Focus: Chinese students

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Typical errors

Before considering resources that are particularly suitable for Chinese learners of English, it's probably worth looking at a list of common error types from this student group. The list below is derived from the analysis of a substantial corpus of work produced by students in Hong Kong.

  • Prepositions with verbs and nouns
  • Singular and plural nouns
  • Agreement
  • Word class/Word choice
  • Verbs: past time reference
  • Agreement
  • Infinitives and -ing forms
  • Auxiliary verbs
  • Pronouns
  • Logical connectors

For an article on typical mistakes made by Chinese students when writing, see http://www.eltnewsletter.com/back/October2001/art772001.htm

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Links

Click into these websites for support in teaching Chinese students.

www.in2english.com.cn

The prominent bilingual support and the high quality of the graphics and animation make this website particularly appropriate for younger learners.

Note: to display Chinese characters you may have to visit the Microsoft website and download the Simplified Chinese language pack.

www.chinapage.com/china.html

This web site is about 5,000 years of Chinese cultural heritage, including literature, history, art and social customs. It provides two portals, one for standard browsers and another for browsers that can read Chinese GB and Big 5 codes.

www.hkedcity.net/english/

HKedCity is a large-scale Hong Kong-based website which delivers quality educational information to schools, teachers, students and parents. The site is bilingual in English and Chinese (simplified and traditional). Updated weekly .

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Featured programs

These programs are found to be especially useful for Chinese students. Click on the titles for more information.

Study Skills Success

The number of IELTS candidates in China is expected to breach the 100,000 mark this year, and IELTS is therefore at the very forefront of the minds of a huge number of Chinese students!

Pronunciation Power

Excellent program for practising individual sounds of English, complete with a "Guide to Using Pronunciation Power with Chinese Learners", produced by the Baptist University, Hong Kong.

Talk Now

Talk Now helps students learn elementary vocabulary and conversational language. Comes with support in Mandarin and Cantonese.

Connected Speech

Because of the nature of the Chinese language, many Chinese students have difficulties with sentence stress and linking. Connected Speech helps with these areas.

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