Useful resources for English-speaking students of Chinese:

Local Activities:

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slmcs_dance/ (social dance).

Learning Tools:

• Chinese Characters and Culture
• Learning Chinese On-Line
• Writing Chinese Characters
• Yellow Bridge
• On-Line Chinese Tools
• The Chinese Outpost
• Chinese Pronunciation Guide

Daily Lessons and Flashcards:

• Everyday Chinese
• On-Line School of Chinese Language
• Flashcards - Top 1000 Simplified Characters

Word Lists:

• Chinese Character Frequency List 
• List of Chinese Word Lists

Translation Tools:

• PopJisyo - interactive pop-up character translation
• YellowBridge - translate words
• Worldlingo - translate sentences
• Lightverse - translate characters to Pinyin
• ClavisSinica - PC-based translation software
• Marjorie Chan's list - links to on-line dictionaries

Bilingual News:

• CCTV-English
• China Internet Information Center
• China Daily
• Chinese Business World
• SCOLA Country Connection
• St.Louis Chinese American News
• AsianInfo - links to Chinese newspapers

St. Louis Chinese Schools and Organizations:

• St.Louis Chinese Language School
• St.Louis Modern Chinese School
• St.Louis Chinese Association
• Organization of Chinese Americans

Chinese Language Resources on TV in St. Louis:

• CCTV – satellite TV from mainland China – requires special dish (少许耳)
  • http://www.cctv.com/english/special/C12166/01/index.shtml
• International Channel – Charter Digital Cable Channel 112
  • http://i-channel.com/
• DishNetwork "Chinese Plus Pack" – includes CCTV-4, Phoenix, and others
  • http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/programming/international/packages/indexpackage.asp?languageType=Chinese
• DirectTV - Phoenix, Jadeworld - (may require dish upgrade)
  • http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/packages/international_services.jsp

Books:

• Chinese School Library
• http://www.cheng-tsui.com/
  • Dictionary of 2000 most-used characters with stroke order
• Amazon.com
  • English-Chinese, Chinese-English Dictionary (includes example sentences)
  • Chinese characters genealogy and dictionary
  • Chinese Character flashcards
  • Learn to write Chinese characters

Chinese Martial Arts, Wu Shu, Kung Fu, Tai Ji, etc.

• Shang Wu Chinese Kung Fu
• Chinese Internal Arts Center

Some Chinese web sites for American companies:

• McDonald’s
• Pepsi
• Boeing
• Microsoft
• Others

Other Resources:

• Chinese-American AOL InfoLink
• Internet Guide for Chinese Studies
• Chinese Cultural Learning Center
• China Knowledge
• Chinese Character Tools
• Internet Learning links
• SDSU College Course Resources
• SJSU China Resources Link List
• US-China Business Council
• American Chamber of Commerce in China
• Asia Society
• China Institute
• Committee on US China Relations
• Children’s Hope International
• CHIFamily.net

Testing:

• Individual Testing
• College Credit Testing
• Corporate Testing