Language Courses from Qi Journal

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CHINESE LANGUAGE:

Many of our readers have difficult with the Chinese language. For

many, it seems that it is easier to practice taiji, tuina, or qigong

than to pronounce it correctly. To help, we have posted the

following:

 

1. In partnership with the Beijing Language and Culture University

(BLCU) in China, we can now offer you accredited degree and

non-degree programs in Chinese language. BLCU is the largest and most

respected language school in all of China and specializes in teaching

Chinese for foreigners. You can register for online courses from your

home or office or classroom courses in Beijing. You can actually earn

enough credits for a Bachelors of Arts in Chinese Language without

leaving home... and the cost is very reasonable at only $40 per

credit. See details at our special page:

http://qi-journal.com/blcu.asp?vendor=newsletter

 

2. We have posted several new tools in the language area of our

cultural section. A new romanization converter is especially helpful

to discover that Lao Tzu and Lao Zi are the same person. Perhaps this

tool will help everyone become more consistent in their

romanizations. While I don't mind persons using any of the popular

systems (pinyin, Yale, or Wade-Giles), I think they should avoid

using a mixture of them in the same story (or sentence). Go to

http://qi-journal.com/culture.asp?vendor=newsletter and select the

" language " subtopic.

 

3. Last, but not least... a complete Chinese to English dictionary.

We wrote a new interface to a public domain text file that lists

21,498 Chinese words and expressions. You can type in Chinese,

pinyin, or English and get a translation. This dictionary was written

for those able to view Chinese characters on their PC, but we knew

that many of our readers don't have such ability.... therefore we did

our largest project to date. We made 21,498 GIF pictures for our

simplified listings so you can view them with any browser. (yes, the

traditional characters are being worked on for a future update).

Visit the dictionary at

http://qi-journal.com/cdict.asp?vendor=newsletter

 

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CATALOG:

Browsing our print catalog is a wonderful experience, but browsing

through over 2500 items in our o nline catalog is painful unless you

already know what you want. We have split out several popular topics

into smaller, more specialized versions that are more friendly to

browse. These are exactly the same products as in our larger

catalog... just a little easier to view, with better pictures, etc.

-- Arts and Crafts: http://qi-journal.com/artscatalog.asp?

vendor=newsletter

-- Language and Culture:

http://qi-journal.com/languagecatalog.asp?vendor=newsletter