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STARTALK Chinese for Young Learners

by Kylie Chen
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Description:
A collection of sites for young learners.

Authorized users only:


1.

International Children's Digital Library


Added: 02/20/2012
Children’s books digitized in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Filipino/Tagalog, German, Hebrew, Persian/Farsi, and Spanish.
2.

Languageguide Mandarin


Added: 02/20/2012
Images, sound files and text for common vocabulary words.
3.

Chenwen:Chinese New Year in French


Added: 02/20/2012
Chinese New Year for students who speak French.
4.

Life in New China


Added: 02/20/2012
In April 2006, the nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do, Inc., with the support of the Asia Society, spent two weeks with students at Beijing No. 12 High School creating a series of photo essays about life—and school—in New China.
5.

Chinese Language Children's Dictionary


Added: 02/20/2012
Flash dictionary with audio
6.

Chinese Multimedia


Added: 02/20/2012
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.
7.

Chinese Love Poetry and Folklore


Added: 02/20/2012
Simple site with engaging poetry
8.

BBC Real Chinese


Added: 02/20/2012
Ten Mandarin lessons from the BBC-language culture and pronunciation.
9.

Chinese New Year Lantern Festival


Added: 02/20/2012
Lantern Festival pictures and accompanying quizzes.
10.

The Kedou Kids Pod


Added: 02/20/2012
Poetry podcasts for kids
11.

eStroke Animated Chinese Characters


Added: 02/20/2012
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.
12.

Speak Chinese-Online Confucius Institute


Added: 02/20/2012
Dialogues with audio files. Good for situations and role plays
13.

Chinese-tools.com


Added: 02/20/2012
a lot of material here
14.

China Radio International


Added: 02/20/2012
CRI broadcasts 290 hours of programs each day to all over the world in 43 languages. CRI's programs include news, current affairs, and features on politics, economy, culture, science and technology.
15.

Asian Topics Video Clips on Asia for Educators


Added: 02/20/2012
Good reference materials and effective multimedia
16.

Digital Dialects


Added: 02/20/2012
Select Chinese for multimedia games.
17.

Clavis Sinica


Added: 02/20/2012
Character quiz flashcards
18.

Flashcard Exchange


Added: 02/20/2012
Flashcards for all languages including Chinese at different levels.
19.

An Introduction to Chinese Proverbs and Their Origins


Added: 02/20/2012
Intermediate and advanced
20.

Chinese Video Exercises


Added: 02/20/2012
short video clips with exercises

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