Things to do in class

(1)   type online (only need the internet connection)

http://chinese.cari.com.my/ime/py21000.html
http://chinese.cari.com.my/ime/
http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/ime.html

http://pinyin.sogou.com/cloud/?r=pinyin (Sougou cloud input)

(2)   change the setting in your computer (PC or Mac)

http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/asianlanguageinstallation_XP.html (PC) 

http://www.yale.edu/chinesemac/pages/input_methods.html (MAC)

(3)   download Google Pinyin

http://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/ime/pinyin/ 

2. Annotation (add Pinyin and English annotation)

http://sites.google.com/site/chinese100a/Home/annotation-and-translation

(1) http://mandarinspot.com/annotate

Try the webpages:

http://english.cntv.cn/program/learnchinese/20100831/100943.shtml (Copy the text, paste it to the Mandarinspot.com website)

http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111028-Hong-Kong-University-President-132770963.html (Copy the text, paste it to the Mandarinspot.com website)

(2) other websites

http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/annotation.html

3. Stroke order of characters

• http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/character-stroke-order.php?searchChinese=1&zi=%E5%9C%8B (stroke order, translation, etc.)
•  http://www.archchinese.com/arch_animation.html (stroke order, pronunciation, phrase, dictionary)

Find more resources and tools at :   https://sites.google.com/site/chinese100a/ 

Homework, due Monday,

1.      Please type a paragraph or two in Chinese to introduce yourself and your family. If you do not want to talk about yourself and/or your family, you can talk about the character Li You (李友) in our textbook, or any other family you would like to introduce.

Please post your homework in our D2L > Discussions > Typing Homework

 2. Correct the mistakes on your exam.  

 3.  Preview Lesson 4 Part 1.