Learn Chinese - Language Resources Directory

The following is a list of quality, free resources for learning Chinese on the Internet. This list is intentionally concise - sites are placed purely on merit and represent an up-to-date shortlist of the best sites currently available for learning Chinese online.

Chinese Culture Center - Teach English abroad in China
Teaching English in China - U.S. Embassy in Beijing
TEIC.co.uk - Teach in China resources for UK residents
Teach English Jobs in China - Job listings for ESL jobs in China

- ONLINE LESSONS -

www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/
Lively 10-part video series for learning Mandarin Chinese with dialogues, topic-based units, pronunciation, vocabulary and so on. Also has a nice design as well as a friendly, impressive user experience. Excellent.
mandarin.org.sg/html/learn_mandarin/default.htm
Free online lessons from the "Speak Mandarin Campaign". Includes daily conversations with audio, business Chinese, idioms, cultural information and more.
www.chinese-outpost.com/language/
Offers elementary Chinese lessons focusing on grammar, reading and writing Chinese characters and pronunciation.
chineseculture.about.com/od/chineselanguage/
Includes sections on "Learning Chinese Online", "Chinese Dictionary", "Chinese Schools", "Chinese Symbols and Characters" and more.
chineseculture.about.com
About.com's typically informative coverage of chinese culture.
www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol/content.htm
A free online course for learning Chinese. Offers 15 topic-based units of instruction including audio. Good work.
www.csulb.edu/~txie/online.htm
Various resources for learning Chinese including pronunciation, conversation, grammar, reading, writing and more.
www.wku.edu/~yuanh/AudioChinese/
Survival Chinese lessons with audio conversations enabling you to listen to model Chinese dialogues.
www.minmm.com/classroom/TOC.html
Free online chinese lessons, focusing mainly on phonics and basic vocabulary.

- OTHER -

www.yourdictionary.com/languages/sinotibe.html
Features YourDictionary.com's online Chinese-English dictionary as well as a comprehensive list of other Chinese and Sino-Tibetan language dictionary sites.
www.clavisinica.com/
This is commercial software but possibly very useful. Allows users to input any Chinese document and simply click on a character to see its English definition, pinyin pronunciation, and the meaning of its compound, with a further click yielding "a wealth of lexical information about the word's underlying structure". A useful time-saving tool.
www.mandarintools.com
Provides a wealth of tools for Chinese users such as calendars, dictionaries, flashcards, software and so on, but without offering any actual lessons.
www.zhongwen.com
Portal for learning Chinese language and culture including a Chinese-English dictionary, resources for learning Chinese characters, Chinese-English literature and more. No actual lessons.