A randomiser of the words of the numbers 1 to 10 in Mandarin Chinese - can be used for Bingo.

This calendar, for the month of April 2013, in Chinese, was produced by LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. Look out for another language next month! This is the fourth of a 12-month series lasting until Dec 2013. A printed 'Why study language?' calendar for 2013 is available from www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/calendar.

This calendar was produced by LLAS Centre for languages, linguistics and area studies as part of the Routes into Languages project. Each month features a different language and includes a proverb. This will be a 12-month series lasting until Dec 2013. Printed copies of the calendar can be ordered from www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/calendar.

Chinese business reading text. It gives a text on the topic of the company 'Google' in English and Chinese.

This game is modelled after the popular game 'Bingo'. Learners will hear randomly chosen characters and try to recognise each character in the grid. If a learner gets 5 boxes in a row (4 characters and Bingo) he/she has won.

Lower-advanced Chinese business reading text on banks and the European Central Bank. Text is in English and Chinese.

An activity for Chinese beginners. It involves watching and listening to a cartoon. The video link is to YouTube: video link - http://www.youtube.com/watch v=avF_gupHzP8&feature=related

An activity for singing and learning Chinese. This powerpoint gives words and sound for a song in Chinese.

This learning material contains eight topics at elementary level. Key grammar patterns and vocabulary are presented in Chinese and English in the Word documents. Audio recordings are available. Vocabulary lists include 1 Nationalities and Countries, 2 Kinship terms, 3 Date and Time, 4 Hobbies and 5 Drinks and Food

How many words can you spot? Words can be two characters or three characters, vertically or horizontally. Circle the word and write down corresponding Pinyin and English meaning. Work sheet is downloadable.

This activity helps you build up your Chinese vocabulary. Words can be two characters or three characters, vertically or horizontally. Circle the word and write down corresponding Pinyin and English meaning. Work sheet is downloadable.

Thinking of holding a language event at school but don’t know where to start? We have created "How to..." guides from our most popular events to help you replicate them back in school. Each guide contains a full description of how to run the event including essential considerations, some sample programmes and task lists to give you an idea of what needs to be done and how to plan out the day. We also have some workshop ideas and resources which can be adapted for use with any language. You may find some the activities can be adapted to deliver during class time rather than as a formal event - please feel free to use them as you wish!

When is '在+location' before the verb and when is it after the verb? Many advanced learners of Chinese are still confused.

FAVOR project Read into New China revision sentence level -making sentences and translation; lower advance level

Chinese cultural -Listening and reading exercise. The topic is the Qingming Festival.

Listening and reading materials for intermediate learners on the topic of the Beijing gate.

This powerpoint is for a one hour grammar lesson.

中国文化 茶 This powerpoint is in English and is on the topic of green tea.

Learning new words - Integrated chinese lesson 1 greeting -new words.

The documents summarizes and tries to explain some of the most typical mistakes in the acquisition of adjectives in Chinese, such as when they can or cannot be used with很，的,or是.

This calendar was produced by LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. It was created with help from teachers working on the JISC-funded Community Cafe project. Each month features a different language and includes a proverb and quiz questions. Quiz questions and answers are included in a separate word document. This will be a 16-month series lasting until Dec 2012. We are currently in production of our 2013 calendar, pre-order your copy at: https://www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/calendar

Label the parts of the body. To be used in conjunction with the Chinese Taster Lesson Plan and Powerpoint.

This calendar, for the month of September 2011, in Mandarin Chinese was produced by LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. It was created with help from teachers working on the JISC-funded Community Cafe project. Look out for another language next month! Quiz questions and answers are also included. This is the first of a 16-month series lasting until Dec 2012.

Powerpoint to use with Parts of the Body Lesson Plan.

Colour pictures to cut out and laminate

Instructions - how to play the Monster Mask game

This exercise provides Chinese vocabularies for student to map them into English.

Created by Frances Xu, this is an interactive online activity which practices vocabulary for describing taste in Chinese. There are two different versions: drag and drop and drop down list. PLEASE NOTE: foreign characters work when file is viewed