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Chinese Resources

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Web Links

Chinese Language and Culture Forums — forums concentrating on learning the Chinese language and enjoying Chinese culture.

Learning Chinese Online by Dr. Tianwei Xie — many links to a variety of online Chinese resources covering: online schools, pronunciation, conversation, characters, grammar, reading, listening, dictionaries, and translation, as well links to books and CDs.

Mandarintools.com — large variety of tools aimed at aiding in the learning and use of Chinese.

Marjorie Chan's Chinese Links by Marjorie Chan — extensive list of a wide range of Chinese resource links.

WCETV — watch broadband Chinese television here.

Basic Language Study Recordings

Beginning Chinese (De Francis) (CH 1.007)

Beyond the Basics (Bai et al.) (CH 1.030)

Chinese Dialogues (Wang) (CH 1.022)

Chinese Odyssey, volume 1 (Wang, Chi, and Feng) (CH 1.040)

Chinese Odyssey, volume 2 (Wang, Chi, and Feng) (CH 1.042)

Chinese Primer (Ch'en, Link, Tai, Tang) (CH 1.020)

College Chinese (Lin) (CH 1.010/CH 1.023)

Integrated Chinese, Level 1/Part 1 (Yao and Liu) (CH 1.032)

Integrated Chinese, Level 1/Part 2 (Yao and Liu) (CH 1.033)

Integrated Chinese, Level 2 (Liu and Yao) (CH 1.034)

Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese (Chih-p'ing Chou, Der-lin Chao) (CH 1.028)

Mandarin Chinese — Language/30 (Educational Services) (CH 1.009)

A New China (Chou, Chiang, and Eagar) (CH 1.036)

Practical Chinese Reader, Books 1, 2, 3 (Beijing Language Institute) (CH 1.025, CH 1.026, CH 1.027)

Read Chinese Book II (Chang) (CH 1.021)

The Sounds of Chinese (from Beginning Chinese by De Francis)

Speaking Chinese About China (Beijing Press) (CH 1.019)

A Trip to China (Chou, Chao) (CH 1.035)

Supplementary Language Study/Culture Recordings

Annotated Chinese Proverbs (CH 1.018)
eight lessons.

Elements of News Broadcasts in Chinese (CH 1.011)
three cassettes; for intermediate students; 2 hours 44 minutes.

The Lady in the Painting (CH 1.015)
two cassettes of well-known Chinese folktale retold in simple Chinese, using the 300 characters introduced in Read Chinese, Book One by Fred Wang; pronunciation of all new words is given in both Yale and Pinyin romanization; characters are printed in traditional form; 73 minutes.

A New Text for a Modern China (Liu with Xiaoqi) (CH 1.041)

Speaking Chinese in China (CH 1.014)
for use in a second-year conversational course; the focus is on using (not just constructing) sentences, and on using Chinese inside China; the program should lead to an understanding of simplified characters and of pinyin transcription as used in China; average lesson = 12-14 minutes; 5 hours (total time).

Twenty Lectures on Chinese Culture (CH 4.001)
for use with intermediate-advanced students; a series of lectures each focusing on one aspect of Chinese culture; designed to increase proficiency in Chinese and to introduce the student to certain cultural insights; text includes vocabulary, romanized text, and character text for each lecture.

Music Recordings

Best of China and Japan (MISC-CD 3.004)
Music from China and Japan.

Chinese Violin Concerto (CH 3.001)
This work is based on the Chinese folktale "Leung and Tseuk," in which a young couple is denied permission to be married by their respective family traditions; finally they take their lives. The story goes on to tell that they are transformed into two butterflies and live happily ever after.

Dadawa, Voices from the Sky (CH-CD 3.001)
contemporary Chinese music inspired by Dadawa's experience of Tibetan culture.

Videocassettes

Chinese Primer
1/2" VHS color videocassette of lessons from units 1-8 of the text Chinese Primer; approximately 2 hours.

Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese
1/2" VHS color videocassette produced by the Chinese Linguistics Project at Princeton University; dramatization of scenes related to chapters 3, 4, 11, and 12 of the text Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese; 25 minutes.

Practical Chinese Reader (Elementary Course: Book I)
1/2" VHS color videocassette to accompany the text Practical Chinese Reader, Book I by the Beijing Language Institute; situations center around two foreign students who are studying Chinese; emphasizes everyday expressions concerning clothing, food, housing, communication, entertainment, social skills, etc.; approximately 45 minutes.

Scola
1/2" VHS color videocassettes containing live or near-live international news broadcasts received daily via cable TV from Satellite Communications for Learning headquartered in McClelland, Iowa; broadcasts generally are 30-60 minutes in length and cover regional, national and international news stories; some broadcasts occasionally include other cultural programming, such as advertisements, mini-documentaries; currently videotaped broadcasts emanate regularly from the following countries: Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, South Korea, and Spain; additional SCOLA programming may be accessed via BC Cable TV, channel 14; excellent source material for exposure to target language and culture; off-air video recordings deleted from Language Lab collection after 45 days.

Books

Word by Word English/Chinese Picture Dictionary by Steven J. Molinsky, Bill Bliss, and Jung Pao (White Plains, NY: Pearson Education, ©1996).

CD-ROM Programs

51 Languages of the World
dual-platform CD-ROM featuring 51 languages from all over the world; allows the user to speak with native speakers; interactive dialogues and conversation practice aid the user in learning and understanding more advanced speech, while games and quizzes make learning the language fun and interactive.

Video CDs

Endless Love
Complete Chinese "soap opera" recorded on 20 video CDs.

Happiness

The Lin Family Shop

New Year Sacrifice

The Red Detachment of Women

DVDs

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Region 1 (NTSC) DVD; Winner of 4 Academy Awards in 2000, including "Best Foreign Language Film," Ang Lee's film weaves exquisite fight scenes with breathtaking landscapes; it explores the interwoven destinies of two couples whose paths cross through the theft of a sword; it also explores their desire for emotional freedom; special features include theatrical trailers, Making of Special: Unleashing the Dragon, director's commentary, and interviews with the cast; in Mandarin, English, or French with the option of English or French subtitles; 2 hours.