An overview of how you can use your iPod Touch or iPhone to help you learn Chinese.

1. iStudy Chinese
A look at how you can use your
iPod Touch or iPhone to help you
learn Chinese
Cameron Kerr

2. Demos
Enabling Chinese Input
Input Chinese
Flashcards using iFlipr
Dianhua dictionary and
study system

3. Got Chinese?
Settings

4. Got Chinese?
Settings
General

5. Got Chinese?
Settings
General
Keyboard

6. Got Chinese?
Settings
General
Keyboard
International Keyboards

7. Got Chinese?
Settings
General
Keyboard
International Keyboards
Chinese (Simplified)

8. Got Chinese?
Settings
General
Keyboard
International Keyboards
Chinese (Simplified)
Turn on Handwriting
and Pinyin inputs

9. Input Chinese
Globe icon cycles input
method
• English
• Chinese handwriting
• Chinese pinyin

10. Input Chinese
Globe icon cycles input
method
• English
• Chinese handwriting
• Chinese pinyin

11. Input Chinese
Globe icon cycles input
method
• English
• Chinese handwriting
• Chinese pinyin

12. Input Chinese
Globe icon cycles input
method
• English
• Chinese handwriting
• Chinese pinyin
‣ with completion

13. iFlipr
$5.29 NZD from
AppStore
• huge on-line
collection of
community
contributed decks
• Portable!
‣ make most use of your
downtime

14. iFlipr
Search from a huge on-
line collection of
community-contributed
decks
Make your own on the
iFlipr website or on
your iPod and sync over
WiFi

15. iFlipr
Once you’ve found the
decks you like, add them
to your favourites and
use them offline
• No internet
connection required to
practice!

16. iFlipr
Front to back

17. iFlipr
Front to back
Back to front

18. iFlipr
Flashcards or
multichoice
Linear (self-test) or
“Leitner” (learning)
ordering
Scale font sizes
Limited font choice
Verdana Hei

19. iFlipr
You can create your
own decks

20. iFlipr
You can create your
own decks with
Chinese and English
Though you can’t
recombine characters,
pinyin and English

21. iFlipr
You can include photos
and sound in your
flashcards

22. iFlipr
You can even include
some pinyin marks,
although third tone isn’t
supported, as it’s not
used in real languages
Remember, pinyin isn’t a
language, but a phonetic
notation system
Create on the website

23. DianHua
Free dictionary, based
on community edited
CEDICT dictionary
Also available:
• Audio module for
pronunciation
• Number practice

24. DianHua
English
pin yin
pin1 yin1
You choose

25. DianHua
English
pin yin
pin1 yin1
Even handwriting!
(stroke order matters)

26. DianHua
Easily readable search
results

27. DianHua
Commonly you will
have many possible
meanings to choose
from, or many possible
things to say
• A better dictionary
would have usage
guides, etc.

28. DianHua
Pronunciation linked to
DianHua Audio module

29. DianHua
Search history ends up
being very useful when
trying to use Chinese in
the real world without a
guide

30. DianHua
Not just a dictionary
Includes comprehensive
study kit, for free
• Bookmark words

31. DianHua
Not just a dictionary
Includes comprehensive
study kit, for free
• Bookmark words
• Flashcards

32. DianHua
Not just a dictionary
Includes comprehensive
study kit, for free
• Bookmark words
• Flashcards
‣ make use of your
bookmark folders

33. DianHua
Not just a dictionary
Includes comprehensive
study kit, for free
• Bookmark words
• Flashcards
‣ Right, Wrong or just
Don’t know

34. DianHua
Not just a dictionary
Includes comprehensive
study kit, for free
• Bookmark words
• Flashcards
‣ Right, Wrong or just
Don’t know
‣ Recombine Chinese,
Pinyin and English

35. DianHua
You can even lookup
and pronounce numbers
Seperately available is a
program for learning
numbers

36. DianHua
New feature: writing /
typing test
• Test writing

37. DianHua
New feature: writing /
typing test
• Test writing
• Test pinyin
Immature, needs more
user feedback

38. Costs a little Free
Make your own cards Form words only from dictionary
Multimedia cards Audio module
Good user feedback Text only cards
Huge community collection of decks More features

39. It’s portable!
30 minutes walking to work
30 minutes walking back
Public transport
Waiting for coffee
Waiting for friends
Between lectures
Between TV ads
plus it can carry your audio files!
You don’t need an iPod or smart-
phone to all this this, but it can be a
useful companion to learning.
Smaller than real cards too.