Avery business cards: I designed the PDFs specifically for this type of paper. The table below can help you find the right kind of paper to print the PDF files. If you don't use this table, just be sure to get 8½" x 11" business card paper with 10 cards per page. If you use A4 paper, I need some A4 paper to test with. I can't get it here in the United States, so if you're willing to send a couple sheets via international post, email me.
Book:
New Practical Chinese Reader
Book:
Practical Chinese Grammar
Podcast: ChinesePod is a podcast for learning Chinese. The podcasts are free, and you can pay a little money for a subscription to access the transcripts of the podcasts, and other lesson-oriented resources. I listen to ChinesePod all the time because the lessons are so well put together. It really makes Chinese easier to learn.
Software: Mark Lu has written some good-looking flashcard software for Windows Mobile, using the HSK lists from this site! If you are on the road a lot, this could be a very useful tool. Mark has worked really hard to put it together, so email him your questions, bugfixes and feature requests. Mark also put a demo video on YouTube.
Website: “Chinese-forums.com is an online community of people with an interest in Chinese language and culture.” I used their database, among others, to assemble the HSK vocabulary lists on this site.
Website: On-line Chinese Tools has a lot of computer tools for Chinese, like for GB-Big5 conversion and romanization conversion (very cool). They also have a couple of dictionaries and some very good coding resources.
News: Bilingual Voice of America News Articles by way of Free Xinwen. A source of concise daily news articles in both Mandarin Chinese and English. They translate about 5 sentences from two articles every day. This is a good way to improve your beginner-level reading to intermediate- or advanced-level.
