Purple Culture : RSS Products Feed :: Multimedia

Communicate in Chinese 2 (1 Book and Video)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:10:11 +0800

This unique language learning course is presented by one of the most popular Western figures in China, Da Shan, who speaks fluent Chinese just like every Chinese person in China. Based on a popular Chinese teaching television series for non-native speakers, it is a convenient alternative to classroom learning or going to China to study. The Communicate in Chinese series is comprised of a set of four books. Each text contains 40 scenarios contained within nine different lessons and one summary review. The teaching materials concentrate on spoken Chinese, which is demonstrated through situational dialogues. Each lesson is divided into three parts. The first two parts describe the dialogue and include explanations of the cultural background and language points. The third part focuses on review and contains drills of common expressions. Chinese language learners will find confidence in their speaking abilities as they gradually build on each lesson, strengthening their ability to use Chinese to communicate in daily life.

Communicate in Chinese 2 (1 Book and Video)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:10:11 +0800

Communicate in Chinese 3 (1 Book and Video)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:09:53 +0800

The Communicate in Chinese series is comprised of a set of four books. Each text contains 40 scenarios contained within nine different lessons and one summary review. The teaching materials concentrate on spoken Chinese, which is demonstrated through situational dialogues. Each lesson is divided into three parts. The first two parts describe the dialogue and include explanations of the cultural background and language points. The third part focuses on review and contains drills of common expressions. Chinese language learners will find confidence in their speaking abilities as they gradually build on each lesson, strengthening their ability to use Chinese to communicate in daily life.

Communicate in Chinese 1 (1 Book and Video)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:09:30 +0800

China's reform and opening up process has not only spurred on its interactions with the rest of the world, but also expanded the role of the Chinese language in the world. Chinese has become the key tool and bridge between China and other countries in developing friendly relations, conducting business and trade activities, making exchanges in culture and technology, as well as boosting mutual understanding.

For a number of years, China Central Television has placed high importance on bringing Chinese teaching programs to overseas viewers, it has produced a series of Chinese teaching programs tailored for learners of different age groups and different needs. For overseas viewers, this is a convenient alternative to classroom learning or coming to China to study, at the same time, it offers them a direct window on understanding China.

To facilitate viewers of both home and abroad in learning the language from the "Communicate in Chinese" teaching program, China Central Television have compiled a set of texts from the show and also produced audio Cassettes and VCDs that will allow repeated viewings and studies.

The "Communicate in Chinese" texts have 40 scenarios (40 topics) in total, published as a set of four books (this volume is the first book in the series), each book comprises ten lessons, the last one being a revision lesson. The teaching materials concentrate on spoken Chinese, through the characters' daily activities as presented in the situational dialogues, language context is reflected and students will find their interest grow as they gradually grasp the ability to communicate in Chinese.

The text has split up expressions that are used in daily life into several topics, each lesson focuses on some of the expressions on the topic, with situational dialogues, new words, common expressions, cultural background, language points, notes, substitutional drills, this integrates comprehension with practical usage. To speed up the learning process for TV viewers and learners so that they can communicate with Chinese people in simple situations, each lesson has been divided into three parts, the first two parts mainly explain the dialogue and include explanations of the cultural background and language points, while the third part is for revision and contains substitutional drills of common expressions. It can be seen that dialogue is given a primary role while exercises complement the learning of conversations. This set of teaching materials and television program aims to allow viewers to become adept at using Chinese to communicate in daily life.

In order to assist beginners gain an innate understanding of dialogues in Chinese and quickly gain communication skills, full use was made of the television medium, to produce situational dialogues and provide pinyin, Chinese and English subtitles onscreen for the new vocabulary and common expressions, so that what viewers see, they can learn, it cultivates a language environment and leaves a lasting impression. Professor Yu Suqiu from the Renmin University of China wrote parts of the text, while Ms. Cheng Lei, an Australian-Chinese English consultant translated the text and Mark Rowswell, the Canadian presenter who is a household name in Chinese TV due to his bi-lingual skills, hosts the "Communicate in Chin program.

International Standard Library of Chinese Medicine (2 Edition): Diagnostics in Chinese Medicine

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:35:25 +0800

Acting on bridge between the basic theory of Chinese medicine (CM) and various clinical subjects, Diagnostics in Chinese Medicine can be regarded as a core subject in understanding the concept of CM.
Based on the national textbook of CM in China, Diagnostics in Chinese Medicine is written combined with the National Elaborate Course given by Professor Chen Jia-xu of Beijing University of CM. According to Professor Chen's long-standing high academic profile and clinical practice, figures and tables are presented clearly to intensify understanding and comprehension. In addition, 222 typical pictures for inspection (tongue) examination are included in DVD to facilitate understanding and teaching.

Features:
Comprehensive and in-depth explanation, as well as a training course for the application of four diagnostic methods, and various methods for pattern differentiation.
Numerous figures and tables to help present ideas simply and logically
Core record writing for initial students
Picture contained in DVD to help understanding and teaching

Watching the Movie and Learning Chinese: Farewell My Concubine (with video)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 09:07:20 +0800

The movie FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE won the Golden Palm Award for best movies in the 46th Cannes Film Festival. It explores Chinese traditional culture, observes and meditates on the state of living and human nature, and reproduces Chinese history in half century with the touching stories of the characters, so it is a good learning material for intermediate and advanced TCFL audio-visual classes.
This book selects 8 excerpts from the movie, adds detailed historical, cultural and language annotations and provides diversified exercises based on the audio-visual materials. The accompanying DVD contains 2 versions of the movie: a complete version to be watched for appreciation, and a reedited version for use in the classroom.
The book is best suited for learners of Chinese with a vocabulary of 3000 words, and can be used for class as well as for self study.

Advanced Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course I: A Little Reunion

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 21:21:46 +0800

Target Audience(Age): College, Adults

Advanced Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course is a multi-dimensional comprehensivelanguage teaching material prepared to meet the urgent demand for intermediateand advanced Chinese audiovisual-speaking materials for front line teaching. Itcan be used in intermediate and advanced audiovisual-speaking courses, as wellas in intermediate and advanced integrated courses, speaking courses, listeningcourses and other courses as teaching materials.

The course is divided into two volumes, each based on a popular Chinese TV dramaseries - “ALittle Reunion” and “Twenty Your Life On”. The content isbasically arranged in the order of the episodes, so that learners can graduallybecome familiar with the characters and events in the dramas and improve theircomprehensive language skills. The courses truly reflect the latest situationof China. Moreover, the videos are dialogues of different scenes of thecharacters, which are realistic and natural, with a moderate speed of speechand rhythmic intonation. The main dialogue is in Mandarin, with a small amountof slang and colloquialisms, and contains all kinds of commonly used sentences,which can meet the learners’ different communicative needs.

This volume is Advanced ChineseAudiovisual-Speaking Course (A Little Reunion), which has 4 major topics: job hunting, familyeducation, intergenerational concepts and school life. Each topic contains 2lessons, with a total of 8 lessons. Each lesson contains seven parts: learningobjectives, warm-up, pre-class preparation, video and text learning, post-classinvestigation, comprehensive exercises and activities, and culturalconnections, with each lesson equipped with teaching materials and eachexercise provided with QR codes, which are convenient for learners to scan thecode to watch the video at any time, thus helping learners to make use of thefragmented time to watch the teaching resources repeatedly, and carry outpre-class preparation and post-class review. The appendix of the textbookcontains the vocabulary list, video texts, reference answers to exercises,etc., making it easy for learners to retrieve and understand the content of thevideos and text information.

About the Author
Chen Tianxu, Ph.D. of Carnegie Mellon University, USA, is now anassociate professor and the head of the international undergraduate departmentof the College of International Education, Minzu University of China, as wellas the deputy director of the Open Research Center for Language Teaching,Cognition and Acquisition. Professor Chen has been engaged in internationalChinese language education for many years, and has taught Chinese language inmany universities at home and abroad, including Beijing Language and CultureUniversity, University of South Carolina, and Carnegie Mellon University. Hehas published more than 20 research papers in domestic and internationaljournals, and has participated in the compilation of five textbooks on Chineseas a foreign language, including the textbook Watching the Movie andLearning Chinese - Shower, College Chinese: Listening and Speaking (Volume 2), and Special Chinese for Pre-school in Xinjiang of BLCUP.

Editorial Review
This is one of the greatest textbooks among international Chinese audiovisualteaching materials in recent years - a unique set of advanced Chineseaudiovisual-speaking teaching materials that lead learners to listen, watch andfeel in real scenes, and to appreciate the real social landscape of China whilelearning.

1.The video materials are both authentic and contemporary.
The video materials of this textbook are extracted from the popular TV dramas inrecent years. Learners can really feel the reality of Chinese society invarious aspects through two popular TV dramas (urban family education TV drama“A Little Reunion” and urban growth inspirational TV drama “Twenty Your LifeOn”) in recent years, and learn about the latest situation in China, which willpromote learners to learn Chinese language and perceive the Chinese culture.

2.The chosen topics are broad and varied.
The textbook is not confined to a single topic. The first volume covers jobhunting, family education, intergenerational concepts and school life, whilethe second book covers workplace jobs, life conflicts, personal feelings, lifedecisions, and many other dimensions, which helps learners perceive adiversified and multi-dimensional image of China.

3.The selected language points are typical and cultural.
This textbook is in line with the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards forInternational Chinese Language Education, and selects vocabulary andlanguage points at level 5 and above, and explains words and common languageexpressions with cultural significance. Example sentences provide sufficientcontext to help learners understand and apply the language.

4. The exercises in each section are diverse and discursive.
The textbook is designed with a variety of basic and open exercises ineach teaching section, which fully combines mechanical and communicativeexercises and can effectively help learners to consolidate language knowledge,improve their ability to express and exercise critical thinking skills.

Suggestion
This course is suitable for most universities in China whoseclassroom teaching arrangement is 16-18 teaching weeks (32-36 class hours) persemester. Overseas teachers can also freely choose the teaching contents andflexibly arrange the teaching schedule according to the actual needs.
This course is suitable for Chinese learners who meet Level 4 of the Chinese ProficiencyGrading Standards for International Chinese Language Education.
It is recommended to complete one lesson in 4 class hours,including 2 class hours of audio-visual lessons and 2 class hours of activitylessons.
Each lesson is equipped with teaching courseware; QR code isprovided near to each exercise, which is convenient for learners to scan thecode to watch the video at any time, thus helping learners to make use offragmented time to watch the teaching resources repeatedly, and carry out pre-and post-course review; the appendix of the textbooks contains the vocabularylist, video texts, reference answers to exercises, etc., which makes it easyfor learners to retrieve and comprehend the contents of the video and thetextual information.

Advanced Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course II: Twenty Your Life On

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:59:39 +0800

Target Audience(Age): College, Adults

Advanced Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course is a multi-dimensional comprehensivelanguage teaching material prepared to meet the urgent demand for intermediateand advanced Chinese audiovisual-speaking materials for front line teaching. Itcan be used in intermediate and advanced audiovisual-speaking courses, as wellas in intermediate and advanced integrated courses, speaking courses, listeningcourses and other courses as teaching materials.

Thecourse is divided into two volumes, each based on a popular Chinese TV dramaseries - “ALittle Reunion” and “Twenty Your Life On”. The content isbasically arranged in the order of the episodes, so that learners can graduallybecome familiar with the characters and events in the dramas and improve theircomprehensive language skills. The courses truly reflect the latest situationof China. Moreover, the videos are dialogues of different scenes of thecharacters, which are realistic and natural, with a moderate speed of speechand rhythmic intonation. The main dialogue is in Mandarin, with a small amountof slang and colloquialisms, and contains all kinds of commonly used sentences,which can meet the learners’ different communicative needs.

This volume is Advanced ChineseAudiovisual-Speaking Course (Twenty Your Life On), which has 4 major topics: workplace jobs, lifeconflicts, personal feelings and life decisions. Each topic contains 2 lessons, with a total of 8lessons. Each lesson contains seven parts: learning objectives, warm-up,pre-class preparation, video and text learning, post-class investigation,comprehensive exercises and activities, and cultural connections, with eachlesson equipped with teaching materials and each exercise provided with QRcodes, which are convenient for learners to scan the code to watch the video atany time, thus helping learners to make use of the fragmented time to watch theteaching resources repeatedly, and carry out pre-class preparation andpost-class review. The appendix of the textbook contains the vocabulary list,video texts, reference answers to exercises, etc., making it easy for learnersto retrieve and understand the content of the videos and text information.

About the Author
Chen Tianxu, Ph.D. of Carnegie Mellon University, USA, is now anassociate professor and the head of the international undergraduate departmentof the College of International Education, Minzu University of China, as wellas the deputy director of the Open Research Center for Language Teaching,Cognition and Acquisition. Professor Chen has been engaged in internationalChinese language education for many years, and has taught Chinese language inmany universities at home and abroad, including Beijing Language and CultureUniversity, University of South Carolina, and Carnegie Mellon University. Hehas published more than 20 research papers in domestic and internationaljournals, and has participated in the compilation of five textbooks on Chineseas a foreign language, including the textbook Watching the Movie andLearning Chinese - Shower, College Chinese: Listening and Speaking (Volume 2), and Special Chinese for Pre-school in Xinjiang of BLCUP.

Editorial Review
This is one of the greatest textbooks among international Chinese audiovisualteaching materials in recent years - a unique set of advanced Chineseaudiovisual-speaking teaching materials that lead learners to listen, watch andfeel in real scenes, and to appreciate the real social landscape of China whilelearning.

1.The video materials are both authentic and contemporary.
The video materials of this textbook are extracted from the popular TV dramas inrecent years. Learners can really feel the reality of Chinese society invarious aspects through two popular TV dramas (urban family education TV drama“A Little Reunion” and urban growth inspirational TV drama “Twenty Your LifeOn”) in recent years, and learn about the latest situation in China, which willpromote learners to learn Chinese language and perceive the Chinese culture.

2.The chosen topics are broad and varied.
The textbook is not confined to a single topic. The first volume covers jobhunting, family education, intergenerational concepts and school life, whilethe second book covers workplace jobs, life conflicts, personal feelings, lifedecisions, and many other dimensions, which helps learners perceive adiversified and multi-dimensional image of China.

3.The selected language points are typical and cultural.
This textbook is in line with the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards forInternational Chinese Language Education, and selects vocabulary andlanguage points at level 5 and above, and explains words and common languageexpressions with cultural significance. Example sentences provide sufficientcontext to help learners understand and apply the language.

4. The exercises in each section are diverse and discursive.

The textbook is designed with a variety of basic and open exercises ineach teaching section, which fully combines mechanical and communicativeexercises and can effectively help learners to consolidate language knowledge,improve their ability to express and exercise critical thinking skills. SuggestionThis course is suitable for most universities in China whoseclassroom teaching arrangement is 16-18 teaching weeks (32-36 class hours) persemester. Overseas teachers can also freely choose the teaching contents andflexibly arrange the teaching schedule according to the actual needs.
This course is suitable for Chinese learners who meet Level 4 of the Chinese ProficiencyGrading Standards for International Chinese Language Education.
It is recommended to complete one lesson in 4 class hours,including 2 class hours of audio-visual lessons and 2 class hours of activitylessons.
Each lesson is equipped with teaching courseware; QR code isprovided near to each exercise, which is convenient for learners to scan thecode to watch the video at any time, thus helping learners to make use offragmented time to watch the teaching resources repeatedly, and carry out pre-and post-course review; the appendix of the textbooks contains the vocabularylist, video texts, reference answers to exercises, etc., which makes it easyfor learners to retrieve and comprehend the contents of the video and thetextual information.

Everyday Chinese (Interactive Audio Package)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:48:47 +0800

Stories of the Chinese: Intensive Audiovisual and Reading Course of Intermediate Chinese 2

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:13:05 +0800

A Century of Chinese Classic Movies: Shower (1 DVD)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sun, 28 May 2023 09:54:51 +0800

Soundtrack: Chinese
Subtitles: Chinese / English
Length: 89 minutes
NTSC / All Region / DVD5 / MPEG-2

Shower (Chinese: 洗澡; pinyin: Xǐ zǎo) is a 1999 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Zhang Yang and starring Zhu Xu, Pu Cunxin and Jiang Wu. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 14 September 1999 and won the FIPRESCI Prize. Though only the second directorial work by Zhang and the third production of Imar Film, Shower was selected for numerous film festivals, including San Sebastian Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and Seattle International Film Festival, where it received many awards.

Written by Zhang and a team of young scriptwriters, the film revolves around a family-run bathhouse in Beijing. An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.

Learn Chinese Through Singing Folk Songs

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 11:04:42 +0800

Silk Road Chinese: Chinese Films

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:49:03 +0800

本书为丝路汉语系列教材之一，分为“西部映像”“都市百态”“奇幻武侠”三个篇章，生动呈现中国渊源流长的历史文化和社会现代化的发展进程。本书将电影、语言、文化三者的学习融为一体，以影片赏析的方式和简洁明了的语言介绍中国电影，辅以对汉语词语、语境的学习，以及对中国文化的全方位展示，使学习者通过电影轻松地掌握汉语知识，全景式了解中国社会文化。

Learning Chinese through Movies Vol 1

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 10:30:46 +0800

There are two volumes. each consisting of 6-7 chapters, each chapter supported by approximately 20 minutes of video clips, and requiring about 8 class hours to complete. Each chapter is further divided into six parts, namely story introduction, character introduction, selected dialogue, extensive practice, reading exercise and vocabulary exercise.

Erya Chinese - News Chinese: Audio-Visual Course I

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 09:36:36 +0800

Level: Intermediate, College, Adults

China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Advanced Level 2

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:26:51 +0800

Usage Advice: Since it is a comprehensive course, it should follow the principles of “focusing on brief explanation and frequent exercises” and“providing language input before output. Each lesson takes about 5~6 class hours.

Level: Advanced
College, Adults

China Focus is a set of comprehensive Chinese teaching materials specially designed for the Chinese audiovisual-speaking course. The video clips are extracted from contemporary Chinese social hot issues, feature programs, news, sitcoms, documentaries, talk shows, interviews, entertainment programs, films and TV plays, micro films, etc. Using abundant online video resources, it builds a natural-language-based classroom teaching environment. While meeting students' learning interest and self-development needs, it can stimulate their learning enthusiasm and initiative to the greatest extent. This set of textbooks gives full play to the Chinese audiovisual-speaking course's function of being a window to the society, promoting the integration of language learning and cultural understanding. This is volume 2 of the advanced level, including five lessons on life, literature, science, society and finance. Following the pre-class, in-class and post-class goals, each unit of the course is divided into six parts, i.e., warm-up, intensive watching and listening, extensive watching and listening, enjoying the song, language practice, and learning notes.

About the Author
Wang Tao, the Deputy Director of Center for Audiovisual-Speaking Teaching of the School of Chinese at Beijing International Studies University, is the lead author of “China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course”. He focuses his research areas on mixed teaching mode, integrated media teaching resources and video corpus construction. He won the champion in the Contest of Young Teachers of Beijing International Studies University and got the first prize in the Multimedia Education Software Contest of Beijing. The textbooks he compiled and the courses he taught have respectively won the High-quality Undergraduate Textbook Award of Beijing Universities and the High-quality Undergraduate Course Award of Beijing Universities.

Watching the Movie and Learning Chinese: Flowers in the Cloud (with 1 DVD)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:13:21 +0800

Watching the Movie and Learning Chinese: Flowers in the Cloud is in the Audiovisual Chinese Series published by Beijing Language and Culture University Press. It includes a book and a DVD. Based on the movie Flowers in the Cloud, the book selects 8 excerpts, from which new words and grammar points are chosen and explained in detail. In each lesson, there are exercises on the new words and grammar points as well as the audiovisual exercises based on the movie. A complete version of the film text and explanations of the new words are attached at the end of the book. The accompanying DVD contains two parts: a complete version to be watched for appreciation and a reedited version for use in the classroom.

This textbook is fit for Chinese learners who have learned 3,000 Chinese words. It is used for classroom teaching as well as extra-curricular learning.

China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Advanced Level 1

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:27:10 +0800

Usage Advice
Since it is a comprehensive course, it should follow the principles of “focusing on brief explanation and frequent exercises” and “providing language input before output”.
Each lesson takes about 5~6 class hours.

China Focus is a set of comprehensive Chinese teaching materials specially designed for the Chinese audiovisual-speaking course. The video clips are extracted from contemporary Chinese social hot issues, feature programs, news, sitcoms, documentaries, talk shows, interviews, entertainment programs, films and TV plays, micro films, advertisements, songs, etc. Using abundant online video resources, it builds a natural-language-based classroom teaching environment. It promotes students’ cognitive development through virtual teaching situations, catering to their interest and self-development needs. It thus further explores students’ internal motivation, stimulating their learning initiative, giving full play to the Chinese audiovisual speaking course's function of being a window to the society, and promoting the integration of language learning and cultural understanding. Following the pre-class, in-class and post-class goals, each unit of the course is divided into six parts, i.e., warm-up, intensive watching and listening, extensive watching and listening, enjoying the song, language practice, and learning notes.

Home with Kids - A Multi-skill Chinese Course (2nd Edition) Vol 1

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:16:08 +0800

Chinese Movies: The Last Emperor (Year 1987 Version, English & Chinese)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:18:00 +0800

Region Code: All Region
Subtitles: Mandarin, English
Picture Format: PAL
Length: 155 mins
Screenning Time: 1987

Winner of nine Academy Awards including Best Picture and shot on location at the Forbidden City, this is the epic story of Puyi, who ascended to the declining Qing Dynasty throne at three, was deposed in 1911, reinstated by the Japanese puppet government in the 1930's and eventually sent for "reeducation" after the establishment of the PRC before his death in 1967. 2 Disc Set recorded in Chinese and English with subtitle choice in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English or no subtitle. 156 minutes, DVD-5, All regions. Released in 1987. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.

Advanced Chinese Audiovisual Course (I)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:38:17 +0800

Level: Advanced
For College, Adults

Advanced Chinese Audiovisual Course (II)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:38:17 +0800

Level: Advanced
For College, Adults

Chinese Paradise Level II - CD-ROM

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:10:26 +0800

This CD-ROM set is the companion to the Chinese Paradise Level II. 4 CD-ROMs.

Scenario Chinese II with 2 DVD + 1 MP3

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 10:53:38 +0800

The second part of the Scenario Chinese course continues with ten new episodes of Stories Amid Ourselves, a series of mini-plays shown on television in Beijing. Each episode lasts around five minutes, revolving around various scenarios of urban life in Beijing, with characters drawn from a wide socioeconomic spectrum. All episodes are included on 2 DVDs for convenient study, each accompanied by a unit in the book including the text of the scene, new vocabulary, grammar notes and exercises that emphasize listening and speaking. Designed by the authors to acquaint learners with contemporary Chinese society through authentic and living language, Scenario Chinese is a perfect supplement for college Chinese classes.

A Multi-skill Chinese Course: Home with Kids 3 (with 2 DVD)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 15:15:10 +0800

Scenario Chinese I (with 2 DVD + 1 MP3)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Thu, 20 May 2021 08:22:05 +0800

The first part of the Scenario Chinese course introduces students to Stories Amid Ourselves, a series of mini-plays shown on television in Beijing. These ten episodes, each lasting around five minutes, revolve around various scenarios of urban life in Beijing, with characters drawn from a wide socioeconomic spectrum. Each unit in the book includes the text of the scene, new vocabulary, grammar notes and exercises that emphasize listening and speaking, with the accompanying DVDs providing the footage for convenient study. Designed by the authors to acquaint learners with contemporary Chinese society through authentic and living language, Scenario Chinese is a perfect supplement for college Chinese classes.

CD-ROM: Easy Chinese: Rhythmic Chants for Learning Spoken Chinese Book Two

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:38:26 +0800

Learning Spoken Chinese by Rhythmic Chants is one of the series of Eazy Chinese Textbooks. The language used in the functional texts is rhythmic and teaching is provided in a pleasurable way. All the functional items, which allow students to read the texts aloud and memorize them easily, are close to students' daily life. This series of textbooks are suitable for overseas teenagers to learn Chinese as a foreign language. This multimedia CD-ROM is based on the textbook and features colorful interfaces, animated cartoons and easy operation. It attracts the attention of students and arouses their interest in learning. In addition, the CD-ROM provides a large number of interactive supplementary exercises that make learning fun and effective. This multimedia product can be used as a supplementary material for teaching Chinese in both intemational schools in China and Chinese language schools overseas or self-learning at home.

《汉语韵律会话》是易达汉语系列教材的两套课本之一,是以青少年学生为主要教学对象的口语教材。本套教材以交际功能为主线,课文采用富于韵律的语言编写,琅琅上口,便于记忆。这种诵读的教学方式会大大提高教学的趣味性和学生的学习积极性。该系列多媒体学习光盘与主教材《汉语韵律会话》相配套。光盘界面色彩艳丽、动画设计、操作方便。能吸引孩子们的注意力,使学习变得轻松、有趣。

该学习光盘是基于北京语言大学出版社出版的同名教材改编研发而成。《汉语韵律会话》是易达汉语系列教材的两套课本之一。本套教材采用节奏明快的韵文编写功能课文,以寓教于乐的形式进行课堂教学,所选功能项目贴近生活,且反复重现,非常适合少年儿童学习汉语。本书配套的多媒体互动学习光盘,界面设计选用较艳丽的色彩,卡通风格及动画设计,菜单按钮易于操作,能吸引孩子的注意力,好玩、亲切；让孩子觉得新奇、有兴趣,使学习内容变得轻松、生动。适合用于中国国际学校、海外中文学校的汉语教学。

China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Intermediate Level (I) Public Welfare

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 08:39:52 +0800

Usage Advice: Approximately 4 class hours

Level: Intermediate, Adults

China Focus is a set ofcomprehensive Chinese teaching materials specially designed for the Chinese audiovisual-speaking course. The video clips are extracted from contemporary Chinese social hot issues, feature programs, news, sitcoms, documentaries, talkshows, interviews, entertainment programs, films and TV plays, micro films,advertisements, songs, etc. Using abundant online video resources, it builds anatural-language-based classroom teaching environment, giving full play to theChinese audiovisual-speaking course's function of being a window to thesociety, and promoting the integration of language learning and culturalunderstanding. This set of materials is divided into six levels, each of whichis composed of several themes, encompassing society, economy, culture,education, life, love, and art. Several course modules are designed under eachtheme. The intermediate level (I) includes 10 volumes, each taking 4 classhours and covering the communication functions and scenes commonly used in theelementary level, intermediate level and advanced level. Teachers can develop apersonalized assortment of teaching materials based on the themes they areinterested in, which can either be independently used in anaudiovisual-speaking course, or as exercise materials in a comprehensive class,speaking class, listening class and other classes. The Classification of ChinaFocus Level Vocabulary Learned Speed of Speaking (Characters/Minute) Average Sentence Length Average Number of New Words/Hundred Words Chinese Proficiency (Referring to the Levels of HSK) Elementary (I) 300 160-180 6 5 HSK Level 2 Elementary (II) 600 180-200 8 6 HSK Level 3 Intermediate (I) 1200 200-230 9 7 HSK Level 4 Intermediate (II) 2500 220-250 10 7 HSK Level 5 Advanced (I) 5000 240-280 11 8 HSK Level 6 Advanced (II) 5000+ 250-300 12 8 HSK Level 6+ The intermediate Level (I) includes Public Welfare, Dream, Hobbies,Occupations, Love, Family, Aspirations, Life, Campus, etc. This is Public Welfare.

About the Author
Wang Tao, a teacher of Beijing International Studies University,is devoted to studying Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and focuses hisresearch areas on Chinese language processing and computer-based studies. Heparticipated in the design and development of Jinshan Typing software andassumed the chief responsibility of constructing the TCFL digital resources database of Beijing International Studies University and other scientific programs organized by MOE and Beijing City. He wrote a textbook entitled The Basic Computer-Based Chinese LanguageApplications for International Students and published a number of papers. Besidesthese, he won the champion in the 6th Contest of Young Teachers of Beijing International Studies University and got the first prize in the 2nd MultimediaEducation Software Contest of Beijing.

China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Intermediate Level (I): Occupations

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 08:24:07 +0800

Level: Intermediate

For College, Adults

About the Author
Wang Tao, a teacherof Beijing International Studies University, is devoted to studying TeachingChinese as a Foreign Language, and focuses his research areas on Chineselanguage processing and computer-based studies. He participated in the designand development of Jinshan Typing software and assumed the chief responsibilityof constructing the TCFL digital resources database of Beijing InternationalStudies University and other scientific programs organized by MOE and BeijingCity. He wrote a textbook entitledThe Basic Computer-Based Chinese Language Applications forInternational Studentsand published a number of papers. Besides these,he won the champion in the 6th Contest of Young Teachers of BeijingInternational Studies University and got the first prize in the 2nd MultimediaEducation Software Contest of Beijing.

A Multi-skill Chinese Course: Home with Kids 2(Color Textbook+2DVDs)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 14:35:37 +0800

本教程取材于中国优秀情景喜剧《家有儿女》，适合具有中高级汉语水平的学习者使用。本教程分一、二、三册，每册由4个独立单元组成，每个单元相当于原剧的一集，每单元分为6课，各课由热身问题、课文、词语表、语言点例释、文化点滴、练习等6部分构成，各单元后附有佳句集锦。
这部教材反映的是现代中国普通人的家庭生活，内容幽默有趣，语言地道真实，多角度地体现了中国文化内涵，并以DVD辅助教学与自学，集视、听、说于一体，增加了学习的趣味性。通过本教材，不仅可以使学生在快乐中提高汉语水平，而且可以深入了解通中国人的家庭生活与文化风清。
本教程每册书配有教学DVD两张，内容涵盖剧情播放、生词朗读和语言点精读。

360 Standard Sentences in Chinese Conversations 2: Video Scenes (with 1 USB Disk)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:38:33 +0800

About Author

Mao Yue, Professor of Beijing Language and Culture University, was the author of A Study on Special-Purpose and Intensive Teaching Model for CSL, Essentials of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language and other academic monologues. She was the lead author or one of the authors of a number of Chinese textbooks, including Short-Term Listening Chinese: Elementary, Short-Term Spoken Chinese: Intermediate, Short-Term Listening Chinese, Great Wall Chinese, New Target Chinese Spoken Language, A Complete Handbook of Spoken Chinese, Read Chinese Every Day.

Chinese Follow Me: Chinese Movies: Not One Less

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 09:55:07 +0800

Soundtrack: Chinese
Subtitles: Chinese / English
Length: 100 minutes
NTSC / MPEG-1 2.0 / DVD5 / All Region

Not One Less is a 1999 drama film by Chinese director Zhang Yimou, adapted from Shi Xiangsheng's 1997 story "A Sun in the Sky" (Chinese: 天上有个太阳; pinyin: tiān shàng yǒu ge tàiyáng).

Set in the People's Republic of China during the 1990s, the film centers on a 13-year-old substitute teacher, Wei Minzhi, in the Chinese countryside. Called in to substitute for a village teacher for one month, Wei is told not to lose any students. When one of the boys takes off in search of work in the big city, she goes looking for him. The film addresses education reform in China, the economic gap between urban and rural populations, and the prevalence of bureaucracy and authority figures in everyday life. It is filmed in a neorealist/documentary style with a troupe of non-professional actors who play characters with the same names and occupations as the actors have in real life, blurring the boundaries between drama and reality.

Happpy Beijing: Practical Chinese Conversation (2Books + 3DVDs + 4CDs)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 21:09:21 +0800

Learning Chinese the fun way - Traveling around Beijing happily

Only 15 minutes are needed to learn 5 sentences each day
600 commonly used words and expressions and 200 key sentences
40 situational conversations on the most important aspects of everyday life
50 basic communicative functions
Chinese phonetic spellings, pinyin, and English translations provided for all the words and sentences
More commonly used words and expressions and guides to traveling around Beijing as supplementary materials
6-hour DVD (including explanations and exercises) to help self-learners to learn Chinese at home

本书是为初学汉语的外国朋友编写的速成实用口语教材,配以生动、有趣的电视片,使汉语学习变得轻松、愉快、高效。
本书共40课情景会话,包含问候、介绍、询问等50多个基本交际功能项目以及购物、学习、旅游等近40个日常生活情景,600多个基础生词,200个重点句子,简单常用的口语句型和习惯表达,简洁易懂的讲解和练习,浓缩初级汉语口语精华,为初学者提供了急需的口语学习内容。
本书全文加注汉语拼音和英文翻译,即使不认识汉字也可以学习。教材除了以图书形式出版以外,还配有DVD、CD光盘,方便读者自学和短期培训使用。
轻松学汉语快乐游北京:每天学说五句话,学会只需一刻钟
600个常用词语,200个常用句子:40课情景会话,包括衣食住行各方面
50个基本交际功能项目
全拼音加注,全英文翻译:附加常用词语和北京旅游生活指南
6小时DVD视听教材(包含讲解和练习),在家即可学汉语
这部教材的宗旨,是要让在中国短期生活的外国朋友(旅游观光者、工作者、学习者等),以及想学习汉语的世界各国朋友,通过本教材的学习,能够用最简单的汉语和中国人沟通,达到最基本的汉语交际目的；让所有的汉语初学者能够开口说汉语,哪怕是最简单的几个词、几句话；另外,在语言学习的同时,能够让外国朋友增加对中国历史文化、中国现代生活和北京的兴趣和了解。这部教材,配以形象、生动、有趣的系列电视短片,声音、图像、文字并茂,使汉语学习变得轻松愉快,从而有效地提高学习的兴趣和效率。教材除了以图书形式出版,还配有DVD、CD等多种形式。教材文本配合光盘使用,具有很好的视、听、说教学效果。全文加注汉语拼音和外文翻译,便于初学者自学。本教材适用于零起点或仅有一点儿汉语基础的汉语初学者,可供自学和短期培训使用。对想学习汉语的各阶层人士,对前来北京观光旅游和工作的外国朋友十分实用。随书附赠CD光盘7张。

China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Intermediate Level (I) Education

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 11:02:31 +0800

Usage Advice: Approximately 4 class hours

Level: Intermediate, Adults

China Focus is a set of comprehensive Chinese teaching materials specially designed for the Chinese audiovisual-speaking course. The video clips are extracted from contemporary Chinese social hot issues, feature programs, news, sitcoms, documentaries, talkshows, interviews, entertainment programs, films and TV plays, micro films, advertisements, songs, etc. Using abundant online video resources, it builds a natural-language-based classroom teaching environment, giving full play to theChinese audiovisual-speaking course's function of being a window to the society, and promoting the integration of language learning and cultural understanding. This set of materials is divided into six levels, each of which is composed of several themes, encompassing society, economy, culture,education, life, love, and art. Several course modules are designed under each theme. The intermediate level (I) includes 10 volumes, each taking 4 class hours and covering the communication functions and scenes commonly used in the elementary level, intermediate level and advanced level. Teachers can develop a personalized assortment of teaching materials based on the themes they are interested in, which can either be independently used in an audiovisual-speaking course, or as exercise materials in a comprehensive class,speaking class, listening class and other classes.The Classification of China Focus Level Vocabulary Learned Speed of Speaking (Characters/Minute) Average Sentence Length Average Number of New Words/Hundred Words Chinese Proficiency (Referring to the Levels of HSK) Elementary (I) 300 160-180 6 5 HSK Level 2 Elementary (II) 600 180-200 8 6 HSK Level 3 Intermediate (I) 1200 200-230 9 7 HSK Level 4 Intermediate (II) 2500 220-250 10 7 HSK Level 5 Advanced (I) 5000 240-280 11 8 HSK Level 6 Advanced (II) 5000+ 250-300 12 8 HSK Level 6+ The intermediate Level (I) includes Public Welfare, Dream, Hobbies,Occupations, Love, Family, Aspirations, Life, Campus, etc.

About the Author
Wang Tao, a teacher of Beijing International Studies University,is devoted to studying Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and focuses his research areas on Chinese language processing and computer-based studies. He participated in the design and development of Jinshan Typing software and assumed the chief responsibility of constructing the TCFL digital resources database of Beijing International Studies University and other scientific programs organized by MOE and Beijing City. He wrote a textbook entitled The Basic Computer-Based Chinese Language Applications for International Students and published a number of papers. Besides these, he won the champion in the 6th Contest of Young Teachers of Beijing International Studies University and got the first prize in the 2nd Multimedia Education Software Contest of Beijing.

China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Intermediate Level (I): Hobbies

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 11:01:31 +0800

China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Intermediate Level (I) Dream

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 11:00:49 +0800

Usage Advice: Approximately 4 class hours

Level: Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Adults

China Focus is a set of comprehensive Chinese teaching materials specially designed for the Chinese audiovisual-speaking course. The video clips are extracted from contemporary Chinese social hot issues, feature programs, news, sitcoms, documentaries, talk shows, interviews, entertainment programs, films and TV plays, micro films, advertisements, songs, etc. Using abundant online video resources, it builds a natural-language-based classroom teaching environment, giving full play to the Chinese audiovisual-speaking course's function of being a window to the society, and promoting the integration of language learning and cultural understanding.This set of materials is divided into six levels, each of which is composed of several themes, encompassing society, economy, culture,education, life, love, and art. Several course modules are designed under eachtheme. The intermediate level (I) includes 10 volumes, each taking 4 classhours and covering the communication functions and scenes commonly used in theelementary level, intermediate level and advanced level. Teachers can develop apersonalized assortment of teaching materials based on the themes they are interested in, which can either be independently used in anaudiovisual-speaking course, or as exercise materials in a comprehensive class, speaking class, listening class and other classes. The Classification of ChinaFocus Level Vocabulary Learned Speed of Speaking (Characters/Minute) Average Sentence Length Average Number of New Words/Hundred Words Chinese Proficiency (Referring to the Levels of HSK) Elementary (I) 300 160-180 6 5 HSK Level 2 Elementary (II) 600 180-200 8 6 HSK Level 3 Intermediate (I) 1200 200-230 9 7 HSK Level 4 Intermediate (II) 2500 220-250 10 7 HSK Level 5 Advanced (I) 5000 240-280 11 8 HSK Level 6 Advanced (II) 5000+ 250-300 12 8 HSK Level 6+ The intermediate Level (I) includes Public Welfare, Dream, Hobbies, Occupations, Love, Family, Aspirations, Life, Campus, etc.

About the Author
Wang Tao, a teacher of Beijing International Studies University,is devoted to studying Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and focuses his research areas on Chinese language processing and computer-based studies. He participated in the design and development of Jinshan Typing software and assumed the chief responsibility of constructing the TCFL digital resources database of Beijing International Studies University and other scientific programs organized by MOE and Beijing City. He wrote a textbook entitled The Basic Computer-Based Chinese Language Applications for International Students and published a number of papers. Besides these, he won the champion in the 6th Contest of Young Teachers of Beijing International Studies University and got the first prize in the 2nd Multimedia Education Software Contest of Beijing.

China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Intermediate Level (I): Campus Life

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:18:38 +0800

Communicate in Chinese 4 (1 Book and 3 DVDs)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 08:59:17 +0800

Access China

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:06:14 +0800

以一个来自加拿大的留学生借住在一个中国家庭为背景，全景的展示了一个中国家庭的日常生活和外国人在中国生活的所见所闻，故事情节正实有趣，人物形象生动鲜明。全剧采用高清技术拍摄，共三十集九十幕。
将情景电视剧与计算机多媒体技术相结合，以学习者为主体，通过使用角色替换、语言焦点提示、互动练习、中文书写演示、拼音拼读示范等多项功能，以达到良好的学习效果。经过一年到一年半的学习，可使学习者达到汉语听说、读写的中高级水平。
《行知中国》极大地展示了中国文化的元素，让学习者在学习语言的过程中，了解汉语承载的中国文化的魅力，我们希望《行知中国》借着汉语的无穷魅力，把中国人民的友谊传递给全世界。

China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Intermediate Level (I) Family

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 22:21:44 +0800

Usage Advice: Approximately 4 class hours

Level: Intermediate

College ,Adults

China Focus is a set of comprehensive Chinese teaching materials specially designed for the Chineseaudiovisual-speaking course. The video clips are extracted from contemporary Chinese social hot issues, feature programs, news, sitcoms, documentaries, talk shows, interviews, entertainment programs, films and TV plays, micro films, advertisements, songs, etc. Using abundant online video resources, it builds a natural-language-based classroom teaching environment, giving full play to the Chinese audiovisual-speaking course's function of being a window to thesociety, and promoting the integration of language learning and cultural understanding. This set of materials is divided into six levels, each of which is composed of several themes, encompassing society, economy, culture, education, life, love, and art. Several course modules are designed under each theme. The intermediate level (I) includes 10 volumes, each taking 4 class hours and covering the communication functions and scenes commonly used in the elementary level, intermediate level and advanced level. Teachers can develop a personalized assortment of teaching materials based on the themes they are interested in, which can either be independently used in an audiovisual-speaking course, or as exercise materials in a comprehensive class, speaking class, listening class and other classes.

The Classification of ChinaFocus

Level	Vocabulary Learned	Speed of Speaking (Characters/Minute)	Average Sentence Length	Average Number of New Words/Hundred Words	Chinese Proficiency (Referring to the Levels of HSK)
Elementary (I)	300	160-180	6	5	HSK Level 2
Elementary (II)	600	180-200	8	6	HSK Level 3
Intermediate (I)	1200	200-230	9	7	HSK Level 4
Intermediate (II)	2500	220-250	10	7	HSK Level 5
Advanced (I)	5000	240-280	11	8	HSK Level 6
Advanced (II)	5000+	250-300	12	8	HSK Level6+

The Intermediate Level (I) includes Public Welfare, Dream, Hobbies, Occupations, Love, Family, Aspirations, Life, Campus, etc.

About the Author
Wang Tao, a teacher of Beijing International Studies University,is devoted to studying Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and focuses his research areas on Chinese language processing and computer-based studies. He participated in the design and development of Jinshan Typing software and assumed the chief responsibility of constructing the TCFL digital resources database of Beijing International Studies University and other scientific programs organized by MOE and Beijing City. He wrote a textbook entitled The Basic Computer-Based Chinese LanguageApplications for International Students and published a number of papers. Besides these, he won the champion in the 6th Contest of Young Teachers of Beijing International Studies University and got the first prize in the 2nd MultimediaEducation Software Contest of Beijing.

China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Intermediate Level (I): Life

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 22:18:32 +0800

Level: Intermediate

For College ,Adults

About the Author
Wang Tao, a teacherof Beijing International Studies University, is devoted to studying TeachingChinese as a Foreign Language, and focuses his research areas on Chineselanguage processing and computer-based studies. He participated in the designand development of Jinshan Typing software and assumed the chief responsibilityof constructing the TCFL digital resources database of Beijing InternationalStudies University and other scientific programs organized by MOE and BeijingCity. He wrote a textbook entitledThe Basic Computer-Based Chinese Language Applications forInternational Studentsand published a number of papers. Besides these,he won the champion in the 6th Contest of Young Teachers of BeijingInternational Studies University and got the first prize in the 2nd MultimediaEducation Software Contest of Beijing.

Everyday Chinese (1 book, 3 CDs and 1 DVD-ROM)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 10:15:51 +0800

Authentic Language for Real-life Communication

Everyday Chinese is a multimedia package for the teaching of oral Chinese. It is designed to enable students to master basic conversations and to improve their communicative ability within a short period of time.

Everyday Chinese features 900 sentences that are frequently used in daily life, including a core vocabulary of 1,500 words composed of about 700 Chinese characters, a complementary vocabulary of 450 words, and 100 grammatical structures.

Besides the textbook, Everyday Chinese includes multimedia components including audio CD/MP3 and DVD-ROM, a website and tutorial services. The package presents a combined learning environment for students, allowing them the choice of their favorite learning methods. It also provides learners with a virtual contemporary Chinese community depicted through video clips and animations.

Interactive Chinese (English Version) (8 Books + 8 CDs + 8 CD-Roms)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 21:01:26 +0800

It is an integrated software with words, sounds, pictures, animations and music. It will make you enthusiastic about learning Chinese. It is a wonderfully-designed, high quality software.
More than 20 Chinese experts took part in the planning and the editing of this product. More than 100 multimedia experts and programmers worked together to develop this new product. This software is composed of a total number of 300,000 Chinese words and relevant English explanations. This product consists of 16 CD-ROMs and 8 books and MP3.
This software introduces a step-by-step learning method to you.It starts from the Chinese phonetic alphabet and ends at the HSK examination. It is designed to help you learn oral Chinese during the study of the Chinese phonetic alphabet. Each Chinese character is accompanied by Chinese phonetic alphabet. Each Chinese word or sentence is explained in English.
After you finish it, you will be able to speak fluently and write smoothly. You will be able to reach the intermediate level, which is mentioned in the HSK examination. And also, during the study of the Chinese Idioms and Proverbs, you will be able to have a good understanding about the traditional culture and the long history of China.
This software can be used as a teaching material by education institutions, as well as people who are learning Chinese, especially by businessmen who are studying Chinese by their own.
This software has versions in English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Korean.
Taking use of the latest multimedia technology and combing words, sounds, pictures, animations and music, this software Interactive Chinese enables learners to see, hear, speak and write in the process of studying. It provides an ideal and all-round environment for the learners to study Chinese in a pleasant and completely new style.
Contents covered in this software include Chinese phonetic alphabet, vocabulary, grammar, Chinese culture, and HSK test. To facilitate starters, the interface of this software is bilingual, with classical Chinese music as the background music. The texts, progressing from simple to difficult are practical and systematic, covering the daily life of Chinese people, folk customs, shopping, sightseeing, paying visit to friends, etc. You could hear the Chinese talk, or join in personally. Using this software you will enjoy studying Chinese with its lively and free style.
In the phonetic part, clear animated demonstration is given to the pronunciations of all the initials and finals. In the Chinese character part, character structures are explained in detail, with a demonstration of stroke writing and order. The reading part includes Chinese idioms, proverbs, allusions, and ancient poems, which are closely related to Chinese culture. Using them properly in actual communication will enhance one ¡¯s language proficiency. The HSK part introduces HSK test in detail and learners can test their own levels at any time by themselves.
More than 5000 words are included, each with a translation and pronunciation. Having finished this course, learners will be able to speak fluently and write smoothly, reaching the intermediate level of the HSK test. This software can be used by teaching institutions and students, and is especially suitable for businessmen working in China.

Subject part

Chinese Phonetics & Writing 1CD-ROM(+MP3)+1CD+1BOOK
Textbook (I) 1CD-ROM(+MP3)+1CD+1BOOK
Textbook (II) 1CD-ROM(+MP3)+1CD+1BOOK
Textbook (III) 1CD-ROM(+MP3)+1CD+1BOOK
HSK Mock Test & Vocabulary HSK 1CD-ROM(+MP3)+1CD+1BOOK

Reading part

Idioms & Proverbs 1CD-ROM(+MP3)+1CD+1BOOK
Two-Part Allegorical Sayings & Allusions 1CD-ROM(+MP3)+1CD+1BOOK
Tang Dynasty's Poems & Song Dynasty's Poems 1CD-ROM(+MP3)+1CD+1BOOK

Basic Configurations:
CPU: higher than Pentium II 550
HD space: 800MB
System Memory 64 MB
CD-Rom: 8X
all sound card, microphone/speaker
windows98 and / or above OS in various language versions

Interactive Chinese (French Version) (5 Books + 8 CDs + 8 CD-Roms)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 21:01:04 +0800

Interactive Chinese is an integrated learning Chinese software with words, sounds, pictures, animations and music. Interactive Chinese is user friendly designed, content rich, comprehensive tutorial program. This interactive learning Chinese program will make you enthusiastic about learning Chinese.

More than 20 Chinese experts took part in the planning and the editing of this Chinese educational program-books and lessons. More than 100 multimedia experts and programmers worked together to develop this multimedia learning Chinese software. This software is composed of a total number of 300,000 Chinese words and relevant English explanations. This program package consists of 16 CD-ROMs and five books.

Subject part: Phonetic (1 CD) Chinese character (1 CD) Text (6 CDs) HSK (1 CD) Vocabulary (1 CD)
Reading part: Tang Dynasty's Poems (1 CD) Song Dynasty's Poems (1 CD) Idioms (1 CD) Proverbs (1 CD) Two-part Allegorical Sayings (1 CD) Allusions (1 CD)

This software introduces a comprehensive self-study Chinese way step by step. It starts from the Chinese phonetic alphabet and ends at the HSK examination. It is designed to help you learn oral Chinese during the study of the Chinese phonetic alphabet. Each Chinese character is accompanied by Chinese phonetic alphabet. Each Chinese word or sentence is explained in English.

To facilitate starters, the interface of this software is bilingual, with classical Chinese music as the background music. The texts, progressing from simple to difficult are practical and systematic, covering the daily life of Chinese people, folk customs, shopping, sightseeing, paying visit to friends, etc. You could hear the Chinese talk, or join in personally. Using this software you will enjoy studying Chinese with its lively and free style.

Features

Fully interactive, native speaker, sounds, pictures, animations, and music, learning as lively.

Systematically and comprehensively teaching program from Chinese phonetics to writing Chinese character practice, to HSK test practice.

Superior valuable package: You'll gain the intermediate level and stand out among other learners. Learn Chinese and learn Chinese culture.

Interactive Chinese (Korean Version)(8 Books + 8 CDs + 8 CD-Roms)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 21:01:04 +0800

Interactive Chinese (Japanese Version)(8 Books + 8 CDs + 8 CD-Roms)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 21:01:04 +0800

China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Intermediate Level (I) Success

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Mon, 01 May 2017 21:52:51 +0800

Usage Advice: Approximately 4 class hours

Level: Intermediate
College, Adults

China Focus is a set ofcomprehensive Chinese teaching materials specially designed for the Chineseaudiovisual-speaking course. The video clips are extracted from contemporaryChinese social hot issues, feature programs, news, sitcoms, documentaries, talkshows, interviews, entertainment programs, films and TV plays, micro films,advertisements, songs, etc. Using abundant online video resources, it builds anatural-language-based classroom teaching environment, giving full play to theChinese audiovisual-speaking course's function of being a window to thesociety, and promoting the integration of language learning and culturalunderstanding. This set of materials is divided into six levels, each of whichis composed of several themes, encompassing society, economy, culture,education, life, love, and art. Several course modules are designed under eachtheme. The intermediate level (I) includes 10 volumes, each taking 4 classhours and covering the communication functions and scenes commonly used in theelementary level, intermediate level and advanced level. Teachers can develop apersonalized assortment of teaching materials based on the themes they areinterested in, which can either be independently used in anaudiovisual-speaking course, or as exercise materials in a comprehensive class,speaking class, listening class and other classes.
The Classification of ChinaFocus

Level	Vocabulary Learned	Speed of Speaking (Characters/Minute)	Average Sentence Length	Average Number of New Words/Hundred Words	Chinese Proficiency (Referring to the Levels of HSK)
Elementary (I)	300	160-180	6	5	HSK Level 2
Elementary (II)	600	180-200	8	6	HSK Level 3
Intermediate (I)	1200	200-230	9	7	HSK Level 4
Intermediate (II)	2500	220-250	10	7	HSK Level 5
Advanced (I)	5000	240-280	11	8	HSK Level 6
Advanced (II)	5000+	250-300	12	8	HSK Level6+

The intermediate Level (I) includes Public Welfare, Dream, Hobbies,Occupations, Love, Family, Aspirations, Life, Campus, etc.

About the Author
Wang Tao, a teacher of Beijing International Studies University,is devoted to studying Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and focuses his research areas on Chinese language processing and computer-based studies. He participated in the design and development of Jinshan Typing software and assumed the chief responsibility of constructing the TCFL digital resources database of Beijing International Studies University and other scientific programs organized by MOE and Beijing City. He wrote a textbook entitled The Basic Computer-Based Chinese Language Applications for International Students and published a number of papers. Besides these, he won the champion in the 6th Contest of Young Teachers of Beijing International Studies University and got the first prize in the 2nd Multimedia Education Software Contest of Beijing.

China Focus: Chinese Audiovisual-Speaking Course Intermediate Level (I) Love

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Mon, 01 May 2017 21:49:24 +0800

Usage Advice: Approximately 4 class hours

Level: Intermediate
College, Adults

China Focus is a set ofcomprehensive Chinese teaching materials specially designed for the Chineseaudiovisual-speaking course. The video clips are extracted from contemporaryChinese social hot issues, feature programs, news, sitcoms, documentaries, talkshows, interviews, entertainment programs, films and TV plays, micro films,advertisements, songs, etc. Using abundant online video resources, it builds anatural-language-based classroom teaching environment, giving full play to theChinese audiovisual-speaking course's function of being a window to thesociety, and promoting the integration of language learning and culturalunderstanding. This set of materials is divided into six levels, each of whichis composed of several themes, encompassing society, economy, culture,education, life, love, and art. Several course modules are designed under eachtheme. The intermediate level (I) includes 10 volumes, each taking 4 classhours and covering the communication functions and scenes commonly used in theelementary level, intermediate level and advanced level. Teachers can develop apersonalized assortment of teaching materials based on the themes they areinterested in, which can either be independently used in anaudiovisual-speaking course, or as exercise materials in a comprehensive class,speaking class, listening class and other classes.

The Classification of ChinaFocus

Level	Vocabulary Learned	Speed of Speaking (Characters/Minute)	Average Sentence Length	Average Number of New Words/Hundred Words	Chinese Proficiency (Referring to the Levels of HSK)
Elementary (I)	300	160-180	6	5	HSK Level 2
Elementary (II)	600	180-200	8	6	HSK Level 3
Intermediate (I)	1200	200-230	9	7	HSK Level 4
Intermediate (II)	2500	220-250	10	7	HSK Level 5
Advanced (I)	5000	240-280	11	8	HSK Level 6
Advanced (II)	5000+	250-300	12	8	HSK Level6+

The intermediate Level (I) includes Public Welfare, Dream, Hobbies,Occupations, Love, Family, Aspirations, Life, Campus, etc.

About the Author
Wang Tao, a teacher of Beijing International Studies University,is devoted to studying Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and focuses hisresearch areas on Chinese language processing and computer-based studies. Heparticipated in the design and development of Jinshan Typing software andassumed the chief responsibility of constructing the TCFL digital resourcesdatabase of Beijing International Studies University and other scientificprograms organized by MOE and Beijing City. He wrote a textbook entitled The Basic Computer-Based Chinese LanguageApplications for International Students and published a number of papers. Besidesthese, he won the champion in the 6th Contest of Young Teachers of BeijingInternational Studies University and got the first prize in the 2nd MultimediaEducation Software Contest of Beijing.

Perfect Match: Advanced Chinese Audio-Visual Course (Vol 1, with 2 DVDs)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:20:20 +0800

Happy Chinese 1: An Audiovisual Oral Chinese Course for Intermediate and Advanced Students (with 1 MP3 and 1 DVD)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 20:26:17 +0800

This set of textbook and DVD/CD set is an advanced Chinese language learning program that compiles some of 240 episodes of China's first cartoon TV sitcom, “Happy Stuff”, a show that has been well-received by TV viewers and internet users alike. The series was named one of the best Chinese cartoons by the State Bureau of Radio and Television. The series depicts the life of a pair of twins, a brother and a sister, in the hutongs (alleys) of Beijing, reflecting the concepts of family, friendship and love that are special to modern China. The distinct characters, lively and interesting plot, snappy and humorous dialogue, as well as excellent production values and dramatization all let the students relax and enjoy themselves while learning about what it means to live in China today. There are three volumes for this textbook; every volume has a DVD and a slowed-down MP3 audio recording and a selection of ten intensive viewing episodes plus five extensive viewing episodes appropriate for intermediate level learners of Chinese. The teaching materials are characterized by:
1. A length of about 9 minutes per episode that makes the video a suitable Chinese language audio-visual oral study aid.
2. A combination of classic and contemporary dialogue that offers the students a realistic, authentic language environment in which to better grasp the essence of oral Chinese, allowing them to get a feel for the language and providing an opportunity to improve their listening comprehension in real-life scenarios.
3. Detailed explanations of language points along with a wide-variety of exercises and questions concentrating on oral expression practice that serve as a rich teaching resource suitable for both classroom instruction and self-study.
In short, this unique audio-visual teaching resource blends cultural, scientific and thought-provoking content, making it the ideal choice for students studying authentic oral Chinese and contemporary Chinese culture.

Chinese for Everyone (2 CD-ROMs + 3 CDs + 1 Book + 1 Pack of Cards)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Thu, 14 May 2015 18:59:22 +0800

This textbook is compiled on the concept of "to master communicative Chinese in the shortest time possible", following the proper sequence of language study. It is very suitable for the beginners of Chinese learning.

The textbooks consist of three parts. In "Pronunciation", readers will not only be able to learn Pinyin, lay a good foundation of it, but also learn some basic practical words, which will enhance their sense of accomplishment and self-confidence, and greatly increase their interest in learning Chinese; In "Common Dialogues", all the dialogs are illustrated with interesting pictures, and are written in Pinyin instead of Chinese characters. Readers will learn 100 basic sentences while the knowledge of Pinyin will be further enhanced; In "Situational Dialogues", the sentences are the core sentence that can be expanded and combined to be used in various situate simulating real-life situations, readers will learn the pure and trendy oral Chinese dialogues.

The multimedia software accompanying the textbooks is composed of texts, voices, pictures and animated cartoons. It is user-friendly, interesting and interactive. It can be used not only on computers, but also on mobile phones, iPods, regular MP3 players and the Touch & Talk Pen, which makes it possible to learn Chinese anytime at any place.

Traditional Theatrical Opera of China (1): Puppet Animated Classic Theatrical Opera Textbook for Overseas Confucius Institutes

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 02:51:48 +0800

Perfect Match: Advanced Chinese Audio-Visual Course (Vol 2, with 1 DVD)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 02:48:41 +0800

Journey through China ( 1 DVD)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 10:41:44 +0800

Level: Beginner, Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced

　　This product has been adapted from a large-scale special cultural TV series bearing the same name. The program has been broadcast in North America via the SCOLA satellite television network, and Channel 2 on China Education Television (CETV-2). The series has been warmly received by audiences at home and abroad.

Cultural aspects of interest to foreigners.

Documentary style providing audiences with an in-depth experience of Chinese culture.

Hosted by knowledgeable foreigners who offer a unique perspective on Chinese culture and traditions.

Authoritative sources and local Chinese also provide views on Chinese culture and traditions, giving the narration insights from multiple perspectives.

Supplemented with rich multimedia focusing on the historical and the contemporary aspects of Chinese culture.

Narration is available in Chinese and English, including subtitles in either language.

【Contents】

Kongzhu

Hutong

　The Spring Festival

2CDs: Shifting Tides-Culture in Contemporary China (2 CDs)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:03:05 +0800

2CDs: Shifting Tides-Culture in Contemporary China

Reality Chinese-A Multi-skill Chinese Course for Intermediate and Advanced Students (with 5DVD)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:57:02 +0800

This textbook is designed for intermediate and advanced Chinese learners. It can be used as the primary textbook for a listening/speaking course or a supplementary textbook for a comprehensive course. The vast majority of the vocabulary is at, or above, the C level of the vocabulary guideline designated for HSK. Each chapter of the textbook consists of five components: the main text, vocabulary list, notes, grammar explanations, and exercises in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Chinese Paradise Level I - CD-ROM

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:19:41 +0800

This CD-ROM set is the companion to the Chinese Paradise Level I. 4 CD-ROMs.

Happy China - Learning Chinese Xinjiang Vol 1

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:06:13 +0800

Happy China - Learning Chinese: Xin Jiang Volume 2 (Including a DVD)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:09:44 +0800

Usage Advice: To be used as a self-teaching material by intermediate-level and advanced-level learners or as a textbook for an elective audio-visual-oral course

Level: Intermediate, Advanced

The Xinjiang Volume in the series Happy China－Learning Chinese consists of 30 episodes, which are divided into two volumes. This is Volume 2, which presents the enchanting landscapes of Guozigou Valley (the best scenic spot in Ili, Xinjiang), Sayram Lake and Kanas Lake and introduces the various folkways of ethnic minorities such as Uygurs, Xibes and Tuvans to learners so that they can get to know China and Chinese language during an aesthetic journey. The book includes such parts as Conversations, Words and Expressions, Notes, Substitution Drills and Key Sentence Explanations; it can be used as an audio-visual-oral textbook or a self-teaching material.

2CDs: Crossing Paths-Living and Learning in China

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:28:13 +0800

2CDs: Crossing Paths-Living and Learning in China

Cards of Chinese Characters (1 CD-Rom + 8 Packs of Cards)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:05:39 +0800

The set of cards includes the 800 most commonly used Chinesecharacters. It will improve learners'ability to read and write Chinesecharacters efficiently. Words made up with the characters, andsentences made up with the words will deepen learners' understanding of the characters. It is suitable for non-native Chinese speakers and overseas Chinese. Each character is accompanied by pinyin, illustrations, two or morewords, and one sentence （mostly in the fields of daily life, study, entertainment, work, travel, and business）, covering a vocab,Jlary of3,000 characters. The non-simplified form of the characters are alsogiven for reference. （Simplified characters are mainly used inmainland China, while the non-implified characters are still in use inmany overseas areas. We suggest that learners study the simplifiedcharacter, and have some knowledge of non-simplified characters.）Apart from 100 characters in each set, it also introduces someknowledge about pinyin, writing Chinese characters, Chinese numerals, measurements, proverbs, idioms, two-part allegoricalexpressions, and Tang poems.The cards take the form of international standard playing cards.Each pack is easy to carry and use. One can have fun whilestudying.This set of cards is accompanied by multimedia software. Animation, pictures, words, and sound make your study easy and vivid. It is just like a Chinese teacher who is by your side, teaching you to speak and write.

Operating systems: Windows 2000／XP／Vista／7
Minimum requirements for hardware:
CPU: 200Mhz and above
Memory: 512MB
Display card：above standard 16-bit
Display resolution: above 1024*768
Hard disk: above 1G capacity for installation
CD-Drive: above 24-speed CD-ROM

China History: China in Movies (with 5 DVDs)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:05:39 +0800

Track the evolvement of its society！Feel the rhythm of its development！Grasp the essence of its philosophy！Experience the life of its people！

Contemporary Chinese - For Beginners (2 CD-Roms)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:37:57 +0800

This is a series of textbooks designed for students whose native language is English. The ultimate goal of these books is to develop the student's ability to comprehend and communicate in the Chinese language. Specifically, it provides training in the skills of listening,speaking,reading and writing Chinese.The whole set includes a textbook, an exercise-book, a character book and a set of CD discs in MP3 format and CD-ROMs are available.
The two discs of CD-ROMs are a set of computer software designed specifically for Chinese learners. It can be run on a Pentium Ⅲ computer or above. The operating system should be windows98 or above.

Interactive Chinese(8 Books+1 DVD-ROM+1 CD-ROM) (New Version)

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:20:48 +0800

It is an integrated software with words, sounds, pictures, animations and music. This wonderfully-designed, high-quality software will make you most happy to learn Chinese.
More than twenty Chinese experts took part in the planning and editing of this new product. More than 100 multimedia experts and programmers worked together to develop it. It is composed of 300,000 Chinese words and relevant English explanations, which are included into one DVD-ROM, one CD-ROM and eight books.
It introduces a step-by-step learning method designed to help you learn oral Chinese first during the study of the Chinese phonetic alphabet. Each Chinese character is accompanied by Chinese phonetic alphabet and each Chinese word or sentence is explained in English.
After finishing the whole set, you will be able to speak Chinese fluently and write Chinese characters smoothly and reach the intermediate level ranked by HSK exam. Besides, through the study of the Chinese idioms and proverbs, you will be able to know more about the traditional culture and the long history of China.
This software can be used as teaching material by education institutions, as well as students who are learning Chinese, especially by businesspersons who are studying Chinese on their own.

Contemporary Chinese 4 DVDs for Learning Chinese Vol 3

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:10:10 +0800

The DVD edition of Contemporary Chinese, sponsored by the Office of Chinese Language Council International, is a high-quality video course targeting at the Chinese learning students. Based on the teaching material series, it has the following features:
·It is hosted by both Chinese and foreign comperes in English.
·It is a ready-to-use collection for teachers
·The teaching contents are the same as that of the paper editions and all the situational dialogues are based on the texts of the paperbooks.
·Students from home and abroad play roles in it
·It aims to attract both classroom and self-taught learners
·It is suitable for Chinese-learning programme on television

Contemporary Chinese 4 DVDs for Learning Chinese Vol 2

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:08:30 +0800

Contemporary Chinese 4 DVDs for Learning Chinese Vol 1

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:02:52 +0800

Contemporary Chinese 4 DVDs for Learning Chinese Vol 4

purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:12:06 +0800