Learning Mandarin Chinese
I visited Hong Kong some years back, before the handover from British authority back to China. Of course, there they primarily spoke Cantonese. At that time I learned a few phrases in Cantonese and was generally overwhelmed by the written language. (Although there were a few common symbols that I came to recognize easily.) A year or so ago my brother made a trip to China and I guess this renewed my interest somewhat in the language. I ordered a book on written Chinese that was an introduction to some of the characters. It was very interesting and surprisingly easy to start spotting those characters in other contexts. Although there are 50,000 or so Chinese characters they say that only 5,000 or so is required for literacy enough to read a newspaper.
My interest flagged somewhere along there only to be renewed again during the 2008 olympics. I don’t know if I’ll ever make it a priority to REALLY sit down and learn Chinese, but I would like to know a smattering.
Here is what we’ve collected here:
Mandarin Chinese Language Courses
Subpages of this page:
- Chinese Character Reference
- Chinese Language Audio
- Mandarin Chinese Language Courses
- Mandarin Chinese Language Reference
- Mandarin Language News
“mandarin language” – Google News
Mandarin on TV – Nursery World
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Mandarin on TV
Nursery World Two- to five-year-olds could learn the Mandarin language from a new programme on children's TV channel Nick Jr. 'Ni Hao, Kai-Lan' aims to teach pre-school … |
Hero: Special Edition – DVD Talk
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Hero: Special Edition
DVD Talk In the film's native Mandarin language, we've only got a 640 kbps Dolby Digital 5.1 legacy track. Since Miramax's DVD presentation offers a rather exemplary … |
School district gets language grant – Ventura County Star
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School district gets language grant
Ventura County Star … a $580310 federal grant over the next three years to develop its Chinese Mandarin language program for students in grades K-12, district officials said. … School reckons Mandarin is key to business success |
Uplifting Standards In Mandarin Proficiency Through Workshop – Bru Direct
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Uplifting Standards In Mandarin Proficiency Through Workshop
Bru Direct Bandar Seri Begawan – The thought of Chinese students losing grasp in leaminmo the proper commands of the Mandarin language has prompted the Taiwan … |
China’s Xinjiang region promotes Mandarin to fight terrorism – Macau News
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China's Xinjiang region promotes Mandarin to fight terrorism
Macau News "There had been demand for Mandarin language lessons from ethnic minority students who wanted to be able to communicate with other Chinese," Bekri said, … |
Binghamton Schools Awarded $719000 Foreign Language Grant – WBGH
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Binghamton Schools Awarded $719000 Foreign Language Grant
WBGH By year three of the grant, students in a selected elementary school will study the Mandarin language during the school day on a daily basis. … |
Widener, China joining to create cultural center – Philadelphia Inquirer
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Widener, China joining to create cultural center
Philadelphia Inquirer Jo Allen, senior vice president and provost at Widener, said the goal of the new center was to teach the Chinese Mandarin language to whoever wants to learn … Widener, Beijing U. sign deal |
The real Kai-Lan – The Sun Daily
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The real Kai-Lan
The Sun Daily Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is the first preschool TV show that introduces two- to five-year-olds to the Mandarin language and Chinese culture. … |
Mandarin lessons, more Smart Boards offered in Harding – Roxbury Register
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Mandarin lessons, more Smart Boards offered in Harding
Roxbury Register New this year for sixth graders only will be a first-time offering Purnell said the district is excited about: a Mandarin language course. … |
Perak MB wants multilingual staff – New Straits Times
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Perak MB wants multilingual staff
New Straits Times The competition was organised by the Perak Tionghua Schools Alumni with the aim to enhance Bahasa Malaysia, English and Mandarin language usage among … |
