Additional Resources
Online Language Learning
www.melnyks.com Podcast available as free download on iTunes; lessons under 30”. Good pace for beginners and up.
Mango Languages Requires Multnomah County Library Account. Good tool to compare your pronunciation.
www.livemocha.com Online method connecting teachers and students
http://community.travelchinaguide.com/learn-chinese/ Listen and learn basic phrases, including travel
http://www.learnmandarinonline.org/learnmandarin/learnmandarin1.html Basic conversations w/plenty of repetition.
lingohut.com/en/l61/free-chinese-lessons A great resource with plenty of vocabulary lists
Character Writing
http://www.ahscpdx.org/artclasses.html Chinese Calligraphy and Painting classes in Portland and Beaverton.
http://www.archchinese.com Animated character displays showing stroke order and direction.
http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/characters Chinese dictionary, also shows stroke order.
http://www.mandarintools.com/ Check Skritter, the first on the list. Great tool.
http://www.learnmandarinonline.org/characters.html Nice resource with some history of characters.
http://xdhy.tsu.edu.cn/chinese/hzxx/ Chinese-only writing program listing 2500 most-used characters.
http://www.zdic.net/z/16/js/559C.htm In addition to animated stroke order, shows etymology.
Online Translation
http://translate.google.com/ or www.babblefish.com
http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/dictionary.html Shows relatives of the target word
http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html Fun site to choose a name based on personality traits/year of birth.
Chat Groups (please contact organizer for updated times and locations)
Thursdays at 9:30 am, Asian Health and Service Center, 3430 SE Powell http://www.ahscpdx.org/weeklyclubs.html
Saturday Mornings, downtown Portland Contact: Willow Zheng, nwchina@yahoo.com
Sundays, 10:30-12:30, 2nd floor of Portland Chinese Garden Tea House
http://www.meetup.com/portlandchinese/events/205469272/ (join Meetup to be a member)
Hosting Chinese Students and Visitors
www.edutrav.org Semester or year hosting, high school
http://worldoregon.org/international-visitors To host adults overnight or for dinner
http://nwise.org To host for as few as ten days
Cultural Tips
Advice on doing business in China
Table manners
Gift-giving information
Chinese Holiday Calendar
Travel in China
Fennie Bai, fenniebai@comcast.net
Travel Agent for visas and tickets to China
Great World Travel
2738 SE 82nd Avenue, Suite 201B
Portland, OR 97266
(503) 255-1266
http://www.travelchinaguide.com Group travel to China
http://huoche.chunyun.cn Chinese language site for train tickets
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/forums/asia-north-east-asia/china Lonely Planet China page
http://search.huochepiao.com Alternate site for train tickets
ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
http://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/public/ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines2012_FINAL.pdf
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