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Three new mock tests for TOP

If you are taking the Basic, Intermediate or Advanced Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (TOP), there are now three new mock tests available from the Language Center of Fun Jen Catholic University. They should also be available from Lucky Bookstore and participating universities.
The Mock Test for TOP-Huayu 1 (in three volumes, Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced [...]

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Chinese flashcards

For those of you using Practical Audio Visual Chinese, which is the most commonly used Mandarin text book in Taiwan, you may be interested in the flash cards available at truant.net/flashcards.
They have traditional characters, Zhuyin (BoPoMoFo), Hanyu pinyin and English. There are DIY Print-Cut-Use Flashcards available for download. I downloaded the Practical Audio Visual Chinese [...]

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300 Character Chinese Reader: The Lady in the Painting

This book is available in Taiwan. The Lady in Painting is avwell-known chinese folktale retold here within the limits of an elementary 300 character vocabulary. It has Yale and Pinyin romanization with Traditional characters. It’s an excellent text for those beginning to learn Chinese. As there really aren’t a huge amount of decent reading resources for beginners I think it’s worth a look. Although it is expensive.

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