Learn Chinese by Tutorials
Chinese Scholar provides interactive tutorials to teach common Chinese phrases. The 3D animation in English and Chinese demonstrates how the phrases are used. The 'Notes' area at the bottom gives detailed explaination of the phrases that are being taught in the lesson.
There is also a "Chinese Character Spotlight" section that displays a single Chinese character chosen at random from the list of all the available characters from the Vocabulary Section. In this section, you can view how the Chinese characters are written as well as the meaning of the characters and their usage. You may also click on a speaker button to listen to the pronounciation of the Chinese character and mouse over the "Write" button to see how the character is written.
Chinese Scholar provides interactive tutorials to teach common Chinese phrases. The 3D animation in English and Chinese demonstrates how the phrases are used. The 'Notes' area at the bottom gives detailed explaination of the phrases that are being taught in the lesson.
There is also a "Chinese Character Spotlight" section that displays a single Chinese character chosen at random from the list of all the available characters from the Vocabulary Section. In this section, you can view how the Chinese characters are written as well as the meaning of the characters and their usage. You may also click on a speaker button to listen to the pronounciation of the Chinese character and mouse over the "Write" button to see how the character is written.
Learn Chinese by Games
The purpose of the games is to provide an alternative method for the users to learn Chinese. Matching games involving the Chinese language are available to help people learn Chinese. By matching the Chinese characters to the pictures that they stand for, one will be able to learn and review the Chinese characters and have fun at the same time. Chinese Scholar also provide other type of interactive games to enhance the users' learning experience.
One of Chinese Scholar's main goals is to make learning the Chinese language an entertaining and enriching experience.
The purpose of the games is to provide an alternative method for the users to learn Chinese. Matching games involving the Chinese language are available to help people learn Chinese. By matching the Chinese characters to the pictures that they stand for, one will be able to learn and review the Chinese characters and have fun at the same time. Chinese Scholar also provide other type of interactive games to enhance the users' learning experience.
One of Chinese Scholar's main goals is to make learning the Chinese language an entertaining and enriching experience.
Learn Chinese by Music
Learn Mandarin by listening to Chinese songs. Music is one of the most effective way for many people to learn a foriegn language, especially a tonal-based language like Mandarin. There are a variety of Chinese songs on this site which are drawn from different periods of Chinese history.
Learning a song will help with vocabulary buildup, pronounciation, and better undertanding of the Chinese language. By listening to the Chinese songs, people get to exercise their listening abilities and learn some new Chinese words. Furthermore, by understanding the Chinese songs, one would have a better insight into the Chinese culture.
Chinese Scholar provides the sounds and words to the Chinese songs as well as animated Flash for individuals songs.
Learn Mandarin by listening to Chinese songs. Music is one of the most effective way for many people to learn a foriegn language, especially a tonal-based language like Mandarin. There are a variety of Chinese songs on this site which are drawn from different periods of Chinese history.
Learning a song will help with vocabulary buildup, pronounciation, and better undertanding of the Chinese language. By listening to the Chinese songs, people get to exercise their listening abilities and learn some new Chinese words. Furthermore, by understanding the Chinese songs, one would have a better insight into the Chinese culture.
Chinese Scholar provides the sounds and words to the Chinese songs as well as animated Flash for individuals songs.
Chinese Literature
The Dragon's Tales section is a collection of Chinese literature. It contains both classical and modern literary works of Chinese authors that had been translated into English. The translated stories are grouped under different categories and may be several chapers long.
This section includes classical Chinese literature, Chinese poetry, and Chinese philosophy. For some works, the original version of the literature written in the Chinese language will be included with the translations. The purpose of this section is to give readers a broad category of Chinese literature to read and enjoy. The stories with the original Chinese versions also plays a role in helping readers learn the Chinese language.
Art and multimedia are also used to enhance the reading experience and help people get a better undertanding of the Chinese literary works.
The Dragon's Tales section is a collection of Chinese literature. It contains both classical and modern literary works of Chinese authors that had been translated into English. The translated stories are grouped under different categories and may be several chapers long.
This section includes classical Chinese literature, Chinese poetry, and Chinese philosophy. For some works, the original version of the literature written in the Chinese language will be included with the translations. The purpose of this section is to give readers a broad category of Chinese literature to read and enjoy. The stories with the original Chinese versions also plays a role in helping readers learn the Chinese language.
Art and multimedia are also used to enhance the reading experience and help people get a better undertanding of the Chinese literary works.
Chinese Poetry
Chinese poetry is a very celebrated aspect of Chinese culture. In China's history, poets are considered to be at the top of ancient China's academic heirarchy. Chinese poetry is purposefully written for the enjoyment of the ordinary people and, along with Song dynasty proses, consists of an important part of the Chinese oral tradition.
Chinese Scholar provides Flash animations of poems by famous Chinese poets like Li Bai, Wang An Shi, and Du Mu. Translations of the poems are also provided.
Chinese poetry is a very celebrated aspect of Chinese culture. In China's history, poets are considered to be at the top of ancient China's academic heirarchy. Chinese poetry is purposefully written for the enjoyment of the ordinary people and, along with Song dynasty proses, consists of an important part of the Chinese oral tradition.
Chinese Scholar provides Flash animations of poems by famous Chinese poets like Li Bai, Wang An Shi, and Du Mu. Translations of the poems are also provided.