Chinese Resource List for Middle School and Upper School

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1 Chinese Resource List for Middle School and Upper School Culture and Art Asia Society China Institute The China Institute advances a deeper understanding of China through programs in education, culture, business and art in the belief that cross- cultural understanding strengthens our global community. New York Chinese Scholar s Garden in Staten Island harbor.org/botanical- garden/new- york- chinese- scholars- garden/ Museum of Chinese in America Downtown, focusing on Chinese American history and culture Taipei Cultural Center A part of the Taiwan Government Office in Midtown China Center In downtown Manhattan, business and culture focused Chinese Language New York Chinese Cultural Center A nonprofit cultural and educational institution, dedicated to deepening the understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture in the global and local communities. CHINESE CENTER ON LONG ISLAND In West Hempstead, NY, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to providing programs to foster a respect for and appreciation of the culture and contributions made by the Chinese and Chinese- Americans to the community at large. CHINESE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND (CCALI) The Chinese school has classes at the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury. The mission is to educate future generations about the Chinese language and culture in our society.

2 SATURDAY CHINESE SCHOOL AT COLUMBIA (CSS) CSS is a non- profit institution offering families of all backgrounds a structured and nurturing environment for learning the Chinese culture and language. School- aged children from 5 years up are welcomed to attend and parents; in addition, other family members of the students can be active participants in various activities organized to foster a sense of community. Contact Hsien- wen Tan (csscolumbia@yahoo.com), New York Chinese Language Center Confucius Institute in China Institute HuaXia Chinese School Great New York Well- established Chinese weekend school serving predominantly Chinese community in the past Study Abroad and Chinese Language SYA School Year Abroad High School study abroad and homestay China Institute Summer in China Online Resources FOR MS AND US STUDENTS Happy Chinese A Chinese language learning program focuses on daily life in Chinese. In the form of a sitcom, this program is free and online. The sitcom has subtitles and rather funny. The key language points are taught as lessons. Growing up With Chinese 成长汉语 Entertaining, fun and easy to follow. This series teaches 300 of the most commonly spoken Chinese phrases to teenagers. It is hosted by Charlotte MacInnis, known to the Chinese audiences as Ai Hua. About a 100- episode series. The English website of CCTV Chinese Central TV This has a number of free online Chinese study programs, including the above two. Confucius Institute Online 2

3 BBC Chinese Language Learning Learn Chinese online with one- on- one tutor MIT Course Openware languages- and- literatures/21f chinese- i- streamlined- fall- 2005/ Online Chinese Learning Materials with links to excellent programs offered by a number of different universities: Other Online Resources For general study help and additional resources: There are many websites that teach beginning Chinese. Some are for business and some are online programs of universities and colleges. Learning Chinese Online is a comprehensive collection of resources for learning Chinese language. However, like many similar kinds of sites, some of the links are working well but some are not; some sites are very useful but some are not. Online Chinese Etymological Dictionary Introduction to Chinese Grammar, by Shun Ha Sylvia Konecna Wong is an online learning program. It is a US- China collaboration designed for middle and high school students. Very useful dictionary that also teaches how to write characters: Online dictionary Online Chinese Learning Tools writing/ 3

4 For practicing Pinyin and Tones Harvard University s pages Alan Peterka s new pages, at University of Iowa Patrick Moran s drawing of mouth position for difficult Chinese sounds, at Wake Forest University General pronunciation web resource Other Listening Practice Hu Mingliang s beginning level listening exercises 听 tīng, the Chinese Experience, is a site at the University of Maine where you can hear a variety of sentences read by different speakers. You may need to change the character set to Simplified Chinese, GB. Rutgers University online beginning Chinese reading and listening materials Video and Audio Clips Oxford University s Chinese Multimedia course (in simplified characters), which can be used as a stand- alone course or supplementary module Mellon collection of video clips, at the University of Puget Sound Video clips of survival Chinese at Kenyon College Chinese video exercises by Mingliang Hu at Connecticut College ml The Children's Chinese Reader: Taiwan website to accompany a popular textbook series for Chinese schools abroad. Click on a number to go to that lesson. There are video and audio clips, as well as pinyin translations. 4

5 Reading USC s Chinese readings page. Click on "humor stories" to read the jokes. You may need to change character set to Traditional Chinese, Big5. Rutgers University online beginning Chinese reading and listening materials University of Virginia s list of easy readings. These are appropriate for Chinese 3, 4 and above. Click on the Audio link and listen while you read. Writing USC s animated Chinese characters to accompany Integrated Chinese Dragonwise animated Chinese characters. Click on any character, and then on the place where you think the stroke begins to see it written stroke by stroke. Characters are arranged by number of strokes. Colby College s grammar exercises to accompany Integrated Chinese. You may need to change encoding to "Traditional Chinese, Big5." To help writing the characters to- write- chinese/ Online program to help learning how to write some basic characters dbe42 Print out character practice sheet with stroke order chinese.com/hanban/tzg/en/ dictionary.php 5

6 Podcasts for Higher Level Learners Slow Chinese 慢速中文 chinese.com/ Best used for: Gleaning into the life of a Chinese college student Theme: Daily life in China Slow Chinese is a relatively new show, and it s also pretty unique. It s created by Chinese college students, and basically, these students talk about a snippet of what it s like to live in China, often in short sessions under 10 minutes. Podcasts in Chinese language: A Collection of Different Podcasts. language- podcasts/ Young Love to Play 青春爱消遣 Best used for: Learning basic vocabulary and understanding Taiwan culture Theme: Daily life issues (Taiwan younger audience) (4) FLUENT U 6