CCTV NEWS - Travel in Chinese

Learn Chinese - CNTV English - CCTV News

This Website has the current Chinese news in China and the video lessons. It has lesson layout, vocabularies, and video attached. Each lesson is related to the daily life and it is easy to learn.

Chinese I

Easy Chinese
-Everyday Chinese: "easy to learn, simple to use. Everyday guide to short Chinese phrases."
It has specific term in Chinese in the daily life. Each vocabulary has pinyin, explanation, and use it in sentence. It developed into a real situation and simulate the converstaion.

Chinese II

Communicate in Chinese
" is a user-friendly and engaging learning program for Chinese language students from a newbie to an advanced learner who may have even lived and worked in China."

- This program use in social life with Chinese. Students can watch the video with following the Chinese/English dialogue below. Each vedio has good explanation with new vocabularies and repeating lecture.

Chinese III

Special in Chinese
-慢速新闻汉语 Begining (Slow speed) Chinese News
It has current News from all over the World in Chinese with easy version. Daily update news, Easy to read and understandable. Each news has radio attached and written paragraph. Student can read the news while they are listening to the radio.

Travel in Chinese
" Whether your interest is the language, the food or the culture of China in general, whether you wish to travel, live or study in China, "Travel in Chinese" has something for you."

- This program is recently published. Each lesson has well conversation developed. Student can watch the video with following the Chinese/English dialogue below. Each video has good explanation with new vocabularies and repeating lecture.

Sports Chinese
- This program is for the medium level Chinese. More vocabularies and longer conversation. It has video attached with dialogue below. It involved with regular conversation that may happen in the daily life.

New Post from Hongli Liu - Camp Theme Idea

千里之行，始于足下 [Hanyu Pinyin: Qiān lĭ zhī xíng, shĭ yú zú xià] is a famous Chinese phrase literally meaning 'A journey of a thousand li starts beneath one’s feet'. It is often translated into English as 'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'. The quotation is from the Dao De Jing ascribed to Laozi.

千里之行- A Journey of a Thousands Miles

Beginner- Meet Your Chinese Host Family

Intermediate- Meet Your Friends in School, Study in China

Advanced- Start Working in China

Camp afternoon Activities Ideas

ACTIVITIES for Chinese Summer Camp at 3:30pm-5:00pm

1. Dragon Head - use recycled boxes to make the head
2. Great Wall - made with boxes (cardboard) to create links
- the students can draw/decorate on it
- story telling, ex: History of Great Wall
Meng Jiangnus Bitter Weeping 孟姜女哭倒长城
Mulan 木兰 (抵御匈奴Xiongnu, an ancient nationalilty in China)
3. Sterero Typing - vdeio showing, ex: Russell Peters talk show
- Chinese vs. American (visual for compare and contrast)
- Q&A
4. Fashion Show - based on different regions of China or any Asian countries
- hosting a runway show with Chinese music
- pre-fashion show meeting 1st week
- actual dress/runway show 2nd week
5. Movie
6. Lion Dance Group - (can we budget it?)
7. LinguaFolio - Two days

ps, have not select the exact date for each activity

* Please give the comments
** Please give some advices for the Movie selection
*** If you guys have any idea, please leave a comment

Contact Information - Chinese Summer Camp 2010

Queens 2010 Chinese Summer Camp contact information

Please Leave your contact inoformation below,

Han Yin (Head Instructor)
hany@queens.edu

Alexa Royden (Director)

roydena@queens.edu

Hongli Liu (nstructor)
hongli6886-usa@yahoo.com

Lia Vu- TA
chieubee@yahoo.com

Po-Chun (Bob) Hsu - TA
mk521228@yahoo.com.tw