South High School
3131 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Office: (612) 668-4300
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Other Internet Resources
Newly added CDs and Web sites this month
Introduction to the Chinese Language
Learning Pronunciation
- Chinese Pinyin (www.speakingchinese.com, free registration. Fundamental course for beginners to grasp the key to the Chinese pronunciation by learning its phonetic system.)
- Learn Pinyin (ChinaSchool.net) (a recommended site for practice Pinyin)
- Chinese Pronunciation Guide (Harvard Univ.) (a good site to get information about Pinyin)
- LISRC Computerized System for Learning Pinyin (The City Univ. of Hong Kong)(for Cantonese speakers, requires Chinese fonts. Learn Cantonese pronunciation)
- Practice Your Pinyin (Univ. of Iowa)
- Listen to Initials Listen to Finals
- Pinyin, Wade-Giles, Yale: Comparative Romanization by Harold C. Hill
- GR Junction by Richard Warmington
- Zhuyin Fuhao [BPMF] Transliteration by Harold C. Hill
- Patrick Moran's drawing to teach z, c, s, zh, ch, sh, r, j, q, x
- Chinese Romanization Converter (Pinyin-Wade Giles-BoPoMoFo)
- Bell Lab Chinese Text-to-Speech Synthecizer (gb) (big5) (Type Chinese characters or pinyin, sound will be generated automatically)
- Tools: Pinyin Master by Prof. Li Sanpao, California State University at Long Beach
- Tools: Fayin by Prof. Shu-ning Sciban and Xiao-jie Yang, Univ. of Calgary
Learning Conversations
- Basic Business Mandarin Chinese (intermediate), Singapore(Texts and sound)
- Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online (Level I, big5 version) by Dr. Tianwei Xie(Fifteen Units in Pinyin, English, Characters and Exercises with sound)
- Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online (Level I) for Korean speakers, by Dr. Tianwei Xie. Translated by Gwon, Young June.
- Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online (Level II, big5 version) by Dr. Tianwei Xie( Fifteen Units in Pinyin, English, Characters and Exercises with sound, under construction)
- Foreigners in China (Free registration. This course provides a quick solution for foreigners who are going to travel, work or live in china to grasp the most commonly used spoken Chinese.)
- Mandarin Classroom by OCAC Taiwan (all levels)
- Learn Some Basic Chinese Phrases and Sentences
- Putonghua for Beginners by Xu Xunfeng
- Video Clips of Survival Chinese (by Bai Jianhua, Kenyon College)
- Cantonese Online (beginning) by Peter Leung, UCD
- A Brief Introduction to Shanghai hua (in Japanese)
Learning Characters
- Active Chinese (by winvue.com. A program helping students to learn characters. Downloadable free version contains 25 characters.)
- Chinese Script (A description of Chinese script, byUlrich Theobald 2000, last update 19.10.01)
- Chinese Radicals (The214 classiers, by Ulrich Theobald 2000, last update 19.10.01)
- Cartoon University: Learn Chinese Characters Series Run from CSULB site (an interesting way to learn characters, flash animation and sound)
- Chinese writing (Sinophilia Homepage, by Diana Lavarini & Anna Del Franco, 1999)
- Chinese Characters: Questions and Answers (by Rick Harbaugh)
- Chinese Characters (www.speakingchinese.com, free registration. Fundamental course for beginners to learn the writing, structural characteristics, stroke order, and development history of Chinese characters.)
- Chinese Character Learning System (by Dr. Kai Chu, Hunboldt University)
- ChineseOn.net learning characters (Search by Pinyin, English, textbooks)
- Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese (A Book by Insup Taylor and M. Martin Taylor (Amsterdam: John Benjamins)
- Characters with animation (Big 5 version) (GB version) (by Dr. Tianwei Xie, Andy Kam and Howard Chen, UC Davis, under construction, last updated November 17, 1998)
- Animated Chinese Characters (by Ocrat.com Stroke orders are animated, covers Characters in PCR Book I)
- Animated Chinese Characters (for users of the textbook Interactive Chinese, by USC)
- Hanzi Quiz (testing your Hanzi knowledge)
- How to write in Chinese (by Min Multimedia, explanation of principles of character writing, printable blank grid sheet for writing characters provided)
- Learning Chinese Characters (for users of the textbook Interactive Chinese, by Uiv. of Virginia)
- Learning Chinese Characters of the textbook Practical Chinese Reader (This page describes a flashcard program that can be used as a study aid along with the book "Practical Chinese Reader", Books 1, 2, and 3.)
- Kantu Shizi: Learn characters by pictures
 (by Min Multimedia)
- The most commonly used 500 characters big5 version GB version (by Youqin Wang)
- Chinese Character Flashcards (by Erik Peterson)
- Patrick Moran's character practice sheets for downloading
- Character Writing Sheets for Practical Chinese Reader (pdf files, by Yin Jinghua)
- Chinese Calligraphy
- Chinese Flashcards (the flashcards based on the textbook)
- Gu Wenzi de Shijie (by Academia Sinica)
Learning Grammar
Reading Materials
- Chinese for Businessmen (by Dror)
- Chinese Online Reading Assistant (advanced), Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign(Glossary and sound provided)
- Chinese Picture Books (English version, Chinese version) (by CartoonWin.com)
- Chinese Reading World (University of Virginia)
- Black Dragon Curls Around China's Heart (by Patrick Moran, Wake Forest University. A serial novel for beginning readers of Chinese. The story takes place in China during the Twenty-third Century. )
- Stories of Chinese Idioms, Univ. of Southern California
- Harvard University Archieve
- Humor Stories, Univ. of Southern California
- Chinese Myths, Univ. of Southern California
- Progressive Readings, Univ. of Southern California
- CEBIS (Chinese-Euorpean-Business-Information Server) Reading Page
- Reading Chinese Classics (Lao Zi, Confucius and Sun Zi with online dictionary)
- Reading Chinese News (University of Hawaii, with texts, vocabulary, grammar, sound files and quizzes)
- Stories of Proverbs (ChineseOn.net)
- SSreader:
 http://www.ssreader.com/ (Collection of millions of Chinese books. Downloadable software is required to read books. Graphic pages can be converted to text codes. )
- East Asian Collection Chinese Studies WWW Virtual Library
Listening
On-line Dictionaries
Learning Chinese Translation Online
Testing Your Chinese
Recommended Links for China Studies
Universities, Colleges, Institutes and Schools Offering Chinese, Chinese Language Associations
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Language Research, Textbooks, Learning Materials Database
Search Engines
Seek Help from Experts
Learners' Experience
 CD Titles and other multimedia programs for Learning Chinese
Review Articles
- CALL for Chinese: Issues and Practice ( or download .doc file)Zhang Zhengsheng, SDSU (Thanks go to Prof. Teng Shou-hsing for copyright permission from the Journal of CLTA)
- HyperChina: Reviewed by Cecilia Chu, UC Berkeley
- HyperChinese:Reviewed by Zhang Zhengsheng, SDSU
- The Passage to China: Reviewed by Tongtao Zheng - University of Tasmania
- Power Chinese 1.01 : Reviewed by Robert Irving, Monash University
- Professional Interactive Chinese: Reviewed by Cecilia Chu, UC Berkeley
- Professional Interactive Chinese: Reviewed by Jun Wang, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Wenlin:Reviewed by Cecilia Chu, UC Berkeley
- Chinese Character Tutor: Reviewed by Cecilia Chu, UC Berkeley
Learning Chinese CD ROMs, tapes and software
- Chinesesoftware.com(you can find and buyChinese software here)
- ChineseTapes, Videos, DVD...
- CyberChinese
 (by Prof. Li Sanpao and Jeff Winters, California State University, Long) Beach
- Easy Chinese CD for Windows
- HyperChina by Sinologic Software
- Hamiltom College Multimedia Learning Software
- InnerTalk: Learning Chinese
- Jade Multimedia for Parents and Children
- The Professional Interactive Chinese by Venture Tech, Inc.
- The Rosetta Stone Language Library
- The Rosetta Stone Language Library Online
- Wenlinby Wenlin Institute, Inc.
- Chinese Character Tutor by FlashWare International
- Critical Language Series: Beginning Chinese by Prof. Dana Scott Bourgire and Ronald R. Robel
- Mandarin Pronunciation by Zhang Zhengsheng, SDSU
- Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese (audio tapes, recommended)
- Standard Chinese Course by Ningxia CDT Auto-control Technology Ltd, China
- Step into China by Resources United International
- Sungate Chinese (The product trains the learner in many aspects, including character recognizing, listening skills, simple reading, pin yin, and sentence pattern. 2002.)
- ABC Interactive Chinese by Amtrade Com
- Pinyin Tutor by Klaus Brandl, Qi Yang, and Chris Delucia
Study Abroad
Other Resources (listed aphabetically)
- Authentic Chinese Curriculum Enrichment Materials (Colorado World Language Improvement Project (CLIP))
- Bahasa.com: Basic English-Mandarin (play games and learn words)
- BetterChinese.com (Cartoons, Storycola for kids)
- Business Chinese Syllabi
- Chalkface.net(Collection of sites of learning foreign languages including Chinese)
- China and Chinese Culture (Websites)
- China-West Exchange (by Michael Thigpen)
- Chinese and English Center (by Marylin Shea)
- Chinese Exercises
- Chinese Langauge Related Info Page
- Chinese Language Resources
- Chinese Language Maintenance Program, Michael Nelson and Learning Technologies
- Chinese Language Web (Hanwen Wang, Hakka data available)
- Chinese Lessons for Pre-Schoolers (Renmin Ribao [People's Daily])
- Chinese Net: On-line Lessons, Univ. of Hawaii
- Chinese Poetry and Folklore by Kyli Hsu (CSULA)
- Chinese Studies Web Resources
- Chinese Tide
- Chinese Tutor
- Chinese Tools Online by Erik Peterson
- Chinese Way To Go
- Download your Chinese name and use it as your beautiful desktop wallpapers
- DrDo Chinese Multimedia Language Trainer
- The Complete Reference to China/Chinese-Related Web Sites (ChinaSite.com)
- Easton Language Education
- Electronic Classroom of the Qianye Business University (Japan)
- Erge (Kids Songs in Chinese)
- Follow Me Learning Chinese by Learning Express Inc., (video tapes, books)
- Hanyu Online by Liu Wenzheng
- Himedia's Mandarin Chinese (Huayu Jiaoxue)
- Human Langauges Page(Links to many human languages including Chinese)
- Hu Mingliang's Page (Chinese Exercises, etc.)
- Integrated Chinese (Hawaii Univ.)
- Language and Linguistics (Mike Wright, mailing lists and web sites related to learning Chinese and other languages)
- International Chinese Culture College (East China Normal University)
- Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning La Trobe University
- Languages-on-the-web.com
- Language Resource Directory
- Learn Cantonese! (by Adam Sheik)
- Learn Chinese Online by K. Huang
- Learning Chinese (by Min Multimedia)
- Linguaphone, UK
- Mandarin Chinese by John Nicholson
- Multimedia Project for Teaching and Learning Chinese Hong Kong Univ.
- Mymandarin.com (Canada)
- National Foreign Language Center
- Network for Teaching and Learning Chinese
- Niigataum University (Japan)
- OCAC Education Center Online
- Online Chinese Langauge College
- Online Mandarin Course
- Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese (tapes and CDs, highly recommended)
- Restaurant Finder (by Chinese Chilbook.com)
- Speaking-Chinese.com
- Teach English Learn Chinese
- Waseda University, CCDL Project (Japan)
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