About the Chinese Language
Chinese is the world’s most popular language, spoken by
more than one billion people in the People’s Republic of
China (PRC), Taiwan, Hong Kong, and elsewhere in East Asia.
In addition, significant Chinese-speaking populations live
in urban centers around the world. San Francisco has the
largest Chinese-speaking population outside of China.
Chinese actually consists of a large number of dialects, all
of which share a written language but are mutually
unintelligible when spoken. Because of this, some linguists
consider them separate languages instead of dialects.
Mandarin is the most widely-spoken form of Chinese and is
the official language of the People’s Republic of China and
Taiwan. Other important linguistic groups include Wu, Xiang,
Cantonese, Min, Hakka, and Gan. Within each of these groups,
many variations in spoken language occur and it is said that
speakers from one area may not understand those who live
only a few miles away. The majority of Chinese speakers in
the United States speak Cantonese.
Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family, which
also includes Tibetan, Lolo-Burmese, and Karen. The Chinese
language has influenced many of the other languages of East
Asia. Written Chinese originated more than 4,000 years ago
and remained relatively stable until the People’s Republic
of China decided on a campaign to make it easier to read
Chinese by simplifying the characters, which can have as
many as 30 strokes. To date, the simplified Chinese
characters have been adopted only in the PRC and Singapore,
but Hong Kong may start to use them, following its 1997
reunification with the mainland. Another change initiated in
the PRC is the widespread use of Pinyin, a system of
romanization, representing the sounds of the Chinese
language using the Latin alphabet.
Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK), also known as the Chinese
Proficiency Test, is a standardized test to assess the
Chinese language proficiency of non-native speakers. HSK is
held regularly in China and other countries each year.
HSK is sponsored by the National Chinese Language Level
Assessment Examination Board. It is the authenticated
language level assessment test for Chinese Language
administered by both National Chinese Language Level
Assessment Committee Office and Beijing Language and Culture
University Chinese Language Level Assessment Center.
Examination Levels: Basic, Elementary, Intermediate and
Advanced. Students successfully passing the examination are
awarded a Chinese Language Level Certificate issued by the
National Chinese Language Level Assessment Examination
Board.
The functions of HSK:
The only Chinese Language Level Assessment Certificate
accredited by Chinese Universities and Specialties Graduate
Schools to meet with their admittance requirements.
The certificate to affirm Level of Chinese Language attained
or the proof to waive the requirement to participate in
Chinese Course at the corresponding level.
The basis for employment for employees using Chinese
Language.
HSK Test Centers
The National Standardized Chinese Proficiency Test at
Pasadena City College
Chinese Language Program at University of Michigan
Canada HSK Locations
McGILL UNIVERSITY Centre for East Asian Research
University College of the Cariboo, BC, Canada
der Universität Zürich
Universite De Geneve
Chinese Program Seattle University
Universitat Erlangen Nurnberg
Association francaise des Professeurs de Chinois
Über Wikipedia
University of San Francisco
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Sinolingua.fr
HSK in Italy
Lunds Universitet
Hong Kong
Kennesaw University Georgia
Singapore
New York University
Learning Chinese with Interactive Chinese Program
Interactive Chinese is an integrated software with
words, sounds, pictures, animations and music. It will make
you enthusiastic about learning Chinese. It is a
wonderfully-designed, high quality software.
More than 20 Chinese experts took part in the planning and
the editing of this product. More than 100 multimedia
experts and programmers worked together to develop this new
product . This software is composed of a total number
of 300,000 Chinese words and relevant English explanations.
This product consists of 16 CD-ROMs and five books.
This software introduces a step-by-step learning method to
you. It starts from the Chinese phonetic alphabet and ends
at the HSK examination. It is designed to help you learn
oral Chinese during the study of the Chinese phonetic
alphabet. Each Chinese character is accompanied by Chinese
phonetic alphabet. Each Chinese word or sentence is
explained in English.
After you finish it, you will be able to speak fluently
and write smoothly. You will be able to reach the
intermediate level , which is mentioned in the HSK
examination. And also, during the study of the Chinese
Idioms and Proverbs, you will be able to have a good
understanding about the traditional culture and the long
history of China.
This software can be used as a teaching material by
education institutions, as well as people who are learning
Chinese, especially by businessmen who are studying Chinese
by their own.
This software has versions in English, Japanese, and
Korean. Versions in French, Spanish, Russian and German will
be published in the future , considering the needs of the
people from different countries.
《 互动汉语 》
融合文字、语音、图片、动画、音乐，激发热情，互动学习，至高品质，精彩绝伦。
20多位资深汉语教学专家参与教案策划编写，100名多媒体和程序设计师共同研制开发，工程量巨大， 汉字及对应的译文量注
释共达30万，合计16张CD-ROM，及5本配套学习教材。
从拼音字母到汉语水平测试，以拼音带口语，汉字与拼音结合，汉语与译文对照，由浅入深，系统完整。学成之后，可以用汉语进行流利的对话，
熟练的书写，达到中国汉语水平测试大纲的中等水平，同时还可以通过阅读成语、谚语等，了解中国的传统文化和悠久历史。
本套软件可供汉语教学单位使用，也适合学生使用， 特别适合各界商务人士自学汉语之用。
互动汉语已出版汉英、汉日、汉韩文版， 今后计划陆续推出汉印尼、汉法、 汉西、 汉德、 汉俄等版本，以供各国人士学习
汉语。
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