Top ten programs (outside China):

1. Chinese Language Program at University of Maryland, USA
2. Beginner Madarin Chinese Class at Yao Mandarin in New York City
3. China and Korea Centre at Australian National University
4. Columbia University Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
5. Universiteit Leiden
6. Chinese Program at La Trobe University,Victoria,Australia
7. Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Georgetown University
8. The Chinese Language Program at the University of California, Irvine
9. Asian Languages Depatment, Stanford University
10. East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara

Top ten books:

1. Colloquial Chinese (paperback plus 2 cassettes) by Kan Qian
2. Pimsleur Chinese by Pimsleur
3. Conversational Chinese 301, 6 Audio Cassettes & 1 Book
4. Mandarin Step by Step by David Parshall & Martin Symonds
5. Integrated Chinese by Daozhong Yao
6. Beginner's Chinese (paperback plus 2 audio CD) by Yong Ho
7. WenLin Software For Learning Chinese by Wenlin Institute, Inc
8. Dragon's Tongue: Communicating in Chinese (Video)
9. Instant Immersion Mandarin Chinese (8 Audio CD Set)
10. Visual Chinese Language Learning Series (software)

Top ten teachers (outside China):

1. Marjorie K.M. Chan, College of Humanities, Ohio State University
2. Tim Xie, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, California State University Long Beach, USA
3. Haiwang Yuan,Associate Professor, Western Kentucky University, USA
4. Mary Jacob,Department of East Asian languages and Cultures, UC Davis
5. R. VanNess Simmons, Associate Professor of Chinese at Rutgers University
6. Jane Parish Yang, Dept. of E. Asian Langs. and Cultures, Lawrence University
7. Claudia Ross, College of the Holy Cross Worcester,
8. Baozhang He, Dept. of E. Asian Lg. and Civilizations, Harvard University
9. Cynthia Ning,Center for Chinese Studies, University of Hawaii
10. Claire Kotenbeutel,James Madison Memorial High School

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