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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