Dr. Huey Hannah Lin's Homepage


Department of Foreign Languages
West Virginia University
Chinese

Office
: Chitwood Hall 115
Contact Info
: TEL: 293-5121 ext. 5525; Email: Huey.Lin@mail.wvu.edu (Lin laoshi)
Office Hours
: Tuesday 2:30 - 4:00; Wednesday 3:30 - 5:00

Chinese Studies Program    |    Chinese Study Abroad Programs    |    WVU Chinese Club

    Ying Chun Hua (Welcome Spring Flowers)   Lyrics   Fan Dance Music



CHIN 102 First Year Chinese 1

102 Syllabus
  |  Class Schedule  |  Voicemail  A  B  C  D  |  Paragraph Level Listening  |   On-line Multimedia Exercises (IE only)


Teaching Assistants - Chang Laoshi: tchang5@mix.wvu.edu; Yu laoshi: jyu1@mix.wvu.edu


  CHIN 204 Second Year Chinese 1

204 Syllabus  |  Class Schedule CHIN 204 Voice mail  |  Paragraph Level Listening 



CHIN 304 Readings in Modern Chinese

304 Syllabus  |  Class Schedule   |  Beijing Daily News  |  Shanghai Xinmin Evening News  |  Taiwan United Daily News


                                                                                             
Helpful On-line Resources

1. Integrated Chinese   |   2. Pinyin Tools   |   3. On-line Dictionary   |   4. Lang & Culture   |   5. Other Learning Tools

1. Integrated Chinese Resources Sites

    IC VOC Flashcards (Yellow Bridge)
   
- Integrated Chinese L1 P1/P2 and L2 Voc flashcards and memory game. 

    Character Stroke Order (USC)
    - Animated stroke orders and pronunciations of characters introduced in Integrated Chinese Level 1.

    IC Vocabulary Trainer
    - Integrated Chinese Level 1 Vocabulary Trainer (University of Hawaii).

    IC Multimedia Exercises
    - Multimedia Integrated Chinese Exercises, only works with IE.  Hosted by University of Berkeley.

2. Pinyin Tools 

    Chinese Computing
    - Pinyin Joe's website on how to configure your computer to be Chinese friendly.

    Pinyin Table
    - The complete pinyin table with sound playback.

    NewconceptMandarin
    - Practice piyin pronunciaion and tones.

    Pinyinpractice
    - Test your pinyin knowledge.

    QuickMandarin
    - Type Chinese characters using pinyin or English input.

    On-Line Character Input
    - Type Chinese characters using pinyin and cut and paste them to your documents.
                                                                                                                                                  
3. On-line Dictionary 

    Nciku.com 

    - A fun and user-friendly site that allows you to look up the character using your own handwriting.

    Chineselanguage.org
    - On-line English-Chinese/Chinese-English dictionaries with different search options.

     MDBG Chinese-English on-line dictionary
    - On-line two way dictionary, translation, pinyin input, annotation, and many other tools.

    Lin Yutang Chinese-English on-line dictionary
    - On-Line Lin Yutang English-Chinese-pinyin dictionary with sound files.

    Popup Chinese
    - Download free Firefox Chinese-English popup dictionary plugin.

    English-Chinese dictionary/translator
    - Download Bi-directional dictionary
that's Compatible with all major mobile platforms.

4. Chinese language and culture resources 

    Zhongwen.com
    - Chinese characters and culture resources, including a character genealogy and
      dictionary, and some Chinese classical readings.

    Mandarintools.com
    - Tools to help people learn and use Chinese, including dictionaries, flashcards, and a 
       tool to get a Chinese name.

    Chinesepod.com
    - Learn Chinese on your own pace.  Free daily podcasts, lesson review, and guidance from experts.

    Chinese Calligraphy Editor
    - Create Chinese calligraphy with any character or text.  May choose from different styles.
   

5. Other Language Learning Tools 
   
   
SpeakGoodChinese software - Practice your tones
    -
Record your voice using a microphone and it'll give you both visual and textual feedback on your Chinese.

    WASP
    - A speech analysis software that displays pitch contour (tones). 
      S
croll down to “Download and Installation”.  Click WASP version 1.41 to download the software.
  

    Arch Chinese - All about Characters 
    -
An online Chinese character learning tool with a rich set of features including animated stroke order for ALL characters
, flashcards, radical tables, etc.      


Please contact Lin laoshi (Huey.Lin@mail.wvu.edu) should you have any questions regarding this site.