Posts filed under ‘Mandarin/Intermediate’
Learning Mandarin
If you’re learning Chinese Mandarin, there’s a blog out there you might be interested in.
According to the author, “I help my readers learn Chinese words, phrases and show them how to make syntactically correct sentences. I encourage my readers to sing Chinese songs and repeat the words and phrases in an enjoyable way. In fact, I am the author of “Learn Chinese through Songs and Rhymes”, a book that incorporates 40 songs and rhymes to support the Mandarin language instructions.”
Check out Learn Chinese Weekly to start learning!
Chinese Hacks
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“Our aim now is to bring you real-world Chinese in the form of news, advertising, signs, posters and literally anything that shows how Chinese is actually used – not just what can be found in text books. In addition to this we’re also finding and reviewing software, websites, mobile apps and other interesting blog posts focused on learning Chinese and about Chinese culture.”
Language resources (English, French, Mandarin, Spanish)
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This website offers 3 different difficulty levels on the site. Beginner: Introductory material that explains words, small sentences – like “hello” and “how are you” – or the four tones used in Chinese. Medium: Advanced material explains more elaborate dialogue or sentence structures. The speaking pace may be quicker here as well, and not all videos give immediate English translations. Advanced: At the most difficult level, we mix learning videos of more complicated nature with general Mandarin language material.
Language Resources (Mandarin, Polish)
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This supplementary Chinese course of 22 lessons in simplified characters at elementary-intermediate level is suitable for students who have already learned Chinese for at least 3 months. The course has been designed to supplement classroom teaching of Chinese, but can stand alone for use by students studying independently. It breaks new ground with its comprehensive use of multimedia materials, including video and audio files, interactive character writing exercises, interactive grammar drills, multiple choice vocabulary tests, and indexes for grammar and vocabulary.
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Listen to the sounds by clicking on the Pinyin or the speaker symbol (visible when “show pinyin” is not selected). Choose the button of the tone you hear.
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Games and Stories to help you learn Mandarin as well as English.
Language Resources (English, Hindi, Mandarin, Spanish)
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Don’t know any Hindi at all? Start with the basics, the Hindi alphabet. Once you have familiarized yourself with the Hindi alphabet and had a look at the Hindi numbers you should then move on to try and increase your vocabulary of Hindi words and Hindi phrases.
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Chinese Idioms or Chengyu are short sayings usually consisting of four characters. Unless you know the story and its common usage, a Chengyu will sound like random nonsense. Here are some Chengyu stories, as taught to chinese students, with pinyin and chinese annotation.
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Noel’s ESL eBook Libray offers free ESL resource materials target for ESL teaching, lesson planning, grammar, writing and vocabulary. It also has everything learners need to pass IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge ESOL, TKT and CELTA. All ebooks are totally FREE!
Language resources (Japanese, Mandarin)
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Learn English, the free and easy web site for EFL/ESL learners, students and teachers.
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This website is aimed at providing people who want to learn Mandarin with the online resources they need. If you want to learn Chinese online, then we offer you a useful and highly customizable Chinese-English dictionary, Learn Chinese (a free Chinese course) , a Chinese writing tutorial and a set of useful mp3 Chinese lessons. Includes podcasts from chinesepod.com
Online Mandarin Resources
Hi! Would anyone like to share their favourite online Mandarin resources? I’ll start the ball rolling by putting up some resources that’ve been recommended to me:
http://www.google.com/language_tools
Do feel free to put up your suggestions in here. Looking forward to hearing from you! 
Language resources (Mandarin)
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(CRI) is the only overseas broadcaster in the People’s Republic of China. CRI is one of the “three central media organizations in China” along with China National Radio (CNR) and China Central Television (CCTV). CRIENGLISH.com is the official English website of CRI, providing comprehensive information on both Chinese and international topics. Through our website users can read program transcripts, view illustrations and hear our English radio programs.
Language resources (Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Thai, Urdu)
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Livemocha’s self-study lessons develop reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. Access
* Free Courses in 25 different languages
* Over 160 hours of lessons for each
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Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels.
Language resources (Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, Thai)
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Free mp3 audio and mp4 video files to help you speak, read, write and learn Indonesian. The lessons are written for English-speaking expats living in Indonesia, travelers to Indonesia, those doing business in Indonesia, and those who are simply learning the language. New lessons are added often.
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Welcome to Langhub.com! Your source for mp3 audio and mp4 video files for learners of the Thai language. The lessons are written for English-speaking expats living in Thailand, travelers to Thailand, those doing business in Thailand, and those who are simply learning the language. New lessons are added often.
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Includes survival Thai Phrases and Pronunciation Guide with audio.
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Includes lessons on vocab, grammar, and pronunciation.
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CSLPOD is a PODCAST which aims at helping people learn and improve their levels of the Chinese language. It offers regular, free and high quality Chinese courses at three levels: beginners, average, and advanced. For the beginners and the averages, it explains in detail the grammar usages encountered in the texts which are read by Chinese natives at a slow speed for upgrading your listening comprehension. For the advanced learners, all the texts are read at the normal speed. The contents of the texts spotlight the latest hot topics or hot news in China.
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FREE tests in 25 languages and 600 language combinations by Goethe-Verlag
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This is the continuing instruction in spoken and written Chinese, with particular emphasis on consolidating basic conversational skills and improving reading confidence and depth.
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to speak Chinese with some fluency on basic conversational topics, achieve a basic level of reading competence within simplified and traditional characters learned plus common compounds, and be able to write short compositions.
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This downloadable course is the intermediate level of the streamlined curriculum, which is intended for students who, when they began streamlined I, had some background in the language, whether it be comprehension with limited speaking ability or quite fluent speaking ability. The focus of the course is on standard pronunciation and usage, on reading in both complex and simplified characters, and on writing.
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This downloadable course at Utah State University provides an understanding of basic principles of Chinese speaking and written language. The focus in Chinese 1010 is on pronunciation and simple Chinese character writing.
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One Sentence A Day, with pinyin and English translation.
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Mandarin classes from Beginner – Advanced levels. Includes pronunciation guide, and homework, and practice tests.
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A fantastic site to for reading and learning Mandarin (Annotated readings for beginners, intermediate & advanced levels)
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