Forums

This forum is dedicated to the languages of China, especially Mandarin and the topics include a Mandarin survival guide, Chinese characters and the most effective way to learn Chinese. There are currently 3032 members as from 11/11/07. Members have the choice of chatting by posting to a forum thread or by private messenging a fellow member.

Chinese Savy has a Chinese language learning forum for both beginners and the more advance users learning Chinese. Chinese Savy currently has 1972 registered users and the thread topics include Chinese characters and Chinese writing, Pinyin, translations, and Oline resources and tools.

There are 569 members as from 11/11/07 and the main part of the main includes threads about Chinese language learning where are members are able to post their personal experience about learning Chinese. There are also forum topics on the Chinese culture, travelling to China and Chinese jokes.

Chinese-forum.net is an Online community for Chinese language and culture. The thread topics include reading and writing (learn to read and write in Chinese), speaking and listening Mandarin, Gammar (everything to do with Chinese grammar. There is also a section on studying, living and travelling in China. This would be a good site for a beginner. Users need to register before they can post to the forum and get access to the member list.

This is an Online forum where you can go to learn Chinese including Chinese characters. Members also swap links to other educational sites about the Chinese language.

This is a Chinese lesson discussion forum created in 2001, and includes the following topics: Cantonese language (books, sound files, writing Cantonese and a link to an Online Cantonese course), Mandarin language (translations, phrases, and Chinese language tools). There is also a smaller section about the Chinese culture, and has a section for general discussion. There are currently 1497 published articles of this forum and 3255 registered users.

This Chinese language forum is a part of the boards.ie Online community forum which is administered from Ireland. There are two moderators that moderate the Chinese forum. The forum thread topics include a Cantonese character of the day, Mandarin characters and links to Online resources and websites.

Chinese Learner is another forum to learn the Chinese language, including Mandarin, Putonghua, Pinyin. Chinese Learner is also a forcum where you can learn about the Chinese culture, such as Chinese literature,art, history, fengShui, movies and music, and tradions and customs. There are currently 57 members as of 11/11/07 and their locations are spread out worldwide including Australia, Europe and America.

This forum is a part of English - Chinese forums which has a Chinese study area where members can practise Chinese, ask questions and have a chat about the Chinese language. There are currently 34 topics and 593 members.

The Learn Chinese Language Forum has 784 members, 25 forums and 28 administrators as from 11/11/07. The forums include, learn Chinese, Chinese clulture, Chinese history, living in China, and Chinese proficiency test. Members can also send private messenges (PM) to their fellow members if they want to talk one-on-one instead of in a group forum where their conversations can be read from all members and unregistered users.

This is a Chinese language and culture forum where users can choose to learn basic Chinese and/or Mandarin. The forum was created by Xuez Hongwen and the staff consists of two administrators. The forum topics include reading and writing to develop oral and aural skills for Mandarin Chinese, and resources and general study issues.

This forum is called 'China the Beautiful (CTB)' and has a list of 1043 members. The topics include Chinese words/language/translations and questions about reading Chinese codes on the Internet.

The forum is called Hello Mandarin and is a part of the Beijing Online School of Chinese Language. The school has a training centre in China and offices in Australia and Canada. The foum currently has eleven topic threads and includes chinese symbols besides the topics that are written in English. The topics include pronunciation, business Chinese, Easy Chinese, writing characters, grammer, reading, conversation, listening, and Chinese for young. Hello Mandarin would be a good forum for beginners because its discussions are based on basic Chinese, such as grammar and reading chinese, and the forum is also easy to navigate.

China Obit is maintained by two administrators and currently has 56 members. The topics in China-General, China language (learning Chinese, Chinese characters, and translations), and the Chinese Culture. This is a good forum to visit if you are palnning a trip to China because the forum also includes threads on travelling to China, China politics, the Chinese economy and contacts, such as tourism and car rental services.

The forum Linese.com is more for the advance Chinese learner because the forum is written in half English, half Chinese. There are several forum threads that are written in Chinese. The site can be a bit complicated and overwelming for the beginner with so many Chinese symbols that you really need a sound knowledge of Chinese to regularly use this forum.The forum threads that are written in English include study tips, where to study and finding a language partner. There are currently 7768 members and 6455 posts as from 14/11/07.

Tom Zhang is the moderator for the learn Chinese forum which is called 'Learn Kung Fu and Mandarin'. The forum is about learning and speaking Chinese and the Chinese culture. The learn Chinese thread is for beginners who want to learn Chinese and include the Chinese Pinyin Table, a link to a website that teaches Chinese and reccommended software that makes learning Mandarin easier.

A French man named Olive maintains this forum. Olive is currently learning Chinese in China. The forum contains topics range from Chinese language, Chinese culture, Beijing Olympics, Chinese translation to subject such as “live in China”, “work in China” and classifieds among others. On this forum, we are able to find some Chinese students looking for English speaking exchange and some Chinese learners (American, British, French among others) looking for Chinese exchange partners; we also see a popular thread reads “making friends on MSN”, who knows if chatting on MSN will help you learn Chinese?! But for sure you can find abundant valuable information for Chinese learners there…

Chinese-forums was created by Roddy in 2003, and is a Online Community where the public can log onto to learn Chinese and the Chinese Culture.The forum topics include living in China (articles on living in China), reading and writing (Chinese characters, reading skills and calligraphy), and grammar and vocabulary.

The forum, called GChinese, is a forum especially for the beginner and has 167 members and 202 threads. The topics include Pinyin (standard Mandarin Romanization System), learn Chinese by reading, basic dialogue, survival chinese, and tips for learning chinese. There are also smaller sections on the Chinese culture and about Shanghai.

This forum was created by Adam Sheik from the United Kindom and is a group of Chinese Cantonese Forums. There are thirteen forums and they have an emphasis on learning Cantonese which is a form of the Chinese language like Mandarine. Members have the choice of getting a premium site subscription. Premium members are able to remove advertising from forums, have priority over other members when using scripts such as the parser and have exclusive access to downloads.