Resources

The following resources may help you to teach Chinese language and culture.

Featured resource

The resource we've featured is the collection of listening and speaking exercises to support the teaching of Simplified and Traditional Mandarin at Access 3 level. This resource, produced by the LTS National Qualifications team, consists of audio files, transcripts, exercises and background information.

Chinese School
Chinese School provides a fascinating insight into the Chinese education system and focuses on the lives of a group of families, teachers and children during the course of a year. Open2.net is the online learning portal from The Open University and the BBC.
ChinesePod website for learning Chinese online
Study resources for learning Chinese online. ChinesePod combines podcasting, online learning materials, and a global community of fellow students to interact and practise with. You can also visit the ChinesePod weblog, or blog, to read topical articles and comments.
Cité du Dragon - Chinese New Year information
Information about Chinese New Year in French on Cité du Dragon Restaurant website.
Confucius' sayings in many languages
This Confucius website contains his sayings in many languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian and Japanese.
Confucius Classrooms
An ‘online hub’ for the Confucius Classrooms programme with information, resources and examples of current practice in Scottish schools.
Dian xin yuan newsletter (Chinese Languages)
This newsletter has been produced by the Edinburgh schools who are delivering courses in Chinese Language and Culture. It showcases pupils’ emerging Chinese writing skills and could provide future teaching inspiration.
Digital Dialects Language Learning
This site contains interactive activities and games for learning languages and links to resources for study. Topics covered include numbers, food, colours, clothes, dates and animals. There are activities in 48 languages, including Chinese, Hindi, Norwegian, Polish and Estonian.
Earthday website - Measure your global footprint
Link to quiz on Earthday website in which you can measure your 'global footprint', i.e. your impact on the Earth. Choose 'France' and 'French', China and 'Chinese', 'Spain' and 'Spanish' etc., to undertake this quiz. Gives a shocking reminder of our impact on the planet.
Enchanted Learning - Chinese New Year crafts and books
Website containing large number of crafts and activities to celebrate Chinese New Year, including origami shapes, Chinese lanterns, Chinese numbers and pronunciation of syllables. You can also download and print activity books containing Chinese characters, numbers, activities and lots more.
European Day of Languages resources
Links to information, resources, downloads and lots more to help you to celebrate the annual European Day of Languages. Links are to the websites of CILT, SCILT and the Council of Europe.