Poster: Aziatische groenten
Beautiful poster of Asian vegetables specially published by our school to help you do your shopping with no more confusion!
Language: Chinese / Pinyin / Dutch / Latin (Scientific name)
Size: A2 (42cm x 59.4cm) Paper: 135g
A Key to Chinese Speech and Writing Volume 1 - book + MP3
汉语语言文字启蒙 I
Hànyǔ yǔyán wénzì qǐmēng
The book we use for course 101, 102 and 103.
This may not the most fancy book, but a great book written by two serious educators with a wealth of experience in Chinese learning and teaching. One is a French who is in charge of the Chinese education in France who speaks fluent Chinese and the other an experienced teacher who teaches at the Beijing Culture and Language Institute - one of the best language training institutions in China.
The book teachers all aspects of Chinese with special focus on learning characters. It contains 400 most used characters, which make up 66% of modern printed materials, and a total vocabulary list of 1600, a quarter of which you should master.
See also the cd description below (MP3 cd is included with the book).
Bonus: look at Studeerkamer for all downloadable extras that accompanies this book.
A Key to Chinese Speech and Writing Volume 2 - book + MP3 € 40.00
iPod Windows Media Player enhanced CD
汉语语言文字启蒙 I MP3
Hànyǔ yǔyán wénzì qǐmēng 1 MP3
Specially compiled by our school and only available at our school, the mp3 cd for book 1 is now iPod / Windows Media Player enhanced. You can see the text while listening, thereby enhancing your learning experience.
Note: only the MP3 cd of book 1 offers these enhanced features.
A Key to Chinese Speech and Writing Volume 1 - Audio CD € 25.00
A Key to Chinese Speech and Writing Volume 2 - MP3 CD € 20.00
A Key to Chinese Speech and Writing Volume 2 - Audio CD € 25.00
Flashcards for book 1 - Engish version
Compiled by our school for students using this book based on the new words in each lesson. On one side is the word in character, and on the other side are the pinyin, meaning, and lesson number. Printed on A4 thick paper, you need to cut them out yourself. A total of 25 A4 sheets with 18 words per sheet or total of about 450 words.
€ 20.00 (Postage included)Flashcards for book 1 - Dutch version € 20.00 (Postage included)
Going to China? No problem!
去中国? 没问题! 附mp3光盘
Qù zhōngguó ? Méi wèntí !
Going to China? No problem!
iPod Enhanced
with text display in iPod and Windows Media Player.
Developed specially for our "Holiday Chinese" course, this A5 size course book with audio CD (mp3) is now available for sale. It is packed with simple practical phrases to help you cope in China.
This is not your usual travel phrase book, but designed for complete beginners who want to learn to speak some basic phrases. "Less is more" is the idea. It is not overladen with long list of vocabulary but contains only essentials phrases with a lot of pattern repetition. The phrases averaged 5, 6 syllables, making it simple enough for beginners to master.
It is in pinyin with English translation. Should all communications fail, simply point to the Chinese characters!
note: actual cover design is slightly different
Oxford Beginner's Chinese Dictionary
An excellent Chinese-English, English-Chinese dictionary. Simple and clear explanation of words and grammar with nothing to confuse the beginners. Extras include table of measure words, basic Chinese writing, etc. (As with most dictionary, stroke number for the characters are not indicated which we find a pity). It is a dictionary we highly recommend for beginners.
Oxford Talking Chinese Dictionary and Instant Translator
CD-rom is suitable for Windows XP/2000/ME/98
Consists of the following:
- Dictionary: Chinese-English English-Chinese 'Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary'
- CD room: 'Talking Chinese Dictionary and Instant Translator'
The electronic dictionary is searchable by entering Chinese, Pinyin, English or a mixture of all three. All single-character entries come with sound. The 'Instrant Translater' gives a mouse over translation of words.
In comparison with the 'Oxford Beginner's Chinese Dictionary', this dictionary contains more entries but not all phrases/sentences are written in pinyin. It is not a dictionary we recommend for total beginners.
note: This is not the image of the dictionary
€ 38.00The world of Chinese
汉语世界
Highly recommended for anyone who has an interest in Chinese culture and language learning.
An excellent multimedia magazine launched by Commercial Press targeting at learning of Chinese worldwide. Beside language related games, exercises and articles of much interest to Chinese language learners, this magazine provides a lot of interesting cultural information for anyone interested in Chinese culture. Articles are in Chinese and English with a few items also in pinyin.
Older issues include a CD rom with a lot of multimedia items. It is beautifully produced and is a joy to read even when you are not learning Chinese.
By far the most interesting magazine of its kind.
Set of 6 issues
Available: Year 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 (per 6 issues)
Learn Chinese with me 1
跟我学汉语 学生用书 第一册 附光盘
gēn wǒ xué Hànyǔ xuésheng yòngshū dìyī cè
Book 1 in a series of 4. It consists of a textbook with audio CD and a work book. Specially designed for English speaking youngsters and sponsored by China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. The book is well thought out and colourfully illustrated, it teaches all aspects of the language and ideal for studying with a teacher.
Book 2 also available.
Learn Chinese with me 2 Per set: € 40.00 Studentprice per set: € 20.00
Learning Chinese Phonetic System
汉语拼音教程
hànyǔ pīnyīn jiàochéng
Format: CD rom for Windows, needs 80mb harddisk space
Contains various exercises with brief Chinese-English explanation. Recommended for students who need additional training in pinyin and pronunciation.
Pimsleur - Chinese (Mandarin) - The Short Course
Pimsleur language courses are based on scientific research and is a unique method of learning solely by listening and repeating. No pinyin or character recognition is necessary. The course is in English and each lesson is 30 minutes in length. Total audio courses have their shortcomings but this is certainly the most effective audio programme available. Anyone who do not has time to learn pinyin and characters will find course extremely good. Others who are learning to read pinyin and characters will benefit from knowing an effective way to learn.
The short course is 8 lessons, 4 hours. It contains the first 8 lessons of level 1
Pimsleur - Chinese (Mandarin) - The Complete Course I - Beginners (30 lessons; 15 hours) Per set: € 250.00
Pimsleur - Chinese (Mandarin) - The Complete Course II - Intermediate (30 lessons; 15 hours) Per set: € 250.00
Interactive Chinese Mandarin - English Version
互动汉语 普通话 汉英对照
hùdònghànyǔ pǔtōnghuà - hànyīngduìzhào
Interactive Chinese
互动汉语 hù dòng hàn yǔ
"The First Chinese-learning Multimedia Software in the World"
This self-study course is more interesting then many other courses and certainly has many interesting features, for example, you can choose to see all pinyin, characters and english, or just any of the three. You can also record your own voice and listen to it. But it is no revolution in Chinese learning and it has many of the problems common with Chinese courses, namely too comprehensive, long sentences and long list of new words (28 new words in lesson 1 which consist of 3 separate texts)
There are 62 lessons with lots of exercises and tests. Altogether more than 5000 words are included, up to the intermediate level of the HSK test.
If you do not have a chance to go to a school and intend to learn reading besides speaking, this is a good option provided that you are a serious student with a lot of discipline.
Consists of:
1 DVD-ROM, 1 CD-ROM and 8 books:
- 3 text books
- HSK test and vocabulary
- Phonetics and writing
- Chinese sayings
- Tang poems and Song lyrics
- Idioms and proverbs
Interactive Chinese Mandarin - chinois-français € 125.00
Interactive Chinese Mandarin - Chinesisch und Deutsch € 125.00
Interactive Chinese Mandarin - Chino-Español € 125.00
500 Basic Chinese Characters - A speedy elementary course
外国人汉字速成 （修订本）
wàiguórén Hànzì sùchéng
A reasonably good book for learning characters. Number of strokes, stroke orders, radicals, components, selected list of words that include the character, etc. Also include tips to help you remember. Indexed by sound (pinyin) and stroke number.
A Chinese-English Dictionary - Revised Edition
外研社汉英词典 修订版缩印本
wàiyánshèhànyīng cíxdiǎn
A comprehensive Chinese-English (one way only, no English-Chinese) dictionary published by the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. This is good for students of at least intermediate level. This is a dictionary you can use for a long long time.
It is also a good dictionary for Chinese speakers.
New Practical Chinese Reader 1 - Textbook + DVD
新实用汉语课本 1 课本 （含 DVD)
xīn shíyòng hànyǔ kèběn yī kèběn
Book 1 to 4 is sold as a set and consists of a textbook + CDs and Workbook + CDs.
Book 5 + 6 is only a textbook + CDs.
Bonus:
See Studeerkamer for all downloadable extras that accompanies these books.
New Practical Chinese Reader 2 - Textbook + DVD Per set: € 50.00 Studentprice per set: € 40.00
New Practical Chinese Reader 3 - Textbook + DVD Per set: € 50.00 Studentprice per set: € 40.00
New Practical Chinese Reader 4 - Textbook + DVD Per set: € 50.00 Studentprice per set: € 40.00
New Practical Chinese Reader 5 - Textbook € 25.00
New Practical Chinese Reader 6 - Textbook € 25.00
Chinese Learning Cards for HSK
HSK汉字学习卡片 汉英对照
HSK hànzì xuéxí kǎpiàn
Language: available in English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese.
HSK list of 2063 characaters. Front - character in outline with stroke-sequence numbering and pinyin. Back - translation and several words starting with the character. Format: 25 characters per page, printed on slightly thick paper with perforation ready to be torn out.
Remark: additional feature - great for learning stroke sequence. Pinyin apprearing on the front together with the character is not a great feature. You can easily blacken it out with a marker.
26cm x 18.5cm x 2.5cm thick
Cartes d'apprentissage du chinois pour HSK € 25.00 Studentprice: € 20.00
Chinese Lernkarten für HSK € 25.00 Studentprice: € 20.00
HSK 漢字學習卡片カード € 25.00 Studentprice: € 20.00
Ficha Sobre el Estudio de Caracteres Chinos para HSK € 25.00 Studentprice: € 20.00
Tintin - DVD 11 pieces
丁丁历险记 - 11片装DVD
dīng dīng lìxiǎn jì - 11 piànzhuāng DVD
Tin Tin in Chinese with Chinese subtitle, 11 DVDs, total 21 stories, plus a documentary.
11 DVDs in a plastic box
€ 60.00 Studentprice: € 54.00HansVision DXT V9 Penpower Edition
汉神读写通V9版 手写版
hàn shén dú xiě tōng V9 bǎn shǒuxiě bǎn
Supports Microsoft Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP / Vista
Highly recommended for learners of all levels. Students who bought these are very happy and enthusiastic.
Hansvision is a tool that helps you to learn Chinese and make it even more fun. Hansvision consists of:
- Tablet & pen
This is a piece of hardware which you can connect to the computer. Everything you write on the tablet will be shown on the computer. It can even pronounce the character you just wrote. You can use it to:- write a Chinese text, replacing the keyboard
- practice your writing skills
- help you to read a Chinese text, by writing the new characters; the Hansvision software can put pinyin on top or translate the characters
- Software
- Hansmaster - an extensive dictionary in the following languages. A great feature is the audio for each word showing you exactly how it is pronounced!
- English - Chinese
- Chinese - English
- Chinese - Chinese
- Hanstools - a set of utilities with many functions, you will find amongst others the following:
- Mouse pick-word: you move your mouse near a word in any text (Chinese or English) and it will give you the translation and pronunciation. Also useful for reading Chinese webpages!
- Add pinyin to Chinese characters in MS Word
- Text-to-speech: let the computer read aloud a text for you (Chinese or English) by a human voice. Speed and frequency is adjustable.
- Strokes: type in a Chinese character and it will show you an animation of the correct order of the strokes. You can also show the sequence in a series of small pictures so you can easily print it out.
- Hansmaster - an extensive dictionary in the following languages. A great feature is the audio for each word showing you exactly how it is pronounced!
Note: although most of the menus are available in both English and Chinese, some of them are Chinese only.
All modern operating systems, including Windows XP and Mac OS, offer possibilities to read and write Chinese. See the FAQ page of the Chinese School for instructions how to install it.
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