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You don't have to learn Chinese characters to learn Chinese! Hanyu pinyin allows you to read and write Chinese using roman characters.

Chinese is a useful language for travelers and business people. There are many routes to take when learning, but which is best?

With so many online educational programs, www.activechinese.com makes learning the Chinese language easy by being interactive.

Better to get a Chinese phrasebook than this. Not for seriously studying Chinese.

For any students looking to learn Mandarin Chinese for fun, business or other reasons, this is the site for you.

There's an interesting history to how Chinese writing came about.

The language of business is changing, adopting an Oriental flair. Learn more about how the Chinese language has become indispensable for doing business overseas.

Minnesota Education Commissioner Alice Seagren believes if "our students are going to succeed in a more globally competitive environment, it's essential that they learn a second language," including Chinese.

How to learn a foreign language, when immersion techniques are not available.

The whole project has to be retranslated from Chinese to Chinese. Confuse, you would better be.

For many, many reasons, the same Chinese last names have been romanized differently. Here's a key for some of the most common Chinese last names you'll ever see.

Mandarin Chinese is part of the corporate world. It is well past the time for individuals in the corporate world to learn international languages so they can keep up without relying on official and unofficial interpreters.

Looking at Chinese culture as it is depicted in Bound Feet, Western Dress: A Memoir from the perspective of one raised in America in the late twentieth century, Yu-i's experience of gender as a social construction may at first glance appear to be a wholly negative one.

Here are websites to help you learn almost any language for free.

If you grew up in a multicultural city such as New York, you've probably been exposed to more than 50 languages in a given year. But which one of them is the hardest to learn? Many say English for all of the different rules.

When is Chinese New Year held? Why are red packets containing money given out? What is the significance of certain food dishes that are eaten, and the lion and dragon dances? This list will help parents and educators who want to learn more about this festival.

Satire is more readily used to influence Americans. Use the lessons as a guide to teach satire and allow students to benefit from the variety of satire available today.

Easy and intermediate craft levels for Chinese paper lanterns. Use as decorations or invitations to a Chinese New Year party this February.

Chinglish is the ungainly - and endlessly humorous - spontaneous interpretation of the English language as written by some Chinese language speakers.

Chinese New Year always calls for big celebrations in a lot of places where there are Chinese communities around the globe. In the United States, San Francisco, California has one of the most festivities to commemorate the Chinese New Year.

Helping your kids and yourself learn a foreign language is easier today than ever before.

Anna May Wong, a third-generation Chinese-American, managed to have a substantial acting career despite racism that prevented her from taking roles opposite Caucasian leading men

Based on ancient Chinese statistics, a Chinese pregnancy calendar predicts the gender of an unborn child. Using the mother's age and the date of the baby's conception, the calendar can tell if a baby will be a boy or a girl.

Philadelphia, PA is full of exciting events for celebraing Chinese New Year: The Year of the Rat.

Effective techniques for learning a foreign language. The author discusses his personal experience teaching and learning a foreign language.

Learn a foreign language "Before You Know It," using this free program.

For Hundreds of years Chinese women have been prohibited from reading or writing, but what men don't know doesn't hurt anyone. Does it?

It's a decent romantic comedy and it did have some good moments, but I can't recommend that you seek it out because the story unfolds like a pilot from a light dramatic television series.

Have you adopted from China and wish to bi-culturally educate your child? Here is a list of book titles perfectly written to inspire you or your child.

In 1996, Peter Hessler completed an intensive training course in Chinese language and moved to Fuling, China. River Town: Two Years On The Yangtze, is the story of his two-year experience living and teaching English in Fuling, China.

Learning a new language is often very difficult, but it doesn't have to be. For the most part people merely need to learn how to study.

Regardless of the crowd, the atmosphere is always laid-back and friendly. The drumming instructors encourage audience participation, so expect to work together to create the sound.

Motivating our students to want to learn must be a top priority in the classroom.

History doesn't have to be boring for children. There are many fun lesson on the internet that will help you child realize that history is full of adventure and excitement.

A close look at the first film in The Matrix trilogy, and why it is so important to film goers everywhere.

Language is a medium of domination-the Brittish conquered the world with English, Americans are the super powers of the world and they use American English. China does not want to be left out on this language thing!

Unit with lesson plans on the Chinese New Year.

The contribution of the Chinese writing system to the continuity of the Chinese civilization, the oldest in the world.

Chinese baby names are among the most beautiful, and most misunderstood, in the world. This article will help you understand the process behind selecting an appropriate Chinese baby name.

This article criticizes John Searle's Chinese Room argument, pointing out flaws in it before addressing Searle's possible defenses to those flaws, and then criticizing Searle's possible defenses.

A few tips and ideas for celebrating the Chinese New Year, including two easy craft ideas for making your own Chinese New Year cards, and lots of helpful links.