National Science Council of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

• Welcome to China offers information about the People's Republic of China by the PRC government.

Culture and History

    Cultural Revolution

• Chinese Holocaust Memorial in Chinese and English

• Virtual Museum of the Cultural Revolution mostly in Chinese with some pages in English

• Morning Sun: A Film and Website about the Cultural Revolution in English

    Traditional Culture

• China.com. Many links to information about traditional and contemporary Chinese culture. Also links to HongKong.com and Taiwan.com.

• ChinaSite.com: The Complete Reference to China/Chinese Related Web Sites. Many links to information about both modern and traditional Chinese culture and language.

• China the Beautiful offers information about Chinese art and literature.

• Chinese Culture Home Page from the Mining Company.

• East Asian Music Notes and Sounds by CCSF Music instructor Joshua Law. Hear traditional Chinese instruments.

• Global Chinese Language and Culture Center Online from the ROC (Taiwan).

• Holidays and Festivals in Taiwan from the ROC Government Information Office. Links to information about Lunar Festivals and to a Calendar of Holidays and Festivals.

• Traditional Chinese Culture has links from Dr. Marjorie Chan. This is an incredible resource. Moon Festival. The San Francisco Chinatown Moon Festival website. See pictures of the festivities, read about the moon goddess, get recipes for mooncakes and more.

• Chinese New Year from the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco

• Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco

• Chinese New Year Events in San Francisco

More Chinese Links

• Listen to CCSF Spanish professor emeritus Ed Stering, talk about his experiences in the CCSF Study Abroad Chinese language immersion program at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

• Click here to watch a music video for a single by the Chinese girl band “S.H.E”.

• China Window Information about many cities and regions of China. Links to newspapers, radio and tv stations and more.

• China Maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library
  Map Collection at the University of Texas.

• China Today Information about the People's Republic of China from China Infohighway Communications Co.

• China Tour Links to information about visiting China. Maps, exchange rate, embassies, visa information, weather, and more.

• Dr. Marjorie Chan’s ChinaLinks from Ohio State University, a wealth of resources for Chinese language learning

• C. V. Star East Asian Library at UC Berkeley. An extensive list of Asian studies resources from throughout the world

• Internet Guide for China Studies

• On-line Chinese Tools. Reference, software, translation, and much more.

• Rubbings of Chinese Inscriptions from the UC Berkeley East Asian Library.

• Taiwan Map. Type in an address and see the map for any location in Taiwan. Try the English or Chinese versions.

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