汉语/Chinese Language Resources
Monroe Mann
Published On: Dec 23, 2024
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Name: Monroe Mann Break Diving Level: Level 1 Number of Certified Dives: 15 From: United States In: United States
An ever growing list of hand-picked tools tested and approved by Fluency Project founder Monroe Mann. Originally posted in October 2017.
APPS/app
* Pleco Dictionary & Character Scanner (Beginner to Advanced)
* HackChinese.com (Beginner to Advanced)
* Trivia Crack (Intermediate to Advanced)
* Living Language Chinese (Beginner to Advanced)
* Memrise
* Brainscape
* Hanzi Sticky Study (For HSK Test Study
* The Chairman’s Bao
* Chinese Radio
* Radio Chinese Plus
* China Radio
* Open Sky Archive
* Chinese Radio Seattle
BOOKS/书
* Developing Chinese listening, reading, and writing courses
* Road to Success textbook series
* Boya Chinese textbook series
* Living Language Chinese (Great to start with)
* Assimil Chinese (I ADORE THIS SERIES, FOR EVERY LANGUAGE)
* Chinese Breeze Graded Readers
* HSK Test Syllabi – HSK1 – 6 (The Commercial Press) -- though new HSK is coming out now
* Learn Characters with Ms. Zhang (Book + Workbook)
* HSK4 by last name “Ren”
* And the best place to get the very best Chinese language resources is The Foreign Language Bookstore on Fuzhou Rd in Shanghai, in People’s Square. Ahhhh!! 我的最喜欢的买学习汉语书的书店!
WEBSITES/网站
* Yabla Chinese at Yabla.com
* LingoPie at Lingopie.com
* Transparent.com
* The Chinese Fluency Project. Join for free at www.breakdiving.org/chinese_chat
CLASSES/课
* eChineseLearning.com -- I have used them for the last 6 years.
* South North Mandarin (南北中文) in Shanghai. In-person classes in Shanghai, or online via WeChat. Love this school. www.snmandarin.com
* Ocean Mandarin (大海汉语) also in Shanghai. In-person classes in Shanghai, or online via WeChat. Love this school too. www.oceanmandarin.com
* The Fluency Project on Break Diving. Offering in-person and worldwide online classes, mostly for intermediate to advanced students. Join the community for free at www.breakdiving.org/chinese_chat