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Learn Chinese Language
China's official language is Standard Mandarin,
which is also known in English as
"Modern Standard Chinese",
"Standard Chinese" or
"Standard spoken Chinese".
The language is known in the People's Republic of China
as "Putonghuà",
in Taiwan as "Guóyu"
and in Malaysia and
Singapore as
"Huáyu".
Please scroll down, or click on one of the following, for:
If you want to learn Chinese, here is some software that may help:
Rosetta Stone
Released: 2008-06-16
CD-ROM (Pc)
Windows Vista/Windows XP
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Click Here | - Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
- Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
- Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go
Product Description:
Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Chinese Levels 1, 2&3 you connect with the world around you. With level one you begin learning fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers. Gain the confidence and enter the intermediate level where you will be able to talk about your environment; give and get directions, tell time, dine out with self-reliance, shop and enjoy basic social interactions. Taking what you¿ve learned in Levels 1 and 2, we help you reach an advanced level of competence. This competence allows you to connect with the world around you. You will learn to share your ideas and opinions, express your feelings and talk about everyday life; your work, current events and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they¿ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD¿s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle! |
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Rosetta Stone
Released: 2008-06-16
CD-ROM (Mac)
Windows Vista/Windows 2000
 | List Price: $259.00
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Click Here | - Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
- Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
- Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go
Product Description:
Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Chinese Level 1 with Audio Companion includes everything you need to begin learning a new language¿from grammar and vocabulary to basic sentence structure. It¿s the foundation upon which your language-learning journey begins. Gain the confidence to master basic conversational skills, including greetings and introductions, simple questions and answers, shopping and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they¿ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD¿s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle! |
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Rosetta Stone
Released: 2008-06-16
CD-ROM (Mac)
Mac OS X/Windows 2000
 | List Price: $399.00
Lowest New Price: $359.10
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Click Here | - Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
- Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
- Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go
Product Description:
Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Chinese Levels 1&2 with Audio Companion you build a foundation and navigate your surroundings. Begin learning fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple questions and their answers. Gain the confidence and enter the intermediate level where you will be able to talk about your environment; give and get directions, tell time, dine out with self-reliance, shop, enjoy basic social interactions and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they¿ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD¿s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle!
Amazon.com Product Description:
Rosetta Stone Personal Edition contains everything you need to give the voice inside of you a new language. The method used recreates the natural way you learned your first language, revealing skills that you already have. This approach has won numerous awards, and has been adopted by countless organizations, schools and millions of users around the world. Join the language revolution today. Only with Rosetta Stone. The comprehensive language-learning solution that fits your life. Learn Naturally
Learn your next language the same way you learned your first language. Dynamic Immersion empowers you to see, hear and comprehend without translating or memorizing. You already have this ability. Rosetta Stone simply unlocks it. Engage Interactively
Get feedback to move forward. You learn best by doing, and you'll apply what you've learned to get to the next step. Rosetta Stone adapts to your individual needs and skills, because you drive the program with your progress. Speak Confidently
Start speaking immediately. From the very first lesson, you'll speak. You'll begin with essential basics, which form the building blocks of the language. Soon you'll create new sentences on your own, using words you've learned. Have Fun
Best of all, Rosetta Stone is addictive. With every entertaining activity, you'll feel success. You'll want to use Rosetta Stone to have that next moment, that next breakthrough. So you'll keep using it, and you'll learn more! That's language-learning success.
That's Rosetta Stone. No translation or memorization required. The most effective way to learn a new language is to be surrounded by it. When you were an infant, your parents taught you this way, by intuitively associating words with images. That's the ultimate language lab, but most language-learning programs completely ignore this. Think about all of the ways you've tried to learn a language: classes at school, tapes and cassettes, even software that uses your native language as a base for your next one. What do they all have in common? Translation and memorization. 
Instead of taking a "direct flight" from your brain to your new language, translation and memorization connects you to your old language. You always have to "fly" from your brain, to your native tongue ... and then translate what you've memorized to communicate. That might work for a few words, but what happens when you get to a sentence or phrase? When you have to change tenses? You're going to make a lot of "connecting flights." That's why those other methods are so frustrating ... and why they fail. Enter Dynamic Immersion.
This method encourages you to think like a baby. You'll pair words with vivid, real-life images and make connections between things you know and the new language. Soon, you'll be thinking in a new language, stringing words together into phrases that you create. Innovative technology.
Rosetta Stone places this Dynamic Immersion method at the core of a suite of software that works with you to develop your skills. The simple, intuitive interface helps to keep you engaged in the solution, while advanced speech recognition technology makes certain that you're speaking correctly and accurately. Best of all, Rosetta Stone never leaves you behind. You'll only move forward when you're ready, when you've become comfortable and confident. Discover the building blocks and begin your exploration: Levels 1 & 2.
You'll learn a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and language and gain the confidence to master basic conversational skills. You'll move forward and learn to give and get directions, involve yourself in basic social interactions, dine out, use transportation, tell time and more. Audio Companion
With Audio Companion, you'll enhance the Rosetta Stone experience wherever you go. You'll learn new skills on the computer, and then reinforce what you've learned with Audio Companion. Simply play the CDs on a stereo or download them to a MP3 Player. Each Audio Companion activity corresponds to a lesson in the Rosetta Stone software, so you can turn your travel time into productive language-learning time. Inside the box, you'll find: - Version 3 Personal Edition CD-ROM software for Levels 1 & 2 (Windows/Mac)
- Headset microphone
- User's guide
- Audio Companion, a multiple-CD set to play or download to your MP3 player
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Rosetta Stone
Released: 2007-08-28
CD-ROM (Mac)
Windows XP/Windows 2000
![Rosetta Stone V2: Chinese, Level 1 & 2 [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AaGloWzUL._SL160_.jpg) | List Price: $339.00
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Click Here | - Rosetta Stone helps you understand everyday language through our proficiency-based listening and reading activities
- Find the words you need when you need them Connecting new language directly to real-life images means the words spring to mind when you're in everyday contexts
- Track your progress to reinforce your new foreign language strengths and revisit needs with our Adaptive Recallâ„¢ language feature.
Product Description:
With Chinese Level 1&2 you engage the world around you, drawing on basic content and structures from level 1 and the blocks of everyday language from level 2. Learn to speak and write clearly and correctly, gaining the confidence to go where you want and |
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Rosetta Stone
Released: 2008-06-16
CD-ROM (Mac)
Windows XP/Windows Vista
 | List Price: $279.00
Lowest New Price: $251.10
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Click Here | - Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
- Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
- Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go
Product Description:
Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Chinese Level 2 with Audio Companion is for intermediate-level language learners. The software lets you interact and engage. By the time you complete this level, you¿ll be able to talk about your environment, give and get directions, tell the time, dine out and more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they¿ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD¿s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle! |
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Rosetta Stone
Released: 2008-06-16
CD-ROM (Mac)
Windows Vista/Windows XP
 | List Price: $299.00
Lowest New Price: $260.00
Lowest Used Price: $362.82
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Click Here | - Rosetta Stone teaches you a new language naturally, by getting you to think, live and breathe the language
- Rosetta Stone moves forward only when you're ready--you drive the pace, you set the schedule
- Audio Companion lets you take the Rosetta Stone experience anywhere: in the car, at the gym, or on-the-go
Product Description:
Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Chinese Level 3 with Audio Companion is our most advanced language-learning program. The software builds on language fundamentals and conversational skills. Taking what you¿ve learned in Levels 1 and 2, we help you reach an advanced level of competence. This competence allows you to connect with the world around you. You will learn to share your ideas and opinions, express your feelings and talk about everyday life; your work, current events and much more. Now Rosetta Stone with Audio Companion allows the learner to take Rosetta Stone anywhere: in the car, the gym or on-the-go! What is Audio Companion? Audio Companion CDs are activities that correspond to the Rosetta Stone CD-ROM software lessons. The learner can listen to Audio Companion and practice what they¿ve been learning on the computer, turning travel time into productive language learning time. Audio Companion lets the student access the power of Rosetta Stone lessons whenever and wherever they want, they can play the CD¿s on a stereo, or download them to a MP3 player. It empowers the student and helps reinforce the lessons in any busy lifestyle! |
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Rosetta stone
CD-ROM
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Click Here | - Application CD,Language CD
- Keyboard Stickers with letters for target language
- Headset Microphone Included!
Product Description:
Rosetta Stone's interactive, immersion-method course has helped thousands of students to easily master a new language. Vivid imagery, native voices, and real-life exercises foster speaking, understanding, reading and writing intuitively from the first exercise to the last, while speech recognition technology provides instant feedback and improved pronunciation. Grammar and spelling components build comprehensive skills, while real-life simulated conversations test fluency. Rosetta Stone students progress independently at their own pace. Parents can choose whether to use a preloaded lesson plan or full-year curriculum track, create their own lessons, or use an alternate program to focus on specific skills such as listening & speaking or reading & writing. Students are tested periodically, automatically advancing as their scores improve through reviewing weaker areas. At the completion of a unit, students complete a "Milestone Activity" in which they must speak into the microphone and participate in a conversation. The built-in reporting tool gives parents the ability to view, print and export student results, including completed exercises, current lesson progress, scores, and time spent learning. This Kit Includes: Application CD Language CD Users Guide Parents Guide Keyboard Stickers with letters for target language Headset with Microphone Quick Start Activation Card Answer Key for Workbooks and Tests |
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Here are some web sites to help you learn Chinese:
Here are some books about learning to speak Chinese:
By Fang Zhao
INCITE
Paperback (304 pages)
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Now readers can by-pass the complex Pinyin system in favor of user-friendly words and sentences provided in straightforward phonetic English. Packed with humorous slang and favorite Chinese idioms, only SPEAK E-Z CHINESE provides the means to communicate in fresh, contemporary Mandarin at only a glance. Free audio companion offered online at www.CathayCafe.com. |
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By China Central Television
Popular Science Press
Released: 2004-01-01
Paperback (241 pages)
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The Communicate in Chinese texts have 40 topics in total, published as a set of four books. Each book, including this one, has ten lessons. This text has split up expressions that are used in daily life into several topics like seeing a doctor and touring Beijing. Each lesson focuses on some of the expressions on the topic with situational dialogues, new words, common expressions, cultural background, language points and substitution drills, this integrates comprehension with practical usage. The textbooks are accompanied by VCDS and cassette tapes for the students to make a further study. With color photos and illustrations. |
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By ActiveChinese.com
ActiveChinese
CD-ROM
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This Workbook is a mere supplement to the wealth of resources that are located in the structured, interactive virtual-learning environment of ActiveChinese.com. The features of this site include: Flash Animated Lessons (complete with language points, drills, and self evaluation) Mp3 Exercises (for iPod or other portable devices), and one-on-one tutoring sessions. Culture Shockers, Animated Character Writing and other useful learning materials are also available. Inside this workbook you will find 20 Conversational Chinese lessons. Each lesson contains a dialogue - in Chinese, Pinyin, and English - as well as character writing exercises and sentence structures. Each lesson contains approximately 30 new Chinese Words. By the end of these lessons (combined with materials from our website), your Chinese should be equal to a Lower-Intermediate level. At this time, you should have a good command of simple spoken Chinese and can converse with a native Chinese speaker. You will also be able to write many simplified Chinese characters. This workbook combined with ActiveChinese.com is definitely one of the best ways to learn Mandarin Chinese. Our "top-down" approach, animated lessons, one-to-one tutors, and downloadable on-the-go materials make learning Chinese a snap. Find out for yourself! |
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By Johan Bjorksten
Yale University Press
Paperback (123 pages)
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An introductory manual for writing Chinese characters specifically designed for English-speaking readers. The author guides the reader through the fundamentals of writing, introduces the various scripts used in China and demonstrates how to write with a fountain pen rather than a brush. |
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By young Kim Jing
Paperback
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By Walter Hillier
London: Kegan Paul 1919.
Hardcover
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By Sir Walter Hillier
1942 Kegan Paul
Hardcover
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By Sir Walter Hillier
Kegan Paul, 1921 (London)
Hardcover
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