September 2009 Archives

Animated stroke order for characters

The website for our textbook has animations for all the characters, showing their stroke order: http://www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese/newweb/character_page.html. Very useful!

Another online flashcard program

Here's another online flashcard program: http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/fc-options.php?deck=ic-1-1. See what you think.

Self-introduction assignment

Write a self-introduction (and in Chinese, that means introducing your family, too). Requirements:
  • 15-20 sentences
  • Describe all your family members
  • Double-spaced
  • Write by hand, in Pinyin or characters
Due Wednesday.

Integrated Chinese online trainer

An online, Javascript-based vocabulary trainer/virtual flashcard program for Integrated Chinese: http://eastasia.hawaii.edu/yao/icfc/index.html Try it out! (In the top frame, choose GB for simplified Chinese characters.)

Pinyin practice website

The Pinyin Practice website: http://pinyinpractice.com/ There is practice for tones, initials, finals  and more. I highly recommend it.

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