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The National Central Library of Taiwan's Center for Chinese Studies has compiled a list of digital resources related to international Chinese studies. This links to their list of language resources specifically.

COERLL aims to "improve the teaching and learning of foreign languages by producing resources (materials and best practices)" that are openly accessible. This links to COERLL Chinese-language resources.

Cultural China 2021 is an open-access publication produced by The Contemporary China Centre Review that compiles "up-to-date, informed and accessible commentary about Chinese and Sinophone languages, cultural practices, politics and production, and their critical analysis." New publications are produced annually; the 2022 publication has not yet been released.

"This open textbook is designed for beginners learning Chinese as a second/foreign language. This book aims to introduce learners to standard Chinese pronunciation, character knowledge, basic conversational phrases, grammar and vocabulary use, and cultural knowledge. "

"Elementary Chinese II is aimed at those who have learned Chinese as a second/foreign language for one semester, using the OER textbook Elementary Chinese I. This open textbook contains six main lessons, including topics such as school life, shopping, transportation, weather, eating out, and asking and giving directions."

HSK Flashcards is a website dedicated to helping Chinese language learners practice vocabulary that would be included on the official Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) for non-native speakers.

MERLOT is an online community that provides multidisciplinary Open Educational Resources (OER). This links to their collection of Chinese Language OERs.

"This site offers a collection of free interactive language learning resources for beginning Mandarin Chinese. Students now have the option to practice pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and reading skills at their own convenience. Gateway to Chinese resources are designed to give students the valuable feedback they need to improve language skills in the critical early stages of learning."

The Yojik website collects and shares language instruction courses from the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Defense Language Institute (DLI), and Peace Corps. This links to the DLI Chinese Mandarin courses.

This links to the FSI Standard Chinese courses.

This links to the Peace Corps Chinese Mandarin courses.

Link to Netflix catalog of Chinese movies and TV

Catalog link to films in Chinese and about China at Tredway

CoffeeBreak Chinese is a free podcast library produced by Radio Lingua Ltd. to help develop Chinese language skills.

LCTS offers podcasts of Chinese stories at three levels of proficiency to help learners become more comfortable and proficient at understanding spoken Chinese.

"This podcast series consists of simple dialogue exchanges. The listening materials are suitable for beginners and help them take the first step toward becoming proficient listeners. The contents of these 72 dialogues are completely based on the beginning level Chinese curriculum; they are creative yet realistic scenarios on topics that listeners can relate to"