Chinese Corner - Miami, FL, USA
This corner was founded on May 5th, 2007 by Tao "Tonny" Liu, a native Chinese from Shanghai, China and a Mandarin teacher at Miami Dade College since 2005. The mission of the Corner is to help participants to learn Chinese language and culture for free. It's the only live Chinese corner in the United States of America, that offers a real time linguistic environment for anyone to learn and practice Chinese in South Florida without having to be living in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, or Malaysia. Now there are over 1500 students in Miami-Dade county learning Chinese! There are over 500 members of the Miami Chinese Language Corner and there are dozens of participants winning awards in Florida International Chinese Speech Contest!
You, as a participant, will meet up with others once a month for several hours. During the meetup, you will,
- Learn Chinese expressions in daily topics
- Talk to each other in Chinese
- Improve your pronunciation of Chinese words
- Listen to others talking in Chinese
- Have a Chinese teacher on site help you practice spoken Chinese
- Obtain an authentic Chinese name if you don't have one yet
- Get to know how to master Chinese quickly through good methodologies and free on-line software
Our services also include, but not limited to:
- An informational Chinese learning web site (http://www.TomorrowChinese.
net ) geared up for learners of Chinese Mandarin who have little or no access to a Chinese language teacher
- A group email address at miamichinesecorner@
googlegroups.com for you to make an announcement to everyone in the corner list
- Information on events of Chinese Language and culture in the South Florida area and China
- Guest speech at the corner
- Telephone conversation in Chinese
- Correction of your emails in Chinese
- Chinese input tool and dictionary
- Chinese movie CD/tape renting (upon request)
- Chinese learning consultation
- Information about Miami Chinese restaurants, Chinese schools, teachers, Chinese supermarkets and bookstores, Chinese travel agencies which offer cheaper airline tickets, Chinese medical clinics and doctors, Chinese activity centers, special events, etc.
Need a native Chinese volunteer to practice Chinese conversation for free? Yes. We can help you.
Need a Chinese teacher to tutor you Chinese? Yes. We can recommend one to you.
Want to have a Chinese name? Yes. We can help create one for you.
Don’t know how to enter pinyin or Chinese characters in a Word document? Yes. We have an easy solution you.
Intend to get a free Chinese electronic dictionary? Yes. We get it for you.
Be interested in what Chinese zodiac animal you might belong to?, Yes. We can tell you.
Want to transfer a Chinese paragraph into pinyin or English? Yes. We can help you.
Want to find a Chinese specialist (such Fengshui expert, acupuncturist, or Kongfu master)? Yes. We can help you.
The list of the Chinese language and culture related services could be endless.
You name one and we will try our best to assist you.
ALL OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SERVICES ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE!
Useful web links:
To learn the Song of Chinese Language, go to
http://youtube.com/watch?v=
To watch a Chinese bamboo clapper performance by Professor Tao 'Tonny' Liu, go to http://youtube.com/watch?v=
To learn Chinese through Skype in a website which is founded by a Chinese Corner elite (于之浩), go to http://www.
To learn Chinese through a website founded by another Chinese Corner elite (宋焕顺), go to http://www.zhongwenmiami.
To find Chinese teachers and students in your area, go to http://www.language-school-
To check the Asian Society’s Chinese programs, go to http://askasia.org/
To contact the Education Division of the Chinese Embassy in USA, go to http://www.sino-education.
To check the Chinese Language Teacher Society of USA - Florida Chapter, go to
http://www.clta-fl.org/web/?
To check the Chinese program at Florida International University, go to
http://www.fiu.edu/~modlang/
To check the Contemporary Chinese School of South Florida, go to http://www.
To check the Miami Chinese Language School, go to http://www.
To check the Chinese School of Doral, go to http://www.
To check the Miami Chinese Language School, go to http://www.
To check the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban汉办) in China, go to http://www.hanban.edu.cn/
To contact the Chinese Consulate in Houston, TX (休斯顿中国领事馆), go to http://www.chinahouston.
To contact Chinese Language Teacher's Association - FL (佛州中文教师学会), go to http://www.clta-fl.net/
To contact Florida Chinese Teachers Association (佛州中文教师协会), go to http://www.fcta99.com/
Useful tools in Chinese learning:
- 中文转拼音： Chinese to Pinyin: http://xh.5156edu.
com/conversion.html
- 中文转英文： Translate Chinese to English:
http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=&ie=UTF-8&text= +%09%0D%0A%E9%80%8F%E8%A7%86% E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%A4%BE%E4% BC%9A%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%89%E8%AE% AE%E4%BA%8C%E4%BB%A3%3A%E4%BB% 8E%E5%AF%8C%E4%BA%8C%E4%BB%A3% 2C+%E7%A9%B7%E4%BA%8C%E4%BB% A3%E5%88%B0%E5%AE%98%E4%BA%8C% E4%BB%A3+&sl=zh-CN&tl=en#
- 英文转中文： Translate English to Chinese:
http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=&ie=UTF-8&text= Please+don%27t+forget+to+ email+me+a+Chinese+sentence+ each+week&sl=en&tl=zh-CN#en| zh-CN|
- 单词词义查找： Check up a Chinese word or English word:
http://dict.cn/en/search/
- 拼音查汉字： Use Pinyin to find Chinese character:
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~zxie3/ime.html
- 单字查笔划顺序： Enter or paste a character to see stroke order of the character in animation: http://www.eon.com.
hk/estroke/
- 网上写中文： Write Chinese on line:
http://chinese.typepad.com/
- 网上写拼音： Write pinyin with tone on line:
http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/pinyin-editor.html
- 中文句子按词汇进行解释：Explain Chinese sentences word by word:
http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/annotation.html
To join the Miami Chinese Language Corner, please contact Tao "Tonny" Liu at tonnyliu@hotmail.com or (786) 261-8912.
