Education Related Information

Last updated on 7/21/2008

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About Chinese New Year, festivals, and culture

• 36 Strategies Chun Jie Yuan Xiao Chun Jie (cn) - in Chinese
• National Center for Traditional Art
• Latern festival - from Chinatimes
• Moon festival Legendary Stories
• China the beautiful - lots of stuff in both English and Chinese
• Chinese New Year - from UK and Canada
• Chinese culture in Taiwan [Chinese]
• Holidays in Taiwan - Traditional & Commemorative [English] [Chinese]
• Origami | Coloring projects | Knot tying |

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Related Education Web Sites for Chinese Teachers

General

• Why do we teach traditional Chinese characters?
  China Education and Research Network has some articles, 1, 2, and 3 discuss the errors China made. (Articles are in simplified Chinese characters) A news about UN will only use the simplified characters caused lots of discussions. [Chinese]
• Global Chinese Language and Culture Center [English] [Chinese]
  This site has lots of information [Qiao Jiao Biweekly] [Chinese Education Catalog] [Culture page] [Web teacher's club] [Education Cities]
• Chinese Wiki
• Chinese [Etymology] [Language helper]
• Pin Yin? - an opinion (fun)
• National Digital Archive Program in Taiwan
• Teacher's corner at 'Chinese way to go'.
• Traditional and simplified characters comparative table
• A learning experiences and A Journey to the East - by Adrian Robert
• Languages of China
• Portals to the world from Library of Congress [China, Taiwan]
• Design a course - practical writing
• Dragon wise teaching material [dragon2] [dragon3 with public logins] (Hong Kong site)
• Chinese Education in Hong Kong (lots of information)
• Learn Pu Tong Hua by Lin Qi
• Research page by C Tsai
• Pinyin history
• Text book in simplified characters
• Chinese education fundation - Zhong1 Guo2 Qiao2 Wang3 (slow)

Tools and Games

• Gu qù zhong wén tools converts characters with pin yin or zhu yin (no special fonts needed).
• Dictionaries:
  • Han Dian is more than an online dictionary
  • Chinese-English on-line dictionary (Lin Yu Tang Hong Kong site)
  • YellowBridge dictionary
  • Chinese picture dictionary at Yale University
  • TOEFL and GRE (English-Chinese & Chinese-English dictionary)
  • On-line dictionary - click 1390 quick check tab and you can download one for your browser
• Online input method - no need to install any software on your pc.
  • HanJie - an online input tool that allows you to enter PinYin and select correct Chinese character; click a character and it will show the meaning at the bottom section.
  • Use mouse to write 1 | 2
• Translator's resource
• Mandarin Tools
• Chinese Tools - lots tools
• Phonetic and Hanyu Pinyin [Table 1] [Table 2] [Eight lessons] [Self quizs]
• History game in Chinese characters
• Traditional and Simplfied characters matching game at Sen Diego State University
• Online measurement conversion tool
• Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese conversion tool
• Chinese characters to Hanyu Pinyin translation 1 | 2
• Pinyin tools
• Pu Tong Hua Demos: tone practice |classrooms |conversation |simplified characters
• Printable flash cards for basic words

Listening and Speaking

In case the sound cannot be played by Media Player, you may need to install either RealPlayer or QuickTime for the sound to play properly.

• Our audio text book. The mp3 file at left upper corner is the most easy one.
• Global Chinese Language and Culture Center
  1. Children readings - start your learning here
  2. Speak Chinese in 500 words
  3. Speak Chinese in 1000 words
• Listsen to free kids stories from Better Chinese Inc.
• Culture stories in Manderine and Cantonese
• Video clips of survival Chinese by Professor Bai at Kenyon College
• Conversation sentenses at Western Kentucky University by Haiwang Yuan
• On-line audio books for advanced listeners
• Listen Chinese phrases by selecting a topic, move your mouse to a picture and listen the associated phrase. Language Guide helps you learn many different languages.
• Basic survival phrases.
• Listen and select correct Pinyin quiz for beginner - many other Pinyin quizes and pronunciation helper
• BBC real chinese
• Peace corp 15 mp3 lessons

Reading

• Progressive Reading, and Character Writing/Sound at University of Southern California (Origins of Idioms, Myths, Poems, etc). By a mouse click on its menu, you also will learn the characters, etc.
• Chinese Language and Literature at University of Virginia
• Advanced reading ancient poems
• Games for practicing your vocabulary

Writing

• Han Zi practice sheets (PDF files): 1, 2 | blank sheet 1, 2 | generate a practice sheet with entered characters 1, 2 |
• Learning Chinese online and writing sequences at California University - Long Beach
• Write Chinese
• Chinese 900 sentences - simplified characters
• BaiDu knows the most used 3500 Chinese simplified characters. They were converted to the traditional characters: 300, 500, 800, and 3500

Pinyin and Others

• Pinyin: [Chinese Syllables] [Animated learning pages]
• Hanyu Pinyin for Mandarin Speakers at MIT.
• MIT opencourseware - Chinese courses are under Foreign Languages and Literatures
• hanyu section at CA State University
• Rutgers Multi-Media Chinese teaching system
• shared activities
• Integrated Chinese (Part I, Level I) web material
1. San Diego State University Chinese program course material: Part I Level 1 and Part II, Level 1
2. yellowbridge.com - memory games, flash card, etc.
3. sentence pattern recoganition at UC Davis
4. Professor of U. of Hawaii Jeffrey Hayden has many information.
5. Integrated Chinese Home at U. of Hawaii
6. Vocabulary Trainer at U. of Hawaii
7. Course material at U. of Southern CA
8. Review and practice at UC Berkeley
9. Other related info
• Want to become a Chinese tearcher in USA by Professor Tim Xie

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Chinese language assessment/evaluation

Be patient! these sites are slow.

• HSK is a Chinese Proficiency Test.
  1. This national test designed and developed by the HSK Center of Beijing Language and Culture University. [English] [simplified Chinese]
  2. The office of Chinese language council international
  3. HSK online self test 1 | 2 | 3 | - java applet may need to be turned on for this.
  4. Online Flashcards for "HSK Proficiency Test Level 1 and 2 "
  5. Chinese words required for the different HSK exam levels
• Online Chinese Proficiency Test was designed by the International Chinese Language Program (ICLP) at National Taiwan University in 2002 under the auspices of Overseas Chinese Affair Commission (OCAC). (Pages contain both English and traditional Chinese)
• National Taiwan Normal University Chinese Language Testing Center

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Chinese American History

• Timeline from The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (CHSSC)
• Timeline from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• East Asian Library from The University of Kansas
• What is going on around the world at a period?

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SAT & College

• The College board is an official SAT and college information site. (Some information may require a login to access.)
  1. AP Chinese language and culture course
  2. Chinese with listening
  3. SAT preperation center
  4. Resource for teachers and administrators
  5. AP FAQ
  6. free response in the exam
• ACT Assessment for high school students
• Educational Testing Services - All the formal educational tests
• Free Application for Federal Financial Aid - A FAFSA form that you must fill out for applying a college. You also need to apply a PIN for the FAFSA form. Most colleges use the FAFSA information to determine how much financial aid you may receive.
• NJ high education opportunity fund
• HESSA & Financial Aid
• US Dept. of Education
• Finding Student Aid
• Princeton Review
• Manage your money - for college students
• WikiPeida in Chinese

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Chinese classic literature and Others

• The Three Kingdoms - English verion and Chinese version
• Other Classics - Chinese version
• Tang Poems
• Chinese web books - a project from Taiwan. It contains poems from Tang Dynasty, and other classic literature.
• Virtual museums: [Nanjing Massacre] [Culture Revolution]

Other Chinese Organizations

• ACS has other Chinese school web sites
• National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools
• Chinese American Dance Ensemble
• Chinese Language Teachers Association - it has Chinese professor job openings from various universities.
• Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco

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Basic Computer Information

The basic information section contains multiligual setup procedures, and virus reports.

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