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Mandarin Corner: Workshop on Useful Tools for Learning Chinese Online

Skritter

David introducing how to use Skritter to practise stroke orders

The evening of Thursday 22nd October saw over 20 Mandarin teachers and students gather to attend NCI’s second Mandarin Corner of the academic year. The workshop entitled “Useful tools for learning Mandarin online” was delivered by David Bean, one of NCI’s evening class students, who has also been teaching himself Mandarin through various online resources.

Not only did David demonstrate these tools to the participants, ranging from online Chinese dictionaries, flash cards, pleco, Skritter to Netflix, he also shared tips on how he used them to improve all four skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) and keep himself motivated throughout the past years. His enthusiasm for learning the language certainly shone throughout his presentation.

Towards the end of the workshop, participants were also put in breakout rooms to discuss and share tips on how to improve Mandarin in the midst of the pandemic. This workshop was very well received. All participants expressed their gratitude to David for his excellent presentation and great learning tips. They also thanked NCI for organising the workshop and expressed interest in attending more NCI events.

Following the workshop, David kindly shared the list of resources with everyone, which can be downloaded here.

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诺丁汉孔子学院成功举办“线上汉语学习工具分享”活动
文/吴昊       图/吴昊

      2020年10月22日晚,二十多位孔院师生齐聚Zoom平台,参加了本学期汉语角系列活动之“线上汉语学习工具分享”。此次活动旨在为汉语学习者介绍好用的线上学习资源,增加学生的学习兴趣;疫情下无法进行线下学习的情况下,利用线上多种工具提高学生学习汉语的积极性及自学能力。

      此次活动邀请了线上学习经验丰富的孔院学生David Bean主讲。David分享了有关汉字字典、闪卡,练习听力、发音、汉字笔画、阅读,学习语法等19个电脑或手机可使用资源,涵盖了汉语学习“听说读写”各个方面。如“Mǎ or mà? Tone practice”这个网页可以帮助初学者分辨声调,中高级学习者可以在语流中区别声调;“Language Learning with Netflix”可在线生成字幕,不仅学习了汉语,还可以了解国内的影视节目,进一步了解中国文化;“Skritter”上可以练习汉字笔画,还与Pleco无缝连接,学生可以看到释义,组词和例句等;“WordSwing”上中高级学习者可以自己体验福尔摩斯探案的精彩等。当David推荐资源丰富的YouTube Channel“Mandarin Says– Peppa Pig”时,全场都宠溺地笑了起来。之后,学生分组讨论学习汉语的经验并相互答疑。

      整个活动在学生“表白”David的精彩分享后落下帷幕,同时学生也期待日后更多关于中文学习及中国文化活动的举办。

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Posted on Monday 26th October 2020

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