Celebration of Chinese new year 2018 - Miami Chinese Corner Meet-up (Feb 2018 I) coming Friday庆祝中国新年——本周五迈阿密中文角聚会(2018年2月第一次聚会)（2/2/2018 6:30 pm）

[Tao_Tonny Liu]

Dear All亲爱的各位朋友,

We are going to celebrate Chinese new year together with other Chinese organizations in Miami for our Feb 2018 Miami Chinese Corner meetup I. 

2018年2月的第一次迈阿密中文角聚会，我们准备和迈阿密的其他华人组织一起庆祝2018年的中国新春佳节：

                 https://b.eqxiu.com/s/nH9Ed4l0?share_level=1&from_user=0e65440e-49e0-479f-9a25-b1a4e72cb892&from_id=da4f9a13-e30c-4687-bbe7-e064c5e5b430&share_time=1516801704308&from=groupmessage

Date and Time日期及时间:                    2/2/2018 6:30 pm
Location 地点:                                           1601 NE 164 St North Miami Beach, FL 33162 https://www.mapquest.com/us/florida/north-miami-beach-pub-library-4399113 （North Miami Beach Pub Library北迈阿密海滩市公立图书馆）

Thank you very much非常感谢您！

Tao “Tonny” Liu刘滔

Founder of Miami Chinese Language Corner迈阿密中文角创始人

Mandarin is your brilliant future!中文——您的锦绣未来!

Wechat.com ID (微信号):     us-kaixinguo

tonn...@hotmail.com

786-261-8912

   

   

FYI:

======= Introduction to the Miami Chinese Language Corner ======= 

This corner was created on May 5th, 2007 by Tao "Tonny" Liu, a native Chinese from Shanghai, China and a then Mandarin instructor of Miami Dade College. To our knowledge, it's the only live Chinese corner in the United States of America, which 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! And there are over 800 members of the Miami Chinese Language Corner!  

Participants will meet up twice a month for 1.5 hours each time. During the meet-up,
 

   - You will learn Chinese character recognition targeting 1000 most used characters 

   - You will learn Chinese expressions in daily topics

   - You will talk to each other in Chinese

   - You will improve your pronunciation of Chinese words

   - You will listen to others talking in Chinese

   - You will have Chinese teacher(s) or those who are fluent in Chinese on site helping you practice  spoken Chinese

   - You will get your authentic Chinese name if you don't have one yet

   - You will correct your Chinese writings

   - You will receive free material for leaning Chinese and Chinese culture 

   - You will get to know how to learn Chinese more efficiently through good methodologies and free on line software.
  
Our services also include, but not limited to:
 
   - Informational Chinese learning web sites (http://www.zhongwenmiami.com/ and http://www.TomorrowChinese.net) geared for learners of Chinese Mandarin who have little or no access to a Chinese language teacher

 
   - A group email address at miamichin...@googlegroups.com for you to make a Chinese language and culture related announcement to everyone in the corner list

   - Chinese language workshops
 
   - Information on events of Chinese Language and culture in the South Florida area
 
   - Information on Chinese Language programs in the South Florida area and in China
 
   - Guest speakers
 
   - Telephone conversation in Chinese
 
   - Correction of your emails in Chinese
 
   - Chinese input tool and dictionary
 
   - Chinese movie CD/tape renting
 
   - Chinese learning consulting
 
   - And information about Miami Chinese restaurants, Chinese schools, teachers, 

    Chinese supermarkets and bookstores, Chinese travel agencies which offer cheaper 

     airline tickets, Chinese medicine and doctors, Chinese activity centers, special events
 
 If you need a native Chinese volunteer to practice Chinese conversation through phone for free, we help you if such a volunteer is available.
 
 If you need a Chinese teacher to tutor you Chinese, we will introduce one to you.
 
 If you don't have a Chinese name, we will help you create one. 

 If you don’t know how to enter pinyin tone signs in a file, we help you.
 
 If you want a free Chinese electronic dictionary, we get it for you.
 
 If you want to know how to enter Chinese characters in a Word document, we help you.
 
 If you don’t know what zodiac animal you belong to in Chinese tradition, we help you get the right software.
 
 If you want to transfer a Chinese paragraph into pinyin or English, we help you.
 
 If you want to get a website to learn Chinese classes for free, we help you.

 If you want to find a Chinese translation service, we help you.
 
The list of the Chinese language and culture related services could be endless. 
You name a service you desire and we will try our best on your behalf.
 
ALL OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SERVICES ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE!

To download 72 free handouts regarding Chinese language and Chinese culture, go to: https://www.dropbox.com/l/80GVziKDowUYaPXyGNDCep?

To learn the Song of Chinese Language, go to http://youtube.com/watch?v=mxekTsKB4qI
 
To watch a Chinese bamboo clapper performance by Teacher Tao 'Tonny' Liu, go to http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Cld-lzZamg

To find Chinese teachers and students in your area: http://www.language-school-teachers.com/AboutUs.asp

To join the Miami Chinese Language Corner, please contact Mr. Tao "Tonny" Liu at us-kaixinguo (WeChat ID) or tonn...@hotmail.com or Ms. Lin Lin at wuha...@hotmail.com.

======= Useful Information ======= 

"Little China" in Miami for improving your mandarin comprehension and conversation each week:

   -  10790 SW 36 Street

       Miami, FL 33165

       10:00 am - noon, every Saturday and 7:30-9:30 PM, every Monday

Interesting links: 
 
   - Asian Society Chinese programs: http://askasia.org/teachers/features/chinese/
 
   - The Education division of Chinese embassy in USA: http://www.sino-education.org/
 
   - Chinese Language Teacher Society of USA - Florida Chapter:
     http://www.clta-fl.org/web/?action=main|clta|913|en

   - Chinese program at Florida International University: http://www.fiu.edu/~modlang/pages/chinese.htm
 
   - Contemporary Chinese School of South Florida: http://www.ccssf.org/
 
   - Miami Chinese Language School: http://www.miamichineseschool.org/

   - Chinese School of Doral:  yc...@yahoo.com

   - The Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban汉办) in China：  

     http://www.hanban.edu.cn/en_hanban/index.php

   - Chinese Consulate in Houston, TX:    http://www.chinahouston.org/

Useful tools in Chinese learning:

   -  单字查笔划 (Check stroke order of a single character)： 

       Enter or paste a character to see stroke order of the character in animation:

                                http://bishun.shufaji.com/0x6211.html or http://www.eon.com.hk/estroke/ or http://kanji.sljfaq.org/kanjivg.html

   - 中文转拼音： Chinese to Pinyin
     http://xh.5156edu.com/conversion.html

   - 中文转英文： Chinese to English
     https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=TT

   - 英文转中文： English to Chinese
     https://translate.google.com/

   - 单词词义查找： Check up a Chinese word
     http://www.iciba.com/ 

   - 拼音查单字： Use Pinyin to find Chinese character
     http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~zxie3/ime.html

   - 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