Centre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
Information about Chinese modern language materials that are needed in the first year
| What do I need for this year’s modern language work? | Other materials for Chinese language studies | Other facilities Timetable |
Teaching plan
What do I need for this year’s modern language work?
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Title of Book and CD |
When do I need them? |
Where can I get hold of them? |
How much do they cost? |
Are they essential? |
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Practical Chinese Reader Book I |
First week of MT |
Language Section of Blackwells Bookstore in Broad St. |
£10.99 |
Yes, for both undergraduates and MPhil graduates |
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Practical Chinese Reader Book II |
HT |
Language Section of Blackwells Bookstore in Broad St. |
£10.99 |
Yes, for both undergraduates and MPhil graduates |
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*Practical Chinese Reader Book I& II Texts & Vocab. Index in unabbreviated characters* |
First week of MT |
China Centre Offices |
£8.50 |
Yes, for undergraduates only |
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Vocab. List Key to Exercises for Practical Chinese Reader (in simplified characters) |
First week of MT |
Language Section of Blackwells Bookstore in Broad St. |
£5.99 |
Optional, but useful for MPhil graduates |
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Multimedia Chinese CDROM |
First weeks of MT and TT |
China Centre Offices |
£12 |
Yes, for both undergraduates and MPhil graduates |
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Pinyin pronunciation CDROM and booklet (Also available on CTCFL website) |
First week of MT |
Available on CTCFL website |
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Yes, for both undergraduates and MPhil graduates |
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Radical List for Chinese Character (Also available on CTCFL website) |
First week of MT |
Available on CTCFL website |
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Yes, for both undergraduates and MPhil graduates |
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Elementary Chinese Revision Notes and Exercises (Also available on CTCFL website) |
End of HT |
Available on CTCFL website |
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Yes, for both undergraduates and MPhil graduates |
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*Colloquial Chinese by T’ung and Pollard* |
End of TT for collection in 2nd yr MT |
China Centre Offices |
£18.50 |
Yes, undergraduates (full-form characters) MPhil (Simplified form characters) |
Other materials for Chinese language studies
Website of Centre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
Click on Chinese Language Studies at Elementary Level
PCR Chinese Character Writing Sheets designed by John Jinghua Yin University of Vermont
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www.uvm.edu/~chinese/characte.htm Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view and print the Chinese character writing sheets. If you do not have one installed yet, please download.
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Other facilities
Library of Institute for Chinese Studies
The ICS Library and language laboratory have multimedia facilities available to undergraduates of Chinese. You will find many types of language exercises there, including the materials mentioned above.
Language Centre (LC, 12 Woodstock Rd)
The LC has materials that are
relevant to the course, and facilities such as audio, video and computers to
assist your language learning. Booking is needed.