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Chinese Culture Websites
Portal Web sites to many different resources:
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?pageSize=&page=2&category=2447& - A
gateway to many Chinese language and culture resources.
http://k12east.mrdonn.org/China.html - Mr. Donn's Lesson Plans on China. This site
has everything – links to online games related to China (including a majiang game and
an online shadow puppet demonstration), powerpoints on Chinese culture, concise
explanations of Chinese history, etc.
Other useful Web sites:
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ - Columbia University's East Asia Department (这个网站主
要针对大学生,但是也可以用同样的内容改变一下 教高中生)
http://www.chinapage.com/china-rm.html - China the Beautiful, contains multiple
resources for teaching Chinese culture
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/index.html - The China Experience
http://www.t2tweb.us/Workshops/Sessions.asp?SessionID=104 - Creating Classroom
Activities for Learning Chinese Culture
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?pageSize=&page=2&category=2447& - A
gateway to many Chinese language and culture resources.
http://music.ibiblio.org/pub/multimedia/chinese-music/ - Chinese music internet
archive. Includes all sorts of Chinese songs, including children’s songs, popular music,
ceremonial music, and other
http://sinophilia.org/ - Introduces some basic aspects of China, such as language,
history and religion
http://www.wellesley.edu/Chinese/Chinese_Fables/index/index.html - an introduction
to Chinese fables and their origins (in Chinese)
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/khsu2/poetrygallery.html - Chinese love poetry and
folklore (good traditional Chinese stories to teach during Valentine’s day)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/youngchina/ A series of videos about Chinese
youth, “The Young and Restless.” The videos, produced by PBS, include lesson plans
and discussion questions. All free! Good for a high school Chinese culture class.
http://www.bc.edu/research/chinagateway/ A “toolkit” for Chinese history and culture.
Tons of links. It also provides many links to resources in the Boston, Massachusetts
area: http://www.bc.edu/research/chinagateway/boston/commOut.html
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Language Resources and Tools
Portal Web sites to many different resources:
http://chinalinks.osu.edu – Links to search engines, teaching strategies, games,
software and more
www.mandarintools.com/ Good portal site for Chinese learning tools such as language
flashcards, encoding/converting, and dictionaries.
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/china-language.html
– Directory of Chinese language Internet resources. Includes language instruction and
learning, and dictionaries.
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?category=2448&&& - A gateway to many
Chinese language and culture resources.
Other useful Web sites:
http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Chinese/index.html - Chinese multimedia resources –
conversations, videos, pronunciation guides
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/ - great resources for teachers
and students, including tone and character games, TV transcripts, conversations, and
more!
http://www.liwin.com/calligraphy/ - Chinese cyber calligraphy
www.zein.se/patrick/3000char.html – The 3,000 most common Chinese characters,
listed in order of frequency. Contains alternate pronunciations and explanations.
http://clta-us.org/cltalinks/teaching.htm – Sources for Chinese teaching and learning.
http://www.chinesepod.com – Language training service. Download learning Chinese
lesson pod casts to your iPod or mobile phone for free, or pay for transcripts.
http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/chinese – Provides 40 online Chinese lessons.
Starts from basics and gradually promotes student to level of smooth and confident
communication.
http://readchinese.nflc.org/?page=home –READ CHINESE!, a project of the National
Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, provides online reading lessons
in Chinese for “novice” and “intermediate” students. Each lesson includes primary
source materials, reinforcement activities and a quiz at the end.
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/ This is the website for a travel company
in China, but it also has province and city-specific information. Use it as a resource for
cultural and province/city descriptions. New!
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http://www.beyondspaceandtime.org/FCBSTWeb/web/index.html#link= The Forbidden
City: Beyond Space and Time is a virtual educational game where users can explore the
Forbidden City. Best for high school students. New!
http://enterzon.com/ A virtual world designed for students to learn Chinese. Not very
effective for beginning learners but a fun virtual exploration of certain sites in Beijing.
New!
http://popupchinese.com/lessons At this website, you can download short language
classes in MP3 format (similar to ChinesePod, but not as well developed). The most fun
part are the KTV videos of pop songs with translations and explanations. New!
http://www.learnchineseez.com/ This site has a diverse collection of Chinese-learning
tools. Check out the list of “4000 simplified Chinese characters” – it’s well organized
and shows stroke order for each character. New!
Classroom Strategies and Tips
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/archives/classmanagement.shtml – Articles for
educators. Classroom management tips and ideas, and tools for teaching.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods/teacher-
training/6495.html?detoured=1 – Tips for behavior management and classroom
management, and advice on lesson planning, from veteran teachers.
www.busyteacherscafe.com – Games and ideas for classroom management and
organization. Includes classroom setup photos, classroom routine, and discipline plans.
http://www.fvsd.ab.ca/stm/classroom_management_tips_and_be.htm#classroom%20
management – Classroom strategies and ideas for elementary schools. Compiled by an
elementary school teacher.
http://startalk.umd.edu/tt_res_ch_cm.htm – Portal Web site with many links to
classroom management and other resources.
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/chinese/index.htm – An overview of Chinese
courses at Fairfax County Public Schools. Includes the syllabus for Chinese I, II and III.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/fillers.shtml –“Five minute Fillers” –
a compilation of hundreds of games/activities to start or end class, or for when you
just have a few minutes to kill.
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Professional Organizations
http://www.actfl.org – American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
National organization dedicated to the improvement and expansion of the teaching and
learning of all languages at all levels of instruction throughout the U.S.
http://www.askasia.org/chinese – Asia Society Education Program. Valuable resource
and distribution center for information on teaching of Chinese in American schools.
http://www.adfl.org – Association of Departments of Foreign Language. Central
resource for the language and literature community in the U.S. and Canada.
http://www.cal.org – Center for Applied Linguistics. Private, non-profit organization
working to improve communication through better understanding of language and
culture.
http://www.classk12.org – Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary
Schools (CLASS). Promotes teaching of Chinese language and culture in American
elementary and secondary schools, and dialogue between Chinese language educators.
Includes links, membership lists, K-12 standards, announcements, teaching tips.
http://www.clta.osu.edu – Chinese Language Teacher Association (CLTA). Professional
organization devoted exclusively to the study of Chinese language, culture and
pedagogy. Includes many resources and publications related to Chinese learning.
http://www.csaus.org – Chinese School Association in the United States (CSAUS).
Association of more than 150 Chinese schools in the U.S. Includes events, links, E-
forum, books for purchase, newsletters, aid for forming Chinese schools.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/Controller.jpf – College Board AP Home Page.
College Board's official online home for any professional interested in or involved with
the Advanced Placement Program (AP) or Pre-AP strategies.
http://www.nctasia.org – National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. Multi-year
initiative to encourage and facilitate teaching and learning about Asia in world history,
geography, social studies, and literature courses in the U.S.
http://www.ncacls.org – National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools
(NCACLS, 全美中文學校?合總會). Website is in Chinese.
http://www.ncssfl.org – National Council of State Supervisors for Languages. Initiative
with a long-term effort to raise public awareness about the importance of learning
languages and understanding cultures in the lives of all Americans.
http://www.nflc.org – National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland.
Dedicated to promoting a language-competent America by developing and
disseminating information that informs policy makers and improve the capacity of the
U.S. to communicate in languages other than English.
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http://www.hanban.edu.cn – National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign
Language (NOCTFL, 国家汉语国际推广领导小组办公室). Website is in Chinese.
http://www.princeton.edu/~ssclc – Secondary School Chinese Language Center,
Princeton University (美国中小学中文教学中心). Home page containing information about
the language center and its initiatives.
Dictionaries
http://www.nciku.com – Great resource for students. Features conversations, theme
words and character writing exercises
http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/dictionary.html – Good list of characters.
http://www.yellowbridge.com/language/chinese-dictionary.php – Shows stroke order
and etymology (radicals). Very user-friendly and useful.
http://www.zhongwen.com – Very good character, radical index, and etymology look-
up. Lists many words that use the same characters. However, not very user friendly.
http://www.xuezhongwen.net/chindict/chindict.php – Gives stroke order for 1500
characters. One of the best online dictionaries.
http://classes.yale.edu/chns130/Dictionary/index.html – Online Chinese picture
dictionary viewable by English, Chinese or Pinyin.
http://www.dictionary.com – Defines words in English.
http://www.thesaurus.com – Provides similar meanings for words in English.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/glossary/index.asp – Explains English words and
phrases related to education
Language Learning Articles
http://www.english-learning.co.uk/lombalkire.html – Kato Lomb, Hungary’s most
accomplished linguist who knew 17 languages, shares her secrets and methods.
http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/november/learningExpectations.html – U.S.
Government ranking of the hardest languages in the world.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/58733.htm – National Security Language
Initiative: President Bush thinks learning Chinese is important.
http://www.pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html – Academic, yet humorous
explanation of Chinese. Makes students feel good about knowing some Chinese.
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United States Education Links
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/PES/int_over.html#intro – Overview of Education in the
U.S. Contains information on policies, roles of the different types of U.S. government,
and links to examples of further information.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/usa-education-policy-us-overview.htm – Brief overview of
current issues in U.S. Education, including “Accountability,” “School Choice” and
“Teaching.”
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/factover/ch6.htm – Portrait of the U.S.
Educational system’s structure, standards, and challenges.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-struc-
geninfo.html – Information on the structure of U.S. Education and many other
education-related topics
http://www.leaderu.com/isr/lifeinamerica/howtosurvive/tableofcontents_all_linked.html
– Useful tips and information on how to survive in the U.S., including transportation,
finding a place to live, finding a job, receiving health care, making friends, shopping,
restaurants, and much more.
Other Online Resources
http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki - This website is specifically designed to be used in k-
12 classrooms. Here, you can create free wikis (live online documents that multiple
users can edit and view) to use for the classroom. For a simple explanation of a wiki,
check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
http://delicious.com/help/learn - Delicious.com is a “social bookmarking” site. You can
save interesting/helpful websites by “tagging” them with short descriptions (e.g.
“pinyin,” “middle school activity,” “warm-up,” “game for high school students,” “class
debate,” etc.). Then, you can easily find related websites by searching through your
tags/descriptions. You can also share these bookmarks with anyone you want (i.e. other
teachers or students) and you can access them for any computer. For a simple
explanation of Delicious, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html - A website to create
free online quizzes/testing. More links for online testing here:
http://web20teach.blogspot.com/2008/05/top-5-quiz-generators-for-online.html
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/teach.jsp Scholastic.com offers tons of teaching
ideas that are specific to different grade levels. Select your grade level and explore their
suggestions. New!
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http://nclrc.org/essentials/index.htm The essentials of language teaching from National
Capital Language Resource Center. The page is specifically designed for college
professors from foreign backgrounds teaching in the United States, but many of the
language teaching theories here can be applied to teaching k-12. New!
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/ This is the website for a travel company
in China, but it also has province and city-specific information. Use it as a resource for
cultural and province/city descriptions. New!
http://www.nsliforyouth.org/ This program provides scholarships for high school
students to go to China and other foreign countries to study languages during the
summer and school year. High school students who are American citizens and between
ages 15-18 may apply. Annual deadline in February. Suggest to your students! New!
Regional Resources
http://www.bc.edu/research/chinagateway/boston/commOut.html Many links for China-
related resources in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
http://www.kwla-online.org/ The Kentucky World Language Association supports the
teaching and learning of a variety of world languages and cultures. The website has
content related to teaching Chinese. If you’re in Kentucky, check it out.
http://www.nflc.org/ The National Foreign Language Center at the University of
Maryland. Has content related to teaching Chinese. If you’re around Maryland, check it
out.
http://caisinstitute.org/ A non-profit organization located in San Francisco that
advocates for Chinese language and culture education. Also has a yearly conference
that California guest teachers may want to attend.
See the list of Confucius Institutes in the USA in the File section (美国孔子学院).