Bookmark Collection

STARTALK Chinese for Young Learners

A collection of sites for young learners.

Date Added to MERLOT:: August 29, 2011
Created by:: CHIA-CHIA WANG
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Collection Content

International Children's Digital Library (Collection)

Childrens books digitized in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Filipino/Tagalog, German, Hebrew, Persian/Farsi, and... More
Languageguide Mandarin (Tutorial)

Images, sound files and text for common vocabulary words.
Chenwen:Chinese New Year in French (Collection)

Chinese New Year for students who speak French.
Life in New China (Presentation)

In April 2006, the nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do, Inc., with the support of the Asia Society, spent two weeks... More
Chinese Language Children's Dictionary (Tutorial)

Flash dictionary with audio
Chinese Multimedia (Drill and Practice)

The eStroke site provides an ideal tool for learning Chinese language and character writing. Every Chinese character is... More

The eStroke site provides an ideal tool for learning Chinese language and character writing. Every Chinese character is animated stroke by stroke in an appropriate speed. The characters are presented in both traditional and simplified forms as well as their corresponding pinyin (phonetic spelling) and English translation. Users can also create new Chinese characters with eContour in a related site.
BBC Real Chinese (Collection)

Ten Mandarin lessons from the BBC-language culture and pronunciation.
Chinese New Year Lantern Festival (Quiz/Test)

Lantern Festival pictures and accompanying quizzes.
The Kedou Kids Pod (Collection)

Poetry podcasts for kids
eStroke Animated Chinese Characters (Animation)

The eStroke site provides an ideal tool for learning Chinese language and character writing. Every Chinese character is... More

The eStroke site provides an ideal tool for learning Chinese language and character writing. Every Chinese character is animated stroke by stroke in an appropriate speed. The characters are presented in both traditional and simplified forms as well as their corresponding pinyin (phonetic spelling) and English translation. Users can also create new Chinese characters with eContour in a related site.
Speak Chinese-Online Confucius Institute (Tutorial)

Dialogues with audio files. Good for situations and role plays
Chinese-tools.com (Drill and Practice)

a lot of material here
China Radio International (Presentation)

CRI broadcasts 290 hours of programs each day to all over the world in 43 languages. CRI's programs include news,... More
Asian Topics Video Clips on Asia for Educators (Collection)

Good reference materials and effective multimedia
Digital Dialects (Drill and Practice)

Select Chinese for multimedia games.
Clavis Sinica (Tutorial)

Character quiz flashcards
Flashcard Exchange (Drill and Practice)

Flashcards for all languages including Chinese at different levels.
An Introduction to Chinese Proverbs and Their Origins (Tutorial)

Intermediate and advanced
Chinese Video Exercises (Drill and Practice)

short video clips with exercises