Community Language Lab

Lin Crowley's site for Chinese programs at Evergreen. Even if you are not enrolled in a Chinese program, this is an excellent site for language learning resources to improve listening and reading comprehension, while building vocabulary and speaking skills.

 

ChinesePod offers Chinese language lessons in convenient fifteen minute podcasts so that you can practice language anywhere. Registration is required, and for fifteen days after you register you get all the benefits of a paid subscription, which include downloadable PDFs (so you can practice reading), flashcards, lesson exercises, and review materials. After those fifteen days, you can continue as a free user which allows you to listen to the podcasts and participate in discussion with other Chinese language learners. Don't be scared. You don't have to pay for this, and though it is untested by the writer, it seems like it might be pretty cool.

Digital Dialects has loads of animated activities and games that are intended to provide a relaxed way of acquiring basic language skills, and a great break from the books!

Click on the links below to access the search results for Chinese language resources in the library.

Language Study: Electronic resources, audio courses, language learning texts, Chinese language readers, dictionaries, and more.

Language Study Sound Recordings: Search results limited to language instruction CDs, tapes, and LPs.

Music Sound Recordings: Chinese music on CDs, tapes, and LPs.

Culture: Academic journals, texts, and videos on Chinese culture.

Literature: Anthologies, literary criticism and history, novels, and more.

Internet Polyglot is an online flashcard system which uses games and drills designed to help you retain vocabulary.  Build your own lessons, steal from other users, or use the ready-made sets.

Language Guide introduces language learners to vocabulary through sound, pictures, and writing so that every new term is reinforced visually and aurally. If you are just starting out or want to supplement the vocabulary in your textbook, the clustering of the vocabulary into categories like numbers or body parts makes it easy for you to find what you want to work on.

Visit Omniglot for information about the writing system for this language and many others, including designed languages like Klingon. Each page includes the full alphabet or syllabary for a particular language, plus a pronunciation guide in the International Phonetic Alphabet and transliterations of sample text into the Roman alphabet.

Multilingual Books in Seattle has a list of podcasts available for Chinese, French, German, and Spanish. Educational programming is available so you can take classes on your mp3 player, or you can listen to news, culture, technology, or entertainment-themed shows. Immerse yourself in language and culture to increase your comprehension and hear the language in real life speech.

This multimedia site from Kenyon College offers video clips of useful conversations, annotated transcripts, and listening comprehension exercises. Topics include ordering meals, changing money, and asking directions, so this is an excellent resource if you want to travel in China or are planning to study abroad.