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This app has a series of animal flashcards that says the animal and has the Mandarin characters. It then has a choice of four animals and you hear the word and have to choose the animal || Teaches some essential Mandarin characters. || Has animals, body parts and colour available in their free app with more to umlock if you pay. Click on the animal to hear the word, see if in pinyin and Mandarin characters. Then play a matching card game. || Has a choice of four colours, numbers and you hear it and see the Mandarin character. When you get it right you can choose a fun picture to add to a bigger picture. Great motivation for little kids. || Random new vocabulary showing, pinyin, Mandarin characters and the word in English. You can play a guessing game with a flashcard without words. || Match up two pairs and the animal is said with Mandarin characters and pinyin and English. Very child friendly. || This is a fun way to learn to write the characters. The characters fall from above and you tap it and then write it, whilst it gives you the various definitions. A choice of speed and accuracy. ||
 * ** App name to search on ITunes ** || ** What does it do? ** ||
 * ** OU Chinese Characters ** || Character writing practise. Also accompanies OU Chinese beginners course. ||
 * ** Funtime Chinese 1 & 2 ** || Accompanies Dragons in Europe ‘Primary School Chinese’ resource range ||
 * ** Trainchinese Chinese Writer: ** || Learning Chinese characters by playing. ||
 * ** Animal Car 10 ** || Listening and reading skills
 * ** Mandarin Baby Flashcards ** || Listening and reading skills. This app has a choice of topics food, animals, vehicles, numbers, colours and clothing, furniture, body parts, objects, musical instruments. It has flashcards with Mandarin characters and the word in English and you hear the word being said ||
 * ** iLearn Chinese ** || Writing skills
 * ** Kids Mandarin – Education ** || Listening and reading skills
 * ** Love Chinese! Education ** || Listening skills
 * ** Mandarin Flashcards ** || Listening and reading
 * ** Mandarin Language Guide –World Nomads ** || Great phrase books with mixture of pinyin and phonetically written phrases and Mandarin characters. ||
 * ** My Chinese Library App. ** || Useful phrasebook for travelling to China. ||
 * ** WCC Animal Match ** || Listening and reading skills
 * ** Feed Me! Education ** || Listening skills – Guess what the monster is thinking and feed him that object. Fun but easy. ||
 * ** Chinese Writer ** || Writing Mandarin characters.

 Resources from SSAT Chinese Conference 2011

Reference:

SSAT Chinese Conference (2011). //Top 10 Free ICT MFL Resources to engage Chinese students.// Retrieved from []