Centre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
Information about Chinese modern language materials for first years
| What do I need for this year’s modern language work? | Other materials for Chinese language studies | Other facilities Timetable |
Materials for the first year’s modern language work?
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Titles of Books, CDs and websites |
When do I need them? |
Where can I get hold of them? |
How much do they cost? |
Are they essential? |
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First week of MT |
Can be purchased online from Amazon or other sites or click here for a PDF copy
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£10, copy from China Centre Office |
Yes, for both undergraduates and MPhil graduates |
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Can be purchased online from Amazon or other sites or click here for a PDF copy
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£10, copy from China Centre Office |
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 |
Click here for a PDF copy |
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Yes, for undergraduates only |
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Multimedia Chinese CDROM |
Copies could be obtained from Rosanna in China Centre Office (in pre-Covid situation) |
£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*
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Yes, undergraduates (full-form
characters) MPhil (Simplified form characters)
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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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http://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. |
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.