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Language and Culture Resources Links

Support for Maori Students of Chinese

Honours Programme

Postgraduate Programme

Resources at Otago University:

Dr Paola Voci's film page: An introduction to Chinese Cinemas (Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Dr Paola Voci's Chinese media page: An introduction to Chinese Popular Culture through Media

Asian Studies at Otago

Japanese Studies at Otago

New Zealand Asian Studies Society

A window on Contemporary China:

Chinese Newspapers Online List 1
Chinese Newspapers Online List 2
Finding News About China
China Today
Chinese BBC

Other Language and culture resources:

New Practical Chinese Reader: Highly recommended for the first year students
Studying Chinese (Xue Zhongwen) dictionary: One of the best dictionaries (it allows you to write in Chinese, provides sound, includes radical, flash stroke orders, etc)
Chinese-English English-Chinese Dictionary: One of the (other) best online dictionaries (it also allows you to write characters for search)
Zhongwen dot com: On line Chinese dictionary; another quite good dictionary
Linese.com/Chinese Language - Promote Chinese Culture Online videos, interactive lectures, and more...
Chinese Resources Page: A collection of sites may be useful to instructors and learners of Chinese
Chinese Language Information Page: Recommended, well-organized, interesting links
Rutgers Chinese multimedia teaching system: Suitable for self-study
China site: The complete Reference to China/ Chinese related web sites
Animated Chinese Characters: Learning Chinese? Animated site shows you how to draw Chinese characters
On-line Chinese tools: Do you need some computer Chinese tools? Please visit this site!
Chinese input method special page: Please set the character code as simplified Chinese when you visit this site!
Flash cards - free download : a set of the most basic characters

 

Support for Maori Students of Chinese

The Division of Humanities is committed to supporting Maori students who are enrolled within the Humanities disciplines. Ana Rangi is available for consultation in her role as Kaiawhina Maori (Te Kete Aronui) - Maori Student
Support Officer (Division of Humanities).

You can contact Ana Rangi for:
* any of your questions, concerns or complaints
* liaison with academic and general staff
* referral to all services for Mäori students.

Office: 2S6, 2nd Floor, Arts Building
Telephone (03) 479-8681
E-mail humanities.kaiawhina@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

Maori Liaison Officers in the Division of Humanities are staff members in Schools and Departments who provide academic support to Maori students enrolled in that School or Department.
The Maori Liaison Officer for the Department of Languages and Cultures is:

Tiffany Gagliardi Trotman
Office: 3N8, 3rd Floor, Arts Building
Telephone (03) 479-9195
E-mail tiffany.trotman@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

 

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