Some useful resources for Chinese Learning
· 5 websites for grammar
http://chinesegrammar.info/ 语法
This Chinese grammar website is a little bit different to other grammar learning sites. All content in this website are around topics and questions that students might encounter in real life experience. For all grammar points, it provides learners with clear explanations followed by loads of example sentences. It’s free.
http://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/ 中文语法维基
This is a practical, comprehensive, and free website for Chinese learners to learn Chinese grammar. Learners learn Chinese grammar through different grammar points which are requested by different levels.
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-101-chinese-i-regular-spring-2006/index.htm 麻省理工免费中文课程
This is an traditional Chinese course which was released by MIT. This online course is good for beginning level Chinese learners. The courses are related to common and basic vocabularies, fundamental grammar patterns, and standard usages.
https://www.yoyochinese.com/content/chinese-grammar Yoyo 中文
All grammar lessons from this website are conducted by plain English in all videos. It shows a unique way to learn and understand Chinese grammar. Learners can watch video lessons, ask questions, download lecture notes, and bookmark lessons.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rsimmon/chingram/
This website provides learners with very basic knowledge about Chines grammar. It is a “big picture” of basic Chinese grammar. There are not too detailed explanations.
· 3 search engines in the TL
http://www.baidu.com/ 百度搜索是中国互联网用户最常用的搜索引擎。
Baidu is the China’s largest search engine. In many ways, it is similar to Google, but there are also many differences such as language using. Chinese is the preferred language for Baidu searching. Baidu offers more than 57 kinds of searches and community services, which college students resort to when they encounter problems.
http://www.sogou.com/ 搜狗搜索拥有最强的互联网词库和最先进的输入法
Sogou is currently the third largest search engine in China. It means “search dog” in Chinese. It is widely used in music, image, news and maps searching in China. Particularly, it has the latest and largest Chinese thesaurus SogouW. Sogou Chinese Input is the most advanced and popular input software in China, it helps users to increase their typing rate.
http://www.soso.com/ 搜搜搜索
Soso is a useful and popular search engine from Tencent QQ Company. Since QQ is the most used instant messenger in China and it has hundreds of millions of users, Soso is rapidly growing more popular in China with users drawn in by photos, entertainment, and music.
· 5 websites for Big C culture
http://history.cultural-china.com/39two.html 人文中国文学与艺术
This website provides readers and learners with very comprehensive knowledge of Chinese literature. Readers and learners can find different attractive and unique literary aspects such as literary genres and literary works through this website.
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-044-classics-of-chinese-literature-fall-2011/index.htm 麻省理工免费经典文化课程
This website provides an open online Chinese literature course to readers and learners. This course is an introduction to three of the major genres of traditional Chinese literature—poetry, fiction and drama, with a focus on vernacular fiction.
http://www.china-expats.com/ChineseLiterature.htm#DRM
This website provides readers and learners with a brief and basic introduction of The Four Great Books of Chinese literature: Dream of the Red Chamber, Outlaws of the Marsh, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Journey to the West.
http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/culture/history-of-chinese-literature.htm 中华游
This website provides readers and learners with a brief timeline and introduction of the history of Chinese literature. Readers and learners can see how Chinese literature develops based on different dynasties.
http://www.chinawhisper.com/top-10-most-influential-chinese-poems-in-history/ 中国历史上最有影响力的10首诗
This website lists 10 the most influential Chinese poems in history. It provides learners with original poems in Chinese, English translations, and annotations. Learners can get relatively clear understanding of these poems.
· 5 websites for Little c culture
http://learning.chinese.cn/en/article/2010-06/17/content_215229.htm 《走遍中国》汉语教学节目
"Happy Journey across China" is a Chinese teaching program. It focuses on combining Chinese language with Chinese scenery, such as Chinese scenic spots, tourist cities and scenic zones of World Heritage List.
http://www.hanyu.com.cn/en/culture.aspx 汉语网中国文化
In this website, the culture part focuses on Chinese idioms and allegories. Some of the idioms and allegories from this site are commonly used in modern Chinese language and our daily life. It also provides both of Chinese and English translations to readers and learners.
http://culture.chinese.cn/en/ 网络孔子学院文化中心
This Chinese culture center is designed by Confucius Institute Online. It is a comprehensive website which embraces different aspects and perspectives of Chinese culture.
http://www.cultural-china.com/ 人文中国
This website embraces the most comprehensive aspects of Chinese culture. This website introduces various cultural topics and aspects to readers and learners such as beautiful landscape, legendary history, unique and splendid arts, colorful folk traditions, which will help them understand deeper about China’s yesterday and today.
http://cctv.cntv.cn/lm/learningchinese/01/ 央视学汉语项目
This website provides learners with 100-episode series. All series are from Growing up with Chinese program. These videos are fun and easy to follow. The series not only teaches 300 of the most commonly spoken Chinese phrases to teenagers, but also gives them a special perspective to learn Chinese culture.
· 3 online newspapers
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/ 新华网
Xinhuanet is one of the most influential online newspapers in China. It is an important information organ of the central government, and an important platform for building up China's online international communication capacity.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/ 中国日报网
China Daily US opens a unique window to readers by giving the Chinese perspective on the major financial, political and social issues that affect China and the United States today.
http://www.scmp.com/frontpage/international 南华早报
The SCMP Group’s headquarter is in Hong Kong. It comprises an impressive portfolio of businesses that deliver news, information and entertainment across many platforms to the people of Hong Kong, China and the world.
· 3 online magazines
http://www.theworldofchinese.com/ 汉语世界
The World of Chinese is a bi-monthly magazine focused on diverse aspects of Chinese: Chinese language, culture, business, travel, and etc.
http://learning.chinese.cn/en/node_14560.htm 你好杂志
E-magazine Ni Hao displays traditional Chinese culture to readers by such beautiful electronic scrolls. It helps readers get a deeper understanding to Chinese language and culture.
http://www.hanyu.com.cn/en/emagazine.aspx 汉语网杂志
These e-magazines were made for intermediate and advanced Chinese learners. Each magazine contains five parts such as Popular Words or Phrases in China and Chinese Cultural Stories.
· 2 websites with streaming audio/video
http://www.youku.com/ 优酷视频是中国最大的使用人数最多的视频网站。
Youku is the China’s top one video websites. It has been seen as Chinese YouTube. There are hundreds of thousands of movies, TVs, and different kinds of videos for user to watch online for free.
http://v.qq.com/ 腾讯视频是中国最大的在线视频。
Tencent video is a popular product from Tencent QQ Company. Since QQ is the most used instant messenger in China and it has hundreds of millions of users, you can find the latest movies, microfilms, user-generated videos, and etc.
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5 websites for games/activities in the TL
https://chinese.yabla.com/
Chinese Yabla provides a new learning way to Chinese learners. It promotes learning Chinese by watching authentic videos in a video player designed for them. Besides those videos, there are also relevant practices and games with each topic and video.
http://kid.chinese.cn/en//article/2009-09/25/content_68533.htm
This Chinese Learning website is designed only for kids & teens by Confucius Institute Online. This is a very comprehensive online learning website. It not only has four types of online course, but also has fun games and activities related to grammar and culture.
http://www.gameslearnchinese.com/index.php
All learning games from Gameslearnchinese website are free for Chinese learners. It is all about vocabulary learning. Learners can learn more than 5,000 Chinese words through playing.
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/Country/China.asp
Chinese learners can listen and speak live with a free Chinese partner online through this website. Exchange language and culture with partners from China via protected email, text chat, voice chat or face-to-face meet up conversation. Follow free activities and lesson plans for fun, interesting, effective practice.
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese-ball
Activity Village provides lots of very fun and free games and activities to teachers, parents, and students. It not only helps students to learn traditional Chinese games, but also helps them to explore Asian culture.
http://chinesegrammar.info/ 语法
This Chinese grammar website is a little bit different to other grammar learning sites. All content in this website are around topics and questions that students might encounter in real life experience. For all grammar points, it provides learners with clear explanations followed by loads of example sentences. It’s free.
http://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/ 中文语法维基
This is a practical, comprehensive, and free website for Chinese learners to learn Chinese grammar. Learners learn Chinese grammar through different grammar points which are requested by different levels.
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-101-chinese-i-regular-spring-2006/index.htm 麻省理工免费中文课程
This is an traditional Chinese course which was released by MIT. This online course is good for beginning level Chinese learners. The courses are related to common and basic vocabularies, fundamental grammar patterns, and standard usages.
https://www.yoyochinese.com/content/chinese-grammar Yoyo 中文
All grammar lessons from this website are conducted by plain English in all videos. It shows a unique way to learn and understand Chinese grammar. Learners can watch video lessons, ask questions, download lecture notes, and bookmark lessons.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rsimmon/chingram/
This website provides learners with very basic knowledge about Chines grammar. It is a “big picture” of basic Chinese grammar. There are not too detailed explanations.
· 3 search engines in the TL
http://www.baidu.com/ 百度搜索是中国互联网用户最常用的搜索引擎。
Baidu is the China’s largest search engine. In many ways, it is similar to Google, but there are also many differences such as language using. Chinese is the preferred language for Baidu searching. Baidu offers more than 57 kinds of searches and community services, which college students resort to when they encounter problems.
http://www.sogou.com/ 搜狗搜索拥有最强的互联网词库和最先进的输入法
Sogou is currently the third largest search engine in China. It means “search dog” in Chinese. It is widely used in music, image, news and maps searching in China. Particularly, it has the latest and largest Chinese thesaurus SogouW. Sogou Chinese Input is the most advanced and popular input software in China, it helps users to increase their typing rate.
http://www.soso.com/ 搜搜搜索
Soso is a useful and popular search engine from Tencent QQ Company. Since QQ is the most used instant messenger in China and it has hundreds of millions of users, Soso is rapidly growing more popular in China with users drawn in by photos, entertainment, and music.
· 5 websites for Big C culture
http://history.cultural-china.com/39two.html 人文中国文学与艺术
This website provides readers and learners with very comprehensive knowledge of Chinese literature. Readers and learners can find different attractive and unique literary aspects such as literary genres and literary works through this website.
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-044-classics-of-chinese-literature-fall-2011/index.htm 麻省理工免费经典文化课程
This website provides an open online Chinese literature course to readers and learners. This course is an introduction to three of the major genres of traditional Chinese literature—poetry, fiction and drama, with a focus on vernacular fiction.
http://www.china-expats.com/ChineseLiterature.htm#DRM
This website provides readers and learners with a brief and basic introduction of The Four Great Books of Chinese literature: Dream of the Red Chamber, Outlaws of the Marsh, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Journey to the West.
http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/culture/history-of-chinese-literature.htm 中华游
This website provides readers and learners with a brief timeline and introduction of the history of Chinese literature. Readers and learners can see how Chinese literature develops based on different dynasties.
http://www.chinawhisper.com/top-10-most-influential-chinese-poems-in-history/ 中国历史上最有影响力的10首诗
This website lists 10 the most influential Chinese poems in history. It provides learners with original poems in Chinese, English translations, and annotations. Learners can get relatively clear understanding of these poems.
· 5 websites for Little c culture
http://learning.chinese.cn/en/article/2010-06/17/content_215229.htm 《走遍中国》汉语教学节目
"Happy Journey across China" is a Chinese teaching program. It focuses on combining Chinese language with Chinese scenery, such as Chinese scenic spots, tourist cities and scenic zones of World Heritage List.
http://www.hanyu.com.cn/en/culture.aspx 汉语网中国文化
In this website, the culture part focuses on Chinese idioms and allegories. Some of the idioms and allegories from this site are commonly used in modern Chinese language and our daily life. It also provides both of Chinese and English translations to readers and learners.
http://culture.chinese.cn/en/ 网络孔子学院文化中心
This Chinese culture center is designed by Confucius Institute Online. It is a comprehensive website which embraces different aspects and perspectives of Chinese culture.
http://www.cultural-china.com/ 人文中国
This website embraces the most comprehensive aspects of Chinese culture. This website introduces various cultural topics and aspects to readers and learners such as beautiful landscape, legendary history, unique and splendid arts, colorful folk traditions, which will help them understand deeper about China’s yesterday and today.
http://cctv.cntv.cn/lm/learningchinese/01/ 央视学汉语项目
This website provides learners with 100-episode series. All series are from Growing up with Chinese program. These videos are fun and easy to follow. The series not only teaches 300 of the most commonly spoken Chinese phrases to teenagers, but also gives them a special perspective to learn Chinese culture.
· 3 online newspapers
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/ 新华网
Xinhuanet is one of the most influential online newspapers in China. It is an important information organ of the central government, and an important platform for building up China's online international communication capacity.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/ 中国日报网
China Daily US opens a unique window to readers by giving the Chinese perspective on the major financial, political and social issues that affect China and the United States today.
http://www.scmp.com/frontpage/international 南华早报
The SCMP Group’s headquarter is in Hong Kong. It comprises an impressive portfolio of businesses that deliver news, information and entertainment across many platforms to the people of Hong Kong, China and the world.
· 3 online magazines
http://www.theworldofchinese.com/ 汉语世界
The World of Chinese is a bi-monthly magazine focused on diverse aspects of Chinese: Chinese language, culture, business, travel, and etc.
http://learning.chinese.cn/en/node_14560.htm 你好杂志
E-magazine Ni Hao displays traditional Chinese culture to readers by such beautiful electronic scrolls. It helps readers get a deeper understanding to Chinese language and culture.
http://www.hanyu.com.cn/en/emagazine.aspx 汉语网杂志
These e-magazines were made for intermediate and advanced Chinese learners. Each magazine contains five parts such as Popular Words or Phrases in China and Chinese Cultural Stories.
· 2 websites with streaming audio/video
http://www.youku.com/ 优酷视频是中国最大的使用人数最多的视频网站。
Youku is the China’s top one video websites. It has been seen as Chinese YouTube. There are hundreds of thousands of movies, TVs, and different kinds of videos for user to watch online for free.
http://v.qq.com/ 腾讯视频是中国最大的在线视频。
Tencent video is a popular product from Tencent QQ Company. Since QQ is the most used instant messenger in China and it has hundreds of millions of users, you can find the latest movies, microfilms, user-generated videos, and etc.
·
5 websites for games/activities in the TL
https://chinese.yabla.com/
Chinese Yabla provides a new learning way to Chinese learners. It promotes learning Chinese by watching authentic videos in a video player designed for them. Besides those videos, there are also relevant practices and games with each topic and video.
http://kid.chinese.cn/en//article/2009-09/25/content_68533.htm
This Chinese Learning website is designed only for kids & teens by Confucius Institute Online. This is a very comprehensive online learning website. It not only has four types of online course, but also has fun games and activities related to grammar and culture.
http://www.gameslearnchinese.com/index.php
All learning games from Gameslearnchinese website are free for Chinese learners. It is all about vocabulary learning. Learners can learn more than 5,000 Chinese words through playing.
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/Country/China.asp
Chinese learners can listen and speak live with a free Chinese partner online through this website. Exchange language and culture with partners from China via protected email, text chat, voice chat or face-to-face meet up conversation. Follow free activities and lesson plans for fun, interesting, effective practice.
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese-ball
Activity Village provides lots of very fun and free games and activities to teachers, parents, and students. It not only helps students to learn traditional Chinese games, but also helps them to explore Asian culture.