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Countries Influenced by Mandarin Chinese
(original map template taken from Wikipedia.org, idea from Andy Hobotraveler)
- Number of Speakers Worldwide (both primary and secondary): 1.12 billion
- Number of Countries influenced by Mandarin Chinese: 5
Free Language Courses: Free downloadable course teaching Mandarin Chinese. Includes original material developed by the US State Department to train its Foreign Service Officers.
Chinese Tools: very good site featuring practical lessons for the Mandarin beginner.
Free Chinese Lessons: Free written Chinese lessons, starting with the absolute beginner level.
Chinese Pod: hundreds of free Mandarin podcasts divided by Level. Levels include: newbie, elementary, intermediate, upper intermediate, and advanced.
Chinese Learn Online: another extensive collection (over 100) of podcasts for the beginning Mandarin speaker. Starts with the absolute beginner for Podcast #1, and includes a written lesson outline for each podcast to follow along.
Chinese Lessons with Serge Melnyk: over 70 podcasts, starting with the beginner Spanish speaker. Serge also includes PDF transcripts and worksheets for each of his lessons to follow along with during the lesson, and for practice afterwards.
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You could add a section for non-english Chinese learning websites:
- french: http://www.chine-nouvelle.com
- spanish: http://www.chino-china.com
- german: http://www.chinesisch-lernen.org
- italian: http://www.infocina.net
- portuguese: http://www.a-china.info
- polish: http://www.jezyk-chinski.com
Additional Learning Resource:
Free Chinese lessons designed by CCTV (China Central TV) on Learn Chinese site: http://www.learnmandarinonline.org
Chinese Pronunciation Dictionary: http://www.learnmandarinonline.org/dictionary.html
Podcast mp3 Chinese lessons designed by Shanghai East Radio Station: http://www.learnmandarinonline.org/learnmandarin.html
Here’s a site where they have free videos
claiming to help you start speaking Chinese
in 58 minutes with no pen, no paper.
learn to speak mandarin chinese videos
www.ChinaSpeak.com.au
Hami - Thanks very much for the non-English resources! The majority of my readers are native English speakers, so I will leave your suggested resources in the comments section, so as to not confuse anyone. However, I certainly appreciate the help, and will point my any non-English speaking readers to your comment!
Antonio - That sounds very interesting. I know I would like to start speaking Chinese in 58 minutes. I will look into the link, and likely add it to the list.
Give you my suggestion, you can try to practice oral Chinese with Chinese volunteers or make friends and learn more about Chinese culture on Voice Connecting China http://www.hellomandarin.com/connectingchina
( http://www.hellomandarin.com )
WLC is a premiere learning platform for the on-line training of the Mandarin Chinese language. WLC offers on-line interactive courses 24 hours a day and live on-line language instruction for private, corporate and group training. Courses are formatted professionally to ensure the proper acquisition of the Mandarin Chinese language
Learn Chinese by videos for free on www.ecpod.com
These videos are all produced by members and it’s free. You get to make friends too. If you are native mandarin or english speakers, you can use this website to look for students too.
Site: www.ecpod.com