Presentation by Arne Brasseur to be given at the FCULC Chinese Division, November 2007.

Synopsis

Nowadays there are several great programs and websites that are 100% free to help you master Mandarin. Let your computer become your tutor. In this presentation we'll take a look at ZDT, a great program to drill down that nasty vocabulary. We'll demonstrate how to use it, and how to use it effectively. We will also take a look at the free multilingual dictionary tool StarDict.

Together we know more than by ourselves. That's why ZhongWiki was created as an on-line hub to share knowledge, experience and opinions. We'll help you find your way around and demonstrate how to create and edit pages.

With Chinese becoming more popular every day new websites seem to pop up that target students of the Chinese language. We'll take a look at a few of these that really might make a difference.

Overview

• Getting that vocab down with ZDT
  • What is it?
  • How do I use it?
  • Some more advanced features
• StarDict
• ZhongWiki : our on-line community
  • What is it?
  • How do I use it?
  • Some more advanced features
• On-line resources
  • Chinesepod
  • Zhongwen.com
  • Learning Chinese On-line page