Tag Archives: Hanyu

Recycled Hanyu Unit 4

By admin | Published: July 19, 2008
This video is Unit 4 of the Money Module in our Learn Mandarin Chinese Video Series. Sound files were extracted from the Foreign Service Institute’s (FSI) Standard Mandarin Chinese. This video is placed in the public domain.Transcript of video in Hanyu Pinyin, Simplified Chinese characters, and English translation DIALOGUE 1 A: NÄ­ jiālide dōngxi dōu dào le [...]
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Recycled Hanyu Unit 3

By admin | Published: July 9, 2008
This is Unit 3 of the Money Module in our Learn Mandarin Chinese Video series.Transcript of Mandarin Chinese video in Hanyu Pinyin, Simplified Chinese characters, and English translation DIALOGUE 1 A: Qĭng nǐ gĕi wo kànkan nèige huāpíng. 请你给我看看那个花瓶。 Please give me that vase to look at. B: [...]
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Learning Mandarin Chinese in Chile

By admin | Published: June 18, 2008
Learning Mandarin is becoming popular in South American countries like Chile.
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Recycled Hanyu: Basic Mandarin

By admin | Published: June 16, 2008
This is Unit 1 of the Money Module of our Recycled Hanyu Series. Recycled Hanyu is a series of materials for learning Mandarin Chinese based on public domain sources, such as the US Foreign Service Institute etc. Free video lessons will be available on the Hanyu.com website, as well as YouTube.com. Accompanying textbooks published by Hanyu [...]
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Ideology and Mandarin Teaching: The end of history?

By admin | Published: June 5, 2008
Maybe one day Global Hanyu will become a multi-billion dollar language industry on a par with Global English. And despite the belief among some that the number of people learning the language is exaggerated, perhaps there really will be a “Global Hanyu”. But it may take a while. Becoming a global language is not easy. As [...]
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Oh 加拿大! Bilingual today, trilingue demain?

By admin | Published: January 23, 2008
Français, English, 中文? – the trilingual ATM of a major Canadian bank blinked at me. Back from Asia after a 12 year absence, I was impressed. No need to wait until 2020 after all. 全球汉语 – Global Hànyǔ (Mandarin) had arrived in Canada’s largest city. 汉语热, eh? But is Global Hànyǔ [...]
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