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Asia Society: Start a Chinese Language Program in Your School

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A good collection of ideas and resources for U.S. teachers and schools that want to start Chinese language programs.
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Digital Dialects

Digital Dialects: Chinese Language

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Study a variety of fundamental phrases and vocabulary of the Chinese language. Improve recognition and understanding the terms with the help of online games.
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City University of New York

Chinese Cultural Studies: The Chinese Language and Pronunciation

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains good information on the Chinese Language and pronunciation. The information is not too in-depth but does contain interesting facts. Links are also provided for additional information.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: Language Lab Chinese

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Chinese Language Lab and have fun too. Practice with different games or review vocabulary with the digital flashcards.
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Huayu World: Global Chinese Language and Culture Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Good resource for exploring Chinese culture and language. Learn about Taiwanese lantern riddles, Chinese folklore, clothing, poetry and fables, papercutting, Chinese New Year, and Chinese festival and every-day cooking. Multimedia makes...
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China Vista: Ancient Chinese Fables

For Students 9th - 10th
Fables have enriched the Chinese language and the morals of these tales have found their way into the Chinese language. Six popular ancient Chinese fables are found here in Chinese and English.
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Online Chinese Tools, With Chinese English Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site that provides tools to assist people learning and using the Chinese language. Resources include flashcards, pinyin converter, Chinese-English dictionary, calendar converter, Chinese number and currency converter, and more.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: Starting Out in Chinese [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introductory to the basic of the Chinese language. You'll learn some basic expressions such as hello, thank you, I'm sorry and goodbye.
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City University of New York

Brooklyn College Core 9: Chinese Culture Page

For Students 9th - 10th
An online course regarding Chinese culture. Links and information concerning the nature of culture, Tiananmen, geography, language and early history, Chinese religions, gender and the World Wars.
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BBC

Bbc: Real Chinese

For Students 9th - 10th
A lively introduction to Mandarin Chinese in 10 short parts in the form of slideshow presentation with audio content. Useful phrases with tips on pronunciation and grammar, cultural notes, self-evaluated challenge for comprehension are...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Chinese

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Chinese. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note:...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Language and Its Structure Ii: Syntax

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate level online course from MIT, originally taught in 2004. This course and its materials are also available in Chinese and Persian.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Language and Its Structure Iii: Semantics and Pragmatics

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate level online course from MIT, originally taught in 2005. A Chinese version of the course is also available.
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Language Guide

Language Guide: Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 8th
Useful resource for learning everyday Chinese vocabulary -- roll over each image to hear the correct pronunciation and see how the word is written. Corresponding English section (and other languages) makes this site a useful tool for ESL...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: Esl Chinese

For Students 9th - 10th
A language lab for Chinese students learning English. Learn vocabulary through interactive flashcards with audio and text, and through games.
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Resources for Language Teachers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has links to many resources for the language teacher of Chinese, French, German, and Spanish.
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Busuu: Learn a Language

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A free engaging opportunity to learn languages from around the world. Languages offered include English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Chinese and Polish.
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Yellowbridge.com: Chinese Loan Words in the English Language

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting language resource which details some of the few "loan words" in English from the Chinese language. Provides information and a list of Chinese words and characters.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Chinese Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Chinese Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Ask Asia: Count in Chinese

For Students Pre-K - 1st
See, hear, and say numbers 1-12 in Chinese. Print and color pictures are also available.
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E Beijing

For Students 9th - 10th
At eBeijing, the official portal of the municipal government of Beijing, find information about city government, the history of Beijing, local cuisine, famous city landmarks, and similar topics. Also find the latest news from China's...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: E Ticket Chinese [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
These lessons will help you if you are planning a trip to China and could use a helpful traveler's phrasebook with hundreds of essential words and phrases.
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China Radio International

For Students 9th - 10th
Read program transcripts, view illustrations, and listen to CRI programs in English or Chinese. Station focuses mainly on news but also includes music and special areas for learning Chinese and/or English. Great site for its promotion of...
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United Nations

United Nations: Introduction of Un to Children (Chinese)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
These are the Chinese language pages of the UN's CyberSchool Bus site. Not as much content as the English version but pages do include resources and information about different nations and cities, UN-sponsored children's events (make a...

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