R. VanNess Simmons


Welcome to the web site of
R. VanNess Simmons
Associate Professor of Chinese at Rutgers University Also known as: Richard V. Simmons,
史皓元 (sometimes "史皓圆"), 史瑞明


Courses	Links for Learning Chinese & Scholarship Opportunities	Study Abroad, Summer Schools, & Internships	China Related Links
Link to Asian Studies at Rutgers	Chinese Linguistics	My vita	Other

Office Address:
Rutgers New Brunswick

School of Arts & Sciences

Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

43 College Avenue, Scott Hall, Room 330

New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1164

Office Phone: (732) 932-5597

Fax: (732) 932-7926

Email: rv.simmons@rutgers.edu

Current Courses:

Chinese 101 : Elementary Chinese

Fall '09

Old Syllabus (Fall '01)

Chinese 102 : Elementary Chinese

Spring '09

Revised Schedule Spring '07
Old Syllabi (Spring '03, Summer '03)

Chinese 103 : Elementary Chinese Conversation

Winter '06

Supplementary Chinese language learning sites for the above classes:

Rutgers Multimedia Chinese Teaching System (RMCTS)

Digiclass@Rutgers (Select "Chinese" from the list of topics)

On-line Mandarin Tools and stand-alone DimSum (by Erik E. Peterson)

Free daily podcasts for learning Chinese at www.chinesepod.com

Chinese 210 : Characteristics of the Chinese Language

Fall '09

Sample Quiz 1

Review sheet for the exams

About Hànyǔ pīnyīn

Old Syllabus (Fall '01)

Chinese 321 : Introduction to Literary Chinese (Fall '09)
Chinese 425 : Chinese Dialects (Spring '09)

Simmons' study of Dialect Isoglosses in Southern Jiangsu

University of Texas maps of China
Web site of the International Phonetic Association

IPA Chart

The IPA lab at the University of Victoria Department of Linguistics

Their interactive Multimedia IPA Chart

Paul Meier's Interactive IPA Charts
The following sites are useful in setting up IPA with Unicode fonts on computers

The International Phonetic Alphabet in Unicode by John Wells

Alan Wood’s Unicode Resources

Nigel Greenwood: on typing IPA

John Wells's phonetic blog

See especially the entry for Thursday, 15 March 2007, regarding apical vowels in Chinese
And the related entries for for 26, 27 and 30 January 2007

For IPA in practice, see:

The Speech Accent Archive

Other Links on Chinese Dialects

At Glossika Language Net

At Wikipedia

Chinese 430 : Advanced Chinese Grammar (Summer '09)

Guides to Gwoyeu Romatzyh: (1) by David Branner ; (2) by Richard Warmington's GR Junction ; (3) by Nigel Greenwood: on reading GR and on writing GR

Basic Chinese Grammar : an outline in slides

Review Questions
Four corner method of Chinese character classification

Chinese 504 : Advanced Topics In Chinese Languages And Linguistics (Summer '08)

Past Courses:

Chinese 264 : Chinese Drama and Performing Arts (Spring '99)

The syllabus includes a set of Web Links to sites on Traditional Chinese Performing Arts

Lecture outline 1/26/99-2/25/99

Lecture outline 3/4/99-4/22/99

Chinese 410 : The Chinese Novel (Spring '03)

Sample outline assignment

Also see:

Information on Other Courses and the Major and Minors offered by Rutgers Asian Language and Cultures

Rutgers Career Services list of Career Opportunities for Majors in East Asian Studies

Study Abroad and Intensive Summer Language Programs:

Rutgers Summer Chinese Program at Jilin University in Changchun, China

Also visit the Rutgers Study Abroad page about this program

Rutgers Semester Study Abroad Program in China at Jilin University
Harvard's Study Chinese Abroad list has addresses for the other programs I recommend most often:

Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)

CET Academic Programs

Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua

The Hopkins-Nanjing Program (further information also here )

Princeton in Beijing

Orient Yourself: Online Catalog of Study Abroad Opportunities in East Asia
Other possibilities include:

Associated Colleges in China

The International Chinese Language Program administered by National Taiwan University

University of Massachusetts programs in Taiwan and mainland China

Duke Study in China Program

The Mandarin Training Center in Taipei, Taiwan

The Mandarin Learning Center at Chinese Culture University Continuing Ed. in Taipei, Taiwan
The International Summer School Chinese Language Programme at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

IEF Education Foundation (IEF) Ambassadors Summer Program in China and Taiwan

BCA Programs in Shanghai and Dalian

Columbia University's Summer Language Program in Beijing

New York University's Summer Language Program in Nanjing (Scroll down the page for the information.)

Cornell University's FALCON Program

University of Minnesota's programs in China

The Alliance for Global Education Study in China program

China Quest study and tour programs

EducAsian's study in China programs
The China Homestay program

American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) program at Beijing Language and Culture University

The Overseas Chinese Youth Language Training and Study Tour--Information can be obtained through the Taipei Cultural Office in New York

Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission program

School for International Training (SIT) College Semester Abroad program in Kunming, China, which can be partially funded through a SIT/freeman merit grant

The Beijing Chinese School

Chinese Language Education and Research Center (CLERC) program in Beijing

Worldlink Education's Beijing Center

Roots in China Education International

Sinoculture has opportunities for learning Chinese and for teaching English

study-in-china.org

Mandarinet
Global Exchange Study in China Programs

University Studies Abroad Consortium has Summer Programs and Semester Programs

Programs for younger students:

Yinghua in Beijing (for students 12 to 18 years)
Foundation Programs' Glimpses of China (geared toward high school students)
Academic Treks Immersion in China adventure program for teens
Youth For Understanding USA has a Discover China program for teens

For not-quite-abroad Summer immersion programs, see:

Falcon Program at Cornell University

Middlebury's Summer School

Summer Intensive Program in Chinese at Beloit College

Ohio State University's Intensive Summer Chinese

Information on scholarship and fellowship opportunities

The Rutgers New Brunswick Fellowship and Scholarship Committee page

Critical language scholarships in Chinese from the United States Department of State and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Freeman Asia Awards for Study in Asia

School for International Training's SIT/Freeman merit scholarship for study in Asia

The Blakemore Foundation

The Zhonghua Scholarship Program

Further possilibilities listed by Patrick Moran at Wake Forest University

The Dragon Foundation

Internship and teaching programs:

Rutgers Career Services International Opportunities Site
The Asia Pacific Internship Program of the Washington Center for Internships

Internships through the Beijing Program of Asian Studies at Peking University

China Academic Connections Interships

The Beijing Hutong School

Abroad China

The LAB Program: Chinese Language Business Internships in Beijing

Boston University's Beijing Internship Program

Ohio State University's U.S./China Links Program

Lehigh University's Summer Internship in Shanghai

Glexchange Chinese Work Experience Programs

TEFL International and Oregon Institute of International Education offer teaching opportunities and paid business internships in China
International Partnerships in Education English teaching internships
International Cooperative Education (ICE) provides paid internships in China (recommended by Rutgers Career Services)
IEF Education Foundation Teach English in China placement program, also see their main page at http://www.ief-usa.org

USCampus.com opportunities in China

Arlington Amer-China Partners' Teach in China Program

www.teach-in-china.cn in China's Liaoning Province

Opportunities for Teaching (English) in China and Taiwan
TEFL International Teach English in China program

Alliances Abroad

Links to sites for learning Chinese on the Web:

Chinese Language Learning Links Wiki
Chinese Multimedia at Oxford

Rutgers Multimedia Chinese Teaching System

Learning resources, on-line tutoring, and voice instruction at eChineseLearning.com
Mandarin Language Learner's List

Saynihao.org

Learning Chinese Online -- a site of useful links by Dr. Tianwei Xie of Cal. State Long Beach

Dr. Xie's Shanghai Dialect page

Clopper Almon's Field Guide to Chinese Characters

Arch Chinese Character Learing Site (requires registration)
Language Learning Library Chinese Pages

Harvard University's Chinese Pronunciation Guide

Chinese Language Web

Prof. J. Becker's Chinese Links

Clavis Sinica's Chinese Voices Project
Bai Jianhua's Video Clips of Survival Chinese, Real People On Real Topics

ChineseNow language learners forum
Chinglish.com Bilingual E-mail Community

YellowBridge Chinese Language Center

The Languages of China page

The Lingua Sinica Chinese-English Dictionary

Alan Peterka's Pinyin practice page

Pinyin pronunciation at Chinese-English Language Exchange page

David L. Porters's Chinese Character Test

Chinese Language and Culture Forums

On-line conversation and tutoring at "China Hairshop"

A guide to the origin of Zhu Yin Fu Hao by Jason Cox

Resources on Taiwanese, Hakka and Chaozhou offered by Jason Cox

Wu Dialect Resources (currently all in Chinese):

Nigel Greenwood's pages with guides to guides to Gwoyeu Romatzyh, useful software, etc.

Erik Peterson's Chinese Tools page, including

Chinese Character Flashcards

Chinese Name Maker

Erik Peterson's Chinese Text Annotator

Chinese Character Genealogy by Rick Harbaugh

Web applications for Chinese learning at ocrat.com

Online College of Chinese Language developed by East China Normal University

Their Chinese Internet Teaching Center

The University of Hawaii's ChiNews-On-Web Course

Useful links at the Los Angeles Chinese Learning Center

Richard Warmington’s Chinese Language Page

Jun Da's Page on Chinese Text Processing

These sites will lead to just about any China or Chinese related page you may wish to find:

Marjorie Chan's China Links

Tianwei Xie's Bookmark Page

Asia Source , the Asia Society's resource page

Chinese Media Guide
Helmer Aslaksen's Chinese Calendar page

Han Culture InforUnion

Academia Sinica Research Resources

Asia for Educators at Columbia University

The Song Dynasty in China

US-China Peoples Friendship Association (USCPFA)

Association Française des Professeurs de Chinois

The association's links page

About.com's Chinese page

A site about "Tongyong pinyin"

Carlos McEvilly's Chinese Language Related Information Page

Chinese-Related Links at ocrat.com

Shunguo Liu's list of Chinese periodicals

Chinese Yahoo (the GB version)

Sohoo --a Chinese index and search page

Goyoyo --a Chinese portal page

Sina.com --a Chinese portal page with Chinese in graphic format

Chinese New Year's e-cards at 123greetings.com

USC's Chinese Libraries and Bookstores On-line

The Chinese University Press in Hong Kong

HK Commercial Press On-line bookstore

Books on Asia at The Old Bookroom

China News Digest

A place to get a Chinese Calendar

Dr Ron Epstein's Resources for the Study of Buddhism

Charles Muller's Resources for the Study of East Asian Language and Thought

American Oriental Society, Western Branch -- WBAOS

China on TV site

Chinese and Asian literature and linguistics related links

The Eastern Linguistics site in Shanghai

CLTA-GNY Directory of Chinese schools and programs in NY, NJ and CT

The Yuen Ren Society at www.yuenrensociety.com

Yuen Ren Society 1999 Annual Conference

The SEAL system (System of Exhibition and Analysis of Linguistic Data), developed and published by Chitsuko and Yusuke Fukushima

China Historical GIS

Regarding ESRI software at Rutgers (ESRI is one of the leading producers of software for Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Their main products are ArcInfo and ArcView)