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Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale (CLAO)
http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/revue/clao
Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale (CLAO) is a international scholarly journal of research on East Asian languages, issued twice a year by the Centre de Recherches Linguistiques sur l'Asie Orientale (CRLAO), EHESS-CNRS Paris. The Persée portal (accessible in French or English - the language can be changed on the portal homepage) makes available online in a searchable database the full contents of the journal from the first issue in 1977 up to 2002. Articles are published in French or English, but the abstracts are all in French. The journals can be accessed by issue, and articles can be viewed onscreen or downloaded as PDF files. Each article has a navigation menu at the left that gives quick access to component sections, diagrams, references, and an abstract. Keyword searches can be carried out at several levels: article; issue; all issues; and all Persée journals. Registering on the portal makes available several more interactive features, such as saving search histories and notes, and access to RSS feeds. Languages covered include: Japanese; Ainu; Korean; Mandarin; Cantonese; and other languages of China.
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Chinese language information page
http://www.chinasona.com/bamboo/chinese.html
The Chinese Language Information Page is an online gateway to Internet resources aimed at students and teachers of Mandarin Chinese. The website is made up of several sections containing annotated links, which address: Chinese educational resources; viewing and listening to Chinese online; scholarly and linguistic resources on Chinese; East Asian librarianship; and Chinese language courses (featuring links to university departments in the US, Australia and Asia). Other sections act as gateways to online resources that help with inputting Chinese characters, and with reading Chinese fonts in Internet browsers. Users will also find a small but useful list of online Chinese texts. Inevitably for a fairly substantial gateway, some links are out of date. However, most remain accurate. The website is well presented and easy to navigate, and would be of interest to any student or teacher of Mandarin Chinese, particularly those keen to use Chinese-language software and online learning tools. The resource also keeps users informed of any new or updated links, and also features an archive of past alterations.
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Chinese tools
http://www.chinese-tools.com/
Chinese Tools provides its users with a range of learning resources for Mandarin Chinese, from online simple language lessons, to news in Chinese and annotations of Chinese songs. From the main page, users will find links to: online Chinese dictionaries; a series of free Mandarin Chinese lessons; a Chinese phrasebook divided into everyday conversational topics; world news stories translated into Chinese; and tools converting traditional characters to simplified ones, and vice versa. The website also includes light-hearted textual information on the formation and origins of Chinese characters, and reproduces Chinese poetry and proverbs as learning tools.
This online resource would be of particular value to beginner level students of Mandarin Chinese, either learning independently or on university-level courses. Chinese text is often presented with its pinyin equivalent with tone marks, making the website accessible to those with no previous knowledge of Mandarin Chinese.
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EaseChinese
http://www.easechinese.com/
This online Mandarin Chinese learning aid is a gateway and guide to a range of electronic resources designed for elementary learners and more experienced speakers. From the main page, users can navigate to lists of websites that provide online Mandarin tuition, frequently asked questions about Mandarin, online tools such as dictionaries, and guides to offline tools such as DVDs and CD-ROMs. Recommended online resources are accompanied by short user-reviews, and a link to the suggested website. Although there is little information on the origin of these reviews, links are fast and reliable, opening in a separate browser window.
EaseChinese would be of value to any student embarking upon independent study of Mandarin Chinese, and to tutors searching for classroom teaching aids. The website also provides a links page that acts as a gateway to additional online resources, a section on the origin of common characters, and information on Mandarin programmes in Mainland China.
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Learning Chinese online
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm
Learning Chinese online is an excellent annotated directory of Internet resources for teachers and students of Mandarin Chinese. From the main page, the directory is divided into sections covering different aspects and experiences of learning Chinese, from tools for total beginners, to resources for more experienced learners. For example, users will find annotated links to websites with online listening comprehensions, help with character-recognition, and a guide to Chinese online dictionaries. Other useful sections include: online Chinese tests; readings for students of different abilities; online help with conversation, which lists websites with audio and video exercises; and tools for teachers of Mandarin Chinese, which features online resources that help with using Chinese computer programs in the classroom. Learning Chinese Online also acts as a gateway to Chinese language schools and study-abroad programmes, although these are based in the US. Frequent users will also find a list of newly added resources in the 'Experiences' section. The resource as a whole would be of value to any student of Mandarin Chinese, and provides fun hints and tips to practise the language outside the classroom. Teachers will also find many online resources that can be used in the classroom.
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Pinyin info : a guide to the writing of Mandarin Chinese in romanization
http://pinyin.info/
Created by Mark Swofford, Pinyin Info seeks to introduce users to systems of writing Chinese characters using Latin romanisation, dispels myths about the meaning and functions of Chinese characters and provides help with writing online using pinyin romanisation. The main page features a small menu, and an archive of recent additions to the website, including: song lyrics in pinyin; short stories and poems by Guo Muoro and Lu Xun in Chinese characters and pinyin; and an essay on pinyin to Chinese character computer conversions. Users will also find selected readings from key texts related to Chinese language use, and a list of 'tools' relating to using pinyin in word processing, including: spelling in different and pinyin systems; using pinyin on unicode Web pages; and how to write tone marks on pinyin words. The website provides a guide to the different systems of romanization, along with a searchable news archive of material related to Chinese language and pinyin usage. Pinyin Info also acts as a gateway to related online resources through a substantial links page. The website would be of interest to students keen to practise their recognition of pinyin and characters, and to tutors seeking practical help with using pinyin in classroom word processing.
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Pinyin practice
http://www.pinyinpractice.com/
Pinyin Practice allows students to test their Mandarin Chinese listening skills and knowledge of the Pinyin romanisation system via online tests. The website introduces the history of Pinyin romanisation, and allows students to test their recognition of Chinese tones, and character initials and finals. In each test, students can view Chinese characters and/or their pinyin romanisation and listen to their sounds to answer simple quizzes. Users will also find a self-test section, where they are asked to determine tone sounds within phrases, and select missing initial and final sounds. The website also acts as a gateway to related online Mandarin Chinese language resources via a concise links page. Although some areas of the website require subscription to gain access, this resource's online tests are a fun way to test students' grasp of basic Chinese sounds. There is no need to download separate sound files, making the tests quick and simple to master.
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Practical Chinese reader self-test
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/PCRopen/selftest.htm
Practical Chinese Reader is perhaps the most widely used textbook for students of elementary Mandarin Chinese. This online companion to the written text was devised by Xie Tianwei of California State University, Long Beach, and contains quizzes, reading comprehension questions and grammar tests that help students learn outside the classroom. Each lesson of the text book has its own related online test based on grammar or reading comprehension, and earlier units are accompanied by quizzes that test students' knowledge using virtual 'flashcards', exercises that match pinyin words with their English meanings, and 'concentration' tests. Beginners' exercises use pinyin, while more advanced tests use Chinese (complicated) characters. From the main page, users can also access a Practical Chinese Reader E-Resource Book, also written by Xie, which contains a 'study guide' to the main contents of each lesson, a transcription of the lesson text, and more vocabulary-based games. Students can also download short video clips in RealPlayer format to practise their listening skills, and can view animated guides to the stroke order of characters, in both simplified and complicated characters. The website also acts as a gateway to other online resources related to Practical Chinese Reader through a dedicated links page. Practical Chinese Reader Self-Test is an ideal resource for any student of elementary Mandarin Chinese, and is a valuable companion to tutors seeking alternative classroom language exercises. However, users should note that the website uses complicated characters, while Practical Chinese Reader is presented in simplified characters.
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Typing Chinese online
http://www.typingchinese.com/
Typing Chinese Online is a simple, useful web-based tool that allows users to imput Chinese in pinyin romanisation, for them to be translated into simplified characters. The main website instructions can be read in English, Chinese, French and German. Users type pinyin into a text box, and can select the corresponding character from a list that appears below. It is then possible to copy and paste the text into other documents. The possibility of characters which appear can be narrowed down by using the keyboard to indicate the tone of the character that you would like to type (for example, typing in capitals indicates that the character has the third of four tones).
The website would be of use to anyone who wishes to type a small amount of Chinese, especially undergraduate students or beginners (who need to know some Chinese words). Although the tool does not include complicated characters, it is a simple tool that can be used without the need to purchase a complicated software programme. Although it may seem difficult to use at first, all users need to do is to type pinyin into the text box.
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Zhongwen Red
http://www.zhongwenred.com/
Zhongwen ('Chinese language') Red is a free online tool with which to learn and practise Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 110 themed lessons which can be reached through a side bar on the main page. Lessons range from basic statements of place and identity to expressing more complex opinions and ideas. For each lesson, users are introduced to sample sentences, which are written in simpified Chinese characters, pinyin romanisation, and in English translation. There is also a literal translation of the meaning of each character to ease understanding of sentence structure. Users can download each lesson in Adobe pdf format for use offline. It is also possible to hear and then download sound files of native Chinese speakers reading through the phrases. Users can listen to two different native voices in order to listen to phrases in different accents and with different stresses.
Zhongwen Red is a useful supplementary online tool for those with a basic knowledge of Chinese sentence structure, tones and with a grasp of written characters. Those with no knowledge at all might find a more basic foundation helpful - however, this is not to deny the usefulness of Zhongwen Red as language learning continues. The resource also acts as a gateway to other online Chinese language teaching aids, including its companion websites, Zhongwen Green and Zhongwen Blue.
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