Additional Resources
Online Language Learning
www.melnyks.com Excellent listening comprehension practice
Mango Languages Good tool to compare your pronunciation
www.livemocha.com Online connection for 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 Plenty of vocabulary lists
TV and Music
Mulberry House Suggestions TV Show suggestions for older kids
Cartoon Suggestions How to watch cartoons in Chinese
Mandopop Discover some hot pop artists
Chinese Rock Classics Learn about Rock and Roll in China
Karaoke Hits Get ready for the spotlight
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
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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