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Online Chinese Teaching and Learning Resources
■ Get your own Chinese name
Chinese Name Generator (based on your English name)
■ Pinyin
Pinyin_Pronunciation (for print version)
(Good for beginners. All possible sounds in Mandarin. Click a pinyin to hear pronunciations in four tones)
Pinyin practice (helpful quizzes)
■ Character
(Switch to Simplified or Traditional Chinese:[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [t] )
Memrise (Good for beginners, especially in helping you memorize Chinese Characters)
Zhongwen (etymology of Chinese characters)
Zdic (汉典, Chinese-to-Chinese dictionary, for advanced learners only)
Estroke (Animated Chinese characters)
Skritter (Learn to write Chinese characters)
■ Vocabulary
LINE (Online dictionary for learners)
Chinese Helper(Online dictionaries for native speakers)
Flash Cards of Chinese Characters (including the textbook Integrated Chinese)
Anki flash cards (including the textbook Integrated Chinese)
HSK:
■ Grammar
Classifiers/measure words: common ones; search for examples; with English explanations
■ Textbook
Audios of Textbook and Workbook on the website of San Francisco State University:
Integrated Chinese level 1 Part 1 Textbook – Third Edition
Integrated Chinese level 1 Part 1 Workbook – Third Edition
Integrated Chinese level 1 Part 2 Textbook – Third Edition
Integrated Chinese level 1 Part 2 Workbook – Third Edition
Integrated Chinese level 2 Part 1 Textbook – Third Edition
Integrated Chinese level 2 Part 1 Workbook – Third Edition
Integrated Chinese level 2 Part 2 Textbook – Third Edition
Integrated Chinese level 2 Part 2 Workbook – Third Edition
Integrated Chinese: Level 1 Vocabulary list with character animation (click on Popular Vocab Lists on the right side)
Chinese character practice website, developed by Professor Kunshan Lee at Duke
Quizlet, Univ. of Mississippi Chinese Flagship
Chinese Link 中文天地 (2nd edition)
audio files on San Francisco State Univ website: Level 1(2nd edition), Level 2(2nd edition)
■ Auto-translate
■ Useful Expressions and Sentences
Speak Mandarin in 1000 words (itune app)
■ Based on naturally occurring conversations
(use naturally-occurring conversations. See my interview with Professor Hongyin Tao on this textbook and the theoretical implications of using authentic materials.)
■ Learn Chinese through news
iMandarinPod Special Chinese (for language learners)
The Chairman's Bao (news reading)
Decipher Chinese (news reading mobile app)
■ Other authentic materials
■ Chinese TV shows with English subtitles
audiobooks for K-12 (baobao88) (limitation: no texts)
The Stories of Tiantian (Good: good for beginners; has both texts and audio files. Limitation: text doesn't have pinyin for all the words)
Chinese Breeze Graded Reader Series (Good: good for beginners; has both texts and audio files. Limitation: text doesn't have pinyin for all the words)
■ Readings
(All levels. Based on word frequency info. Level 1 is novels written with approximately 300 words that are most frequently used by native speakers. Stories written by professional creative writers.)
Popjisyo (Pop-up dictionary for reading web pages in Chinese)
Reading Into a New China (textbook for advanced-level students)
Mandarin Companion Graded Readers (Level 1:300 unique characters. Level 2: 450 unique characters. )
The New York Times (in Chinese; Twitter too)
Chinese Reading World, by University of Iowa Chinese Program
■ Culture
Discovery 2017 Documentary on China: Ep1, Ep2, Ep3.
Shenzhen, the Silicon Valley of China (BBC Documentary 2017)
Too Big For China | Startups (Documentary 2018)
BBC Documentary Chinese New Year:
■ Learning Chinese and Traveling in China
Happy Journey Across China (Intermediate level)
■ Games to learn Chinese
Chinese Gems (developed by Dr. Mah and her team. I served as a consultant.)
■ Smartphone apps
Pleco (android, dictionary)
Speak and translate (Speech input, translate from Chinese to English)
Pleco (android, dictionary)
Speak and translate (Speech input, translate from Chinese to English)
Skritter (iphone)
ChineseSkill (iphone, including a Pinyin chart with four tones, Survival Chinese, and Fluent Now)
Laowai Pro (Learn the pronunciation of over 1000 Chinese characters and words)
Decipher Chinese (news reading mobile app)
■ Interaction with L1 speakers
Hellotalk (Language exchange)
Hello Chinese (Android app)
HiNative (smartphone app)
Jeenie (Language assistance for travelers)
Ask Panda (Ask questions to native speakers, web-based)
■ Learner Websites
Huayu World (Taiwan)
■ Learning Tips
■ For teachers
Quia (online quiz maker)
Loom (free screen and video recorder to make videos for sharing, video tutorial)
■ Other Useful Links
Tools for Chinese Language Learning and Teaching - by Dr. Hongyin Tao
Learning Chinese Online - by Dr. Tim Xie
Resources for Learning and Teaching Chinese - by Dr. Liancheng Chief
Marjorie Chan's ChinaLinks - by Dr. Marjorie K.M. Chan
Chinese Learning/Teaching Resources - by Dr. Hsiang-Hua (Melanie) Cha