1. 5QChannel has a new look; how does this change help me?
To view the new 5QChannel, please click the URL: http://www.5qchannel.com/indexe2011.asp
The new 5QChannel does not only contain animations, but also the following reading types:
- Simplified Chinese Animation – Newly recorded simplified Chinese audio.
- Simplified Chinese 5QBook with Pinyin – Page by page audio picture e-book with simplified Chinese and pinyin.
- Simplified Chinese 5QBook without Pinyin – Page by page audio picture e-book with simplified Chinese only.
- Traditional Chinese Animation – Old version traditional Chinese animation.
- Traditional Chinese 5QBook with Pinyin – Page by page audio picture e-book with traditional Chinese and pinyin.
- Traditional Chinese 5QBook with bopomo – Page by page audio picture e-book with traditional Chinese and bopomo.
- Traditional Chinese 5QBook without Pinyin and bopomo – Page by page audio picture e-book with traditional Chinese only.
- English Animation – English eudio newly recorded by native English speaker.
New helpful features:
- New simplified Chinese audio – The difference between traditional and simplified Chinese clearly audible.
- Read along with the story – New page by page audio picture e-books, the 5QBook. The reader can read along with each sentence. Click here to watch sample. (Sample reader: Howard, four year old boy, read along with a story of 5QChannel on iPad. Ten miniutes after, he can memorize the whole story and read it out loud without watching iPad.)
- Word list – Some stories contain difficult words. You can learn the words from the list. Click here to watch sample.
- English – Some stories contain English subtitle or English audio to help English speaker to understand what is about the story before learning it. Click here to watch sample.
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2. How to apply for 5QChannel Free Trial Member;
You must be a school teacher to be a Free Trial Member. If you are interested in our products and would like to try out more on 5QChannel Reading Website before purchasing, please contact us at jr@5qchannel.com and supply the following details:
- Your name and contact information.
- School or institute you are teaching at.
- Your reason for trying out 5QChannel Reading Website.
- Your needs with regard to quantity.
- Your needs with regard to type of product.
After checking your details, we will provide a free account for you to try out for 15 days. We appreciate your interest.
The free trial membership allows you to log in to view all contents of 5QChannel.com within 15 days.
If you need more assistance from us, please tell us what are your needs. We will do our best to offer more information about how our web can be helpful for your teaching. Here are what teachers use our website for their teaching or research:
- Using 5QChannel Visuals as The Speaking Activity Resource
Instructor : Joanne Chen蘇芳儀老師
School : Irvine Valley College
- 動漫中文課
Instructor: 連育仁
School: 國立臺灣師範大學國語教學中心
PDF: (click to download pdf)
-
成语流动学习历程“成语，动起来！”中的课程设计
黄龙翔
新加坡国立教育学院学习科学研究所
PDF: (click to download pdf)
If you are not a teacher, we offer a Free Try-out (“Experience It” button) on the 5QChannel front page. Inside the Try-out page you have access to two products:
- 5QChannel website – One free animation for every series. There are 20 free animations.
- Animation & Curriculum CD-ROMs – We provide one unit from each CD-ROM for free.
3. What is 5QChannel Reading Website?
5QChannel Reading Website is a digital storytelling website full of culturally authentic stories. The web design is aimed at helping children to read classic stories online. We make an effort to portray tough classics in animation form and also to make it easier to read. The content of the website includes subjects like traditional customs, rhymes, classics, morals and the wisdom of Confucius, etc. We endeavor to help all readers around the world to read Chinese classics easily. With 5QChannel Reading Website, we really hope to arouse interest among children and thus encourage them to learn and read voluntarily.
4. How many series are there on the 5QChannel Reading Website?
There are 21 series and about 570 animations online at present. We provide three selections – Traditional and Simplified Chinese and English subtitles. The subjects are as follows:
- Legend of the Chinese Zodiac – (繁: 十二生肖, 简: 十二生肖)
- Phonetics（Bopomofo）- (繁: ㄅㄆㄇ)
- Read Aloud – (繁: 念一念, 简: 念一念)
- The Trimetric Classic - (繁: 三字經, 简: 三字经)
- Legend – (繁: 傳奇故事, 简: 传奇故事)
- Flowers in the Mirror – (繁: 鏡花緣, 简: 镜花缘)
- Journey to the West – (繁: 西遊記, 简: 西游记)
- Detective Ji Xiao Lan – (繁: 妙探紀曉嵐, 简: 妙探纪晓岚)
- Aesop’s Fables – (繁: 伊索寓言, 简: 伊索寓言)
- The Legend of Chinese Festivals – (繁: 節慶傳說, 简: 节庆传说)
- Western Fairytales – (繁: 西洋童話, 简: 西洋童话)
- Folktales and Mythology – (繁: 訪仙錄, 简: 访仙录)
- Thirty-Six Strategies – (繁: 三十六計, 简: 三十六计)
- Stories of the Western Zodiac – (繁: 十二星座, 简: 十二星座)
- The Legend of Lady White Snake – (繁: 白蛇傳, 简: 白蛇传)
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms – (繁: 三國演義, 简: 三国演义)
- Chinese Idioms – (繁: 成語故事, 简: 成语故事)
- Chinese Idioms in Manga – (繁: 成語漫畫, 简: 成语漫画)
- Analects of Confucius – (繁: 論語, 简: 论语)
- Taiwanese Folk Stories – (繁: 台灣童話, 简: 台湾童话)
- (繁: 寓言故事, 简: 寓言故事)
5. What is the difference between Traditional and Simplified Chinese and English selections on the 5QChannel Reading Website?
We provide simplified Chinese animations, of which the subtitles were translated from the traditional version. However, it is not always possible to translate traditional Chinese into simplified Chinese. There are 18 series with over 400 Simplified Chinese animations online.
We also provide English animations online. All the subtitles are translated into English. People who have difficulty reading Chinese can choose English subtitle animations. There are 10 series with over 150 English subtitle animations available online.
6. How long is each story?
To make the reading and learning effective, each story is about 3-5 minutes.
7. Will the stories in 5QChannel Reading Website be updated?
We will update 4-5 new stories or reading materials on this website on a monthly basis. The number of stories as well as the functions and facilities will be expanded. For example, in 2008 we added a Simplified Chinese platform and in 2009 we added an English platform so that readers can watch three versions of animation at one time.
8. Why are some series of stories incomplete?
In order to make the Classics easier to read, we need to present those stories in several volumes. Each story is presented in high quality and with exquisite pictures and animations, which makes it more time consuming.
For example, Journey to the West, written by Wu Cheng’en, is a thick classical novel from the Chinese literature. The story is very long and complicated and was written in over 100 volumes. Therefore, we need to present the story in many animations. We appreciate your patience in waiting for our monthly update.
9. I can’t see the animations. What should I do?
We use Flash for our animation productions. If you can’t see the content on our website, please download and set up Flash Player on your computer.
10. What is the subscription fee to 5QChannel Reading Website for individuals?
5QChannel Reading Website is sold with membership.
The annual subscription fee is USD140. We supply some discount promotion from time to time, so please stay tuned in to our update news and you could get a special discount.
Want to subscribe now? Please click here.
11. What is the subscription fee to 5QChannel Reading Website for schools?
We require at least 20 user accounts at one purchase. This means your school will have 20 different users(teachers or computers) to log in at a same time. The school user account right is the same as individual account. The account user can use it to log in to watch all the animations inside 5QChannel.com.
The price for one school user will be as low as USD$30 per year instead of USD$140 per year for individual. You can purchase 20 accounts with USD$600 for one year subscription. If you need more accounts for your school, please contact us for more information. We will provide a favorable price. Check the price list:
If your school need more than 20 accounts, please contact us for more information.
12.Do you have Animation CD-ROMs for sale? What is the difference between animations on the CD-ROM and those on 5QChannel Reading Website?
The CD-ROMs are authorized for teaching in school and for libraries. Those CD-ROMs are collected for people who do not have 5QChannel Reading Website membership and for those who do not have access to the internet. Up to now we have released the following animation CD-ROMs:
- The Legend of Chinese Festivals
- Legend of Chinese Zodiac
- The Legend of Lady White Snake
- Aesop’s Fables
- Chinese Idiom Stories I
Want to purchase? Please check here.
13.Why can’t I see the animations for a while after I have logged in?
To prevent someone from pirating your account, the system registers the period of time after login. When the computer is not in use for a while, the system signs out automatically. If you want to continue, please sign in again.
14.Should I need to sign in again after I leave the web page?
When leave the web page, the system deletes your login information. Therefore, if you want to use the system, you need to sign in again.
15.I want to change the details of my membership. What should I do?
If you have signed in, please click here to check your information.
If you haven’t signed in yet, please sign in from the 5QChannel home page and then check the details.
