OnlineTools for Chinese Language Instructors
Tianwei Xie
California State University, Long Beach
txie@csulb.edu
updated August 2004

Create Graphic Characters

• Chinese to Image Fly (Converts Chinese codes to images. Excellent tool.)
• Converting GB, BIG5 characters to pictures

Chinese Unicode Pinyin Fonts: Where to find and how to use them?

• How to Use Unicode Pinyin Fonts
• Free online pinyin input page
• Convert numbers to tones
• Convert Pinyin with numbers to tone markers (chinese-tools.com)
• Convert Pinyin tones
• How to assign shortcut keys to Pinyin
• How to convert old Chinese documents to Word 2000 unicode Chinese documents
• Other Foreign Language Fonts
• Multilingual Unicode True Type Fonts on the Internet

Chinese Fonts to Download

• http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/edv/inopc/chinese_fonts.htm (20 fonts)
• http://www.sj00.com/sort/2_1.htm
• ftp://ftp.download.com.cn/pub/chinese/fzfont/
• http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fonts.html#simplified
• http://www.yale.edu/chinesemac/pages/fonts.html
• http://founder.com.cn/fontweb/world/download/lanting/lanting.htm
• http://www.asiasoft.com/

Input and Convert Chinese Characters Online

• Input Chinese characters online
• InputKing
• Convert GB characters to Big5 characters online
• Convert Simplified characters to traditional ones (chinese-tools.com)
• Convert traditional characters to simplified ones (chinese-tools.com)

Making  Webs Site for Your Courses

1. Blackborad's CourseInfo Create your own class web page (free)
2. Homestead Everything you need tobuild your FREE Web site in minutes
3. Metacollege Similar to CourseInfowith different interface and functions (used to be free)
4. MyClass.net A simple web based coursemanagement program (free)
5. Classbuilder Create grade books for exams and tests ($29)

Making Multimedia Courseware

• MaxAuthor  Free multimedia authoring system for language instruction (developing multimedia courseware on the web)
• Create a MAX Student CD-ROM for delivery on MS-Windows
• Programs to record and edit sound This is where you can download programs to make sound files.
• ViaMedia Developing multimedia courseware.
• Wimba Voice e-mail (free), voice forum, presentation with voice and web page, listening comprehension.
• WinCalis and WebCalis  Language Learning and Authoring System, a product of the DUCALL (Duke University Computer-Assisted Language Learning) Project

Making Annotated Text

• GlossMaker CJK version
• Chinese Annotation Tools by Eric Peterson
• Chinese-tools.com annotator

　

Making Online Quizzes

•  Makers (Middelbury College)
• ClassBuilder Exam/test maker with gradebook. Registration fee $39 per year is required.
• Exercises, Quizzes, Tests Makers Online programs to make tests, quizzes and exercises, by eleaston.com
• FunBrain LearningNetwork, Site for K-8 kids, parents and teachers.
• Game-O-Matic
• Interactive ExerciseMakersGlossMaker Sample  
• Makers (Middelbury College)
• Puzzle
• Quiz Maker (HawaiiUniversity)
• QuizStar
• Quia Quiahelps teachers teach better by giving them the tools to create, customize,and share learning activities. Quia helps students learn more by bringingthe resources of hundreds of thousands of educators together in one place.
• Web AssistedLearning and Teaching of Languages U of Penn, Make Interactive Web Exercises on the fly.
• Word Dragon Doyou like word games? Do you want to practice your language skills? On thissite you will find lots of puzzles: word scramble, sentence scramble, andword match. You can even create your own puzzles and add to the collection.A java enabled browser is required for these puzzles.
• WayneStromberg's web site of web workshop (test authoring packages)

Making Real Audio

• Download Real producer to make streaming audio file

Making Real Slideshow

• How to make Real Slide show
• Download Real Slideshow to make streaming slide show (free).

Maps of China

• http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_china.html

Microsoft Chinese Input Method (IME)

• DownloadMicrosoft Chinese unicode fonts and input methods
• Download MicrosoftChinese IME 2.0 for Chinese Windows or Windows 2000
• Microsoft IME (input method editor) installation
• Microsoft IME (input method editor) tutorial
• Installing Chinese into Windows 2000 (a step-by-step guide by Robert Smitheram,)
• Writing Chinese Under Windows 2000 Professional/XP

Teaching Methodology

• Ten lectures on Chinese teaching materials and teaching methodology 華語文教材教法十講  (by Yeh Deh-ming 葉德明)

Web Automatic Translation

• Basis Technology - Translation Guide (segmentation of Chinese text, translation between English and Chinese, other links to translation programs)
• Foreignword.com (access to 28 of the best systems for over 38 different languages)
• AltaVista Babelfish (free translation,including Chinese)
• T-mail Translation Service (free e-mail,web, discussion board, text translation service T-Mail, T-Sail, T-Text,T-Board. Students, please do not use it to cheat on your homework.)
• FreeTranslation (Europeanlanguages)
• InterTran (tm) InternetTranslator (free web translation service)
• Machine Translationpage (Singapore)
• ReadWorld (menu in Chinese,English<=>Chinese translation)
• TranstarEnglish version, Chinese version(China, English<=>Chinese)

Other Tools

• For Teachers Who Want to Learn More About Online Teaching (online courses for teachers) <http://www.teachingonthenet.org/>
• Find Chinese software from Chinese Software Digest (online resources to find software related to Chinese computing and learning) <http://www.gy.com/www/ch.htm>
• The Internet for Teachers: Learn to teach online. (Introduces online tools for teachers to teach online <http://eleaston.com/tol.html>)

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