Archive for the 'mandarin' Category

First Year Chinese II

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

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First Year Chinese II is a mandarin Chinese course of the Utah State University. The course is under a Creative Commons License.

Overview

This course provides an understanding of basic principles of Chinese speaking and written language. The focus is on pronunciation and simple Chinese character writing.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Read and write Chinese characters from Lesson 1 to Lesson 15 of Practical Chinese Reader
  2. Obtain skills to accomplish exercises from Exercise V to Exercise IX of Practical Chinese Reader I: Patterns & Exercises
  3. Carry on simple daily conversation

Texts

  1. Beijing Language Institute, (1993). Practical Chinese Reader Elementary Course: Book I
  2. Chu, M. M. (1992). Practical Chinese Reader I: Patterns & Exercises.
  3. Teng, S. H. (1993). Practical Chinese Reader I & II: Writing Workbook.

Contents of the Package

  • Video Lessons
  • Grammar Sheets
  • Practice Assignements

The Course is based on the Practical Chinese Reader which is not included.

Download
first_year_chinese2.zip (238MB)

First Year Chinese I

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

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First Year Chinese I is a mandarin Chinese course of the Utah State University. The course is under a Creative Commons License.

Overview

This course provides an understanding of basic principles of Chinese speaking and written language. The focus is on pronunciation and simple Chinese character writing.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Read and write Chinese characters from Lesson 1 to Lesson 7 of Practical Chinese Reader
  2. Obtain skills to accomplish exercises from Exercise I to Exercise IV of Practical Chinese Reader I: Patterns & Exercises
  3. Carry on simple daily conversation

Texts

  1. Beijing Language Institute, (1993). Practical Chinese Reader Elementary Course: Book I
  2. Chu, M. M. (1992). Practical Chinese Reader I: Patterns & Exercises.
  3. Teng, S. H. (1993). Practical Chinese Reader I & II: Writing Workbook.

Contents of the Package

  • Video Lessons
  • Grammar Sheets
  • Practice Assignements

The Course is based on the Practical Chinese Reader which is not included.

Download
first_year_chinese1.zip (600MB)

Chinese Language Courses

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

  • FSI Standard Chinese
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    Learn mandarin like the diplomats, FBI, DEA agents did - with the original material developed by the US State Department’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI).
    download (1750MB)

  • FSI Cantonese Basic
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    Learn cantonese like the diplomats, FBI, DEA agents did - with the original material developed by the US State Department’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI).
    download (325MB)

  • First Year Chinese I
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    Chinese Course by the Utah State University. This Course is under a Creative Commons License.
    More information on this course.
    download (600MB)

  • First Year Chinese II
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    Chinese Course by the Utah State University. This Course is under a Creative Commons License.
    More information on this course.
    download (238MB)

  • Mandarin Podcast - Newbie
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    Huge archive of mandarin chinese podcast-lessons based on chinesepod.com.
    Level: Newbie
    download (2039MB)

  • Mandarin Podcast - Elementary
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    Huge archive of mandarin chinese podcast-lessons based on chinesepod.com.
    Level: Elementary
    download (1493MB)

  • Mandarin Podcast - Intermediate
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    Huge archive of mandarin chinese podcast-lessons based on chinesepod.com.
    Level: Intermediate
    download (1427MB)

  • Mandarin Podcast - Upper Intermediate
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    Huge archive of mandarin chinese podcast-lessons based on chinesepod.com.
    Level: Upper Intermediate
    download (766MB)

  • Mandarin Podcast - Advanced
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    Huge archive of mandarin chinese podcast-lessons based on chinesepod.com.
    Level: Advanced
    download (1558MB)

  • Mandarin Podcast - Media
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    Huge archive of mandarin chinese podcast-lessons based on chinesepod.com.
    download (433MB)

  • Videos
    Chinese Language Learning videos on LanguageTube.org