Newly
added CDs and Web sites this month
Introduction
to the Chinese Language
Online
Chinese Schools
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Beijing
Language and Culture University (The Network Education College of Beijing
Language and Culture University offers China's first online degree program
of Chinese language specialty. You can receive a bachelor degree issued
by BLCU without the necessity of going to study in China.
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Chinese
Morning (A newly created web site for learning Chinese. It provides
highly efficient ways to learn with well-structured Courses. Other learning
support functions like the Edutainment, Practical Use, and Community will
help you learn Chinese in an easy, enjoyable, and effective way.)
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Chineseon.net
(a new online learning school. Free for teachers. $16 for six months for
students)
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Online College
of Chinese Language
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Speaking-Chinese.com
(All Chinese courses of this website are authorized by the National Office
for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. This site can be best viewed
in IE4.0 or above with a screen display 800*600. )
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University
of Hawaii ADVANCED EAST ASIAN LANGUAGE COURSES ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Learning Pronunciation
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Chinese
Pinyin (www.speakingchinese.com, free
registration. Fundamental course for beginners to grasp the key to the
Chinese pronunciation by learning its phonetic system.)
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Learn
Pinyin (ChinaSchool.net) (a recommended
site for practice Pinyin)
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Chinese
Pronunciation Guide (Harvard Univ.) (a
good site to get information about Pinyin)
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LISRC
Computerized System for Learning Pinyin (The City Univ. of Hong Kong)(for
Cantonese speakers, requires Chinese fonts. Learn Cantonese pronunciation)
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Practice
Your Pinyin (Univ. of Iowa)
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Listen
to Initials Listen
to Finals
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Pinyin,
Wade-Giles, Yale: Comparative Romanization by
Harold C. Hill
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GR
Junction by Richard Warmington
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Zhuyin
Fuhao [BPMF] Transliteration by Harold
C. Hill
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Patrick
Moran's drawing to teach z, c, s, zh, ch, sh, r, j, q, x
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Chinese
Romanization Converter (Pinyin-Wade Giles-BoPoMoFo)
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Bell
Lab Chinese Text-to-Speech Synthecizer (gb) (big5)
(Type
Chinese characters or pinyin, sound will be generated automatically)
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Tools:
Pinyin Master by Prof. Li Sanpao, California State University at Long Beach
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Tools: Fayin
by Prof. Shu-ning Sciban and Xiao-jie Yang, Univ. of Calgary
Learning Conversations
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Basic
Business Mandarin Chinese (intermediate), Singapore(Texts
and sound)
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Conversational
Mandarin Chinese Online (Level I, big5 version) by Dr. Tianwei Xie(Fifteen
Units in Pinyin, English, Characters and Exercises with sound)
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Conversational
Mandarin Chinese Online (Level I) for Korean speakers,
by Dr. Tianwei Xie. Translated by Gwon, Young June.
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Conversational
Mandarin Chinese Online (Level II, big5 version) by Dr. Tianwei Xie(
Fifteen Units in Pinyin, English, Characters and Exercises with sound,
under
construction)
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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.)
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Mandarin
Classroom by OCAC Taiwan (all levels)
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Learn
Some Basic Chinese Phrases and Sentences
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Putonghua
for Beginners by Xu Xunfeng
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Video
Clips of Survival Chinese (by Bai Jianhua, Kenyon College)
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Cantonese
Online (beginning) by Peter Leung, UCD
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A
Brief Introduction to Shanghai hua (in
Japanese)
Learning Characters
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Active
Chinese (by winvue.com. A program helping students to learn characters.
Downloadable free version contains 25 characters.)
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Chinese
Script (A description of Chinese script, byUlrich Theobald 2000, last
update 19.10.01)
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Chinese
Radicals (The214 classiers, by Ulrich Theobald 2000, last update 19.10.01)
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Cartoon
University: Learn Chinese Characters Series Run
from CSULB site (an interesting way to learn characters, flash animation
and sound)
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Chinese
writing (Sinophilia Homepage, by Diana
Lavarini & Anna Del Franco, 1999)
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Chinese
Characters: Questions and Answers (by
Rick Harbaugh)
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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.)
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Chinese
Character Learning System (by Dr. Kai Chu, Hunboldt University)
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ChineseOn.net learning characters
(Search
by Pinyin, English,
textbooks)
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Writing
and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese (A Book by Insup Taylor
and M. Martin Taylor (Amsterdam: John Benjamins)
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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)
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Animated
Chinese Characters (by Ocrat.com Stroke
orders are animated, covers Characters in PCR Book I)
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Animated
Chinese Characters (for users of the textbook
Interactive
Chinese, by USC)
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Hanzi
Quiz (testing your Hanzi knowledge)
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How
to write in Chinese (by Min Multimedia, explanation of principles of
character writing, printable blank grid sheet for writing characters provided)
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Learning
Chinese Characters (for users of the textbook
Interactive
Chinese, by Uiv. of Virginia)
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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.)
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Kantu
Shizi: Learn characters by pictures
(by
Min Multimedia)
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The
most commonly used 500 characters big5 version GB
version (by Youqin Wang)
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Chinese
Character Flashcards (by Erik Peterson)
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Patrick
Moran's character practice sheets for downloading
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Character
Writing Sheets for Practical Chinese Reader
(pdf files, by Yin Jinghua)
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Chinese
Calligraphy
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Chinese
Flashcards (the flashcards based on the textbook)
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Gu
Wenzi de Shijie (by Academia Sinica)
Learning Grammar
Reading Materials
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Chinese
for Businessmen (by Dror)
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Chinese
Online Reading Assistant (advanced), Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign(Glossary
and sound provided)
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Chinese
Picture Books (English version, Chinese
version) (by CartoonWin.com)
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Chinese
Reading World (University of Virginia)
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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.
)
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Stories
of Chinese Idioms, Univ. of Southern California
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Harvard
University Archieve
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Humor
Stories, Univ. of Southern California
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Chinese
Myths, Univ. of Southern California
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Progressive
Readings, Univ. of Southern California
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CEBIS
(Chinese-Euorpean-Business-Information Server) Reading Page
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Reading
Chinese Classics (Lao Zi, Confucius and Sun Zi with online dictionary)
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Reading
Chinese News (University of Hawaii, with texts, vocabulary, grammar,
sound files and quizzes)
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Stories
of Proverbs (ChineseOn.net)
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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. )
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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
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
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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)
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HyperChina:
Reviewed by Cecilia Chu, UC Berkeley
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HyperChinese:Reviewed
by Zhang Zhengsheng, SDSU
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The
Passage to China: Reviewed by Tongtao Zheng - University of Tasmania
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Power
Chinese 1.01 : Reviewed by Robert Irving, Monash University
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Professional
Interactive Chinese: Reviewed by Cecilia
Chu, UC Berkeley
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Professional
Interactive Chinese: Reviewed by Jun
Wang, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Wenlin:Reviewed
by Cecilia Chu, UC Berkeley
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Chinese
Character Tutor: Reviewed by Cecilia Chu, UC Berkeley
Learning Chinese CD ROMs, tapes
and software
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Chinesesoftware.com(you
can find and buyChinese software here)
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ChineseTapes,
Videos, DVD...
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CyberChinese
(by
Prof. Li Sanpao and Jeff Winters, California State University, Long) Beach
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Easy
Chinese CD for Windows
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HyperChina
by Sinologic Software
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Hamiltom
College Multimedia Learning Software
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InnerTalk:
Learning Chinese
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Jade
Multimedia for Parents and Children
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The
Professional Interactive Chinese by Venture Tech, Inc.
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The Rosetta
Stone Language Library
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The
Rosetta Stone Language Library Online
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Wenlinby
Wenlin Institute, Inc.
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Chinese
Character Tutor by FlashWare International
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Critical
Language Series: Beginning Chinese by Prof. Dana Scott Bourgire and Ronald
R. Robel
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Mandarin
Pronunciation by Zhang Zhengsheng, SDSU
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Pimsleur
Mandarin Chinese (audio tapes, recommended)
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Standard
Chinese Course by Ningxia CDT Auto-control Technology Ltd, China
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Step
into China by Resources United International
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Sungate
Chinese (The product trains the learner
in many aspects, including character recognizing, listening skills, simple
reading, pin yin, and sentence pattern. 2002.)
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ABC
Interactive Chinese by Amtrade Com
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Pinyin
Tutor by Klaus Brandl, Qi Yang, and Chris Delucia
Study Abroad
Other Resources (listed
aphabetically)
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Authentic
Chinese Curriculum Enrichment Materials (Colorado World Language Improvement
Project (CLIP))
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Bahasa.com:
Basic English-Mandarin (play games and
learn words)
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BetterChinese.com
(Cartoons,
Storycola for kids)
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Business
Chinese Syllabi
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Chalkface.net(Collection
of sites of learning foreign languages including Chinese)
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China
and Chinese Culture (Websites)
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China-West
Exchange (by Michael Thigpen)
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Chinese
and English Center (by
Marylin Shea)
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Chinese
Exercises
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Chinese
Langauge Related Info Page
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Chinese
Language Resources
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Chinese
Language Maintenance Program, Michael Nelson and Learning Technologies
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Chinese
Language Web (Hanwen Wang, Hakka data available)
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Chinese
Lessons for Pre-Schoolers (Renmin Ribao [People's Daily])
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Chinese
Net: On-line Lessons, Univ. of Hawaii
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Chinese
Poetry and Folklore by Kyli Hsu (CSULA)
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Chinese
Studies Web Resources
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Chinese
Tide
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Chinese
Tutor
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Chinese
Tools Online by Erik Peterson
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Chinese
Way To Go
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Download your Chinese name
and use it as your beautiful desktop wallpapers
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DrDo
Chinese Multimedia Language Trainer
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The
Complete Reference to China/Chinese-Related Web Sites (ChinaSite.com)
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Easton
Language Education
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Electronic
Classroom of the Qianye Business University (Japan)
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Erge
(Kids Songs in Chinese)
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Follow
Me Learning Chinese by Learning Express Inc., (video tapes, books)
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Hanyu
Online by Liu Wenzheng
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Himedia's
Mandarin Chinese (Huayu Jiaoxue)
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Human Langauges
Page(Links to many human languages including
Chinese)
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Hu
Mingliang's Page (Chinese Exercises, etc.)
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Integrated
Chinese (Hawaii Univ.)
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Language
and Linguistics (Mike Wright, mailing
lists and web sites related to learning Chinese and other languages)
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International
Chinese Culture College (East China Normal University)
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Internet
Based Chinese Teaching and Learning La
Trobe University
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Languages-on-the-web.com
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Language
Resource Directory
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Learn
Cantonese! (by Adam Sheik)
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Learn
Chinese Online by K. Huang
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Learning
Chinese (by Min Multimedia)
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Linguaphone,
UK
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Mandarin
Chinese by John Nicholson
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Multimedia
Project for Teaching and Learning Chinese
Hong Kong Univ.
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Mymandarin.com
(Canada)
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National
Foreign Language Center
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Network
for Teaching and Learning Chinese
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Niigataum
University (Japan)
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OCAC
Education Center Online
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Online Chinese
Langauge College
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Online
Mandarin Course
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Pimsleur
Mandarin Chinese (tapes and CDs, highly
recommended)
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Restaurant
Finder (by Chinese Chilbook.com)
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Speaking-Chinese.com
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Teach
English Learn Chinese
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Waseda
University, CCDL Project (Japan)
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