Mandarin Course from Wilmington

Last updated 2018-10-31

Introduction
PDF Link Navigation and Annotation
Downloading and Opening the Files
Updates and Other Information
Download Links

Introduction

These are theo. Mandarin course materials that were prepared in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. The textbook is an updated version of the Philadelphia Mandarin course textbook. The current version of the Wilmington course textbook is dated August 22, 2013.

The one who created the course made an instructor’s version of the textbook (containing the quiz in lesson 12) and a student’s version (which does not contain the quiz). The page numbers line up between the two versions.

Thanks go out to those who produced these materials and made them available for other Mandarin-learners to benefit from.

PDF Link Navigation and Annotation

The PDF files linked to below with “LN-A” (“Link Navigation-Annotation”) in their names have been enriched and fortified with bookmarks, links, and annotation support.

PDF bookmarks and links work like web hyperlinks, immediately taking you to the destination linked to when they are clicked or tapped on. This capability makes the files much easier to navigate around in, especially on mobile devices such as the iPhone, the iPod touch, and the iPad. (See the PDF Link Navigation page for more information, including a video screen recording of the PDF bookmarks and links in action.)

Note especially that in each PDF file linked to below, the headings in the Table of Contents and in the Index act as links to the indicated sections of the file. The headings of those sections in turn act as links back to the Table of Contents.

PDF annotation is the ability to add notes or highlighting to PDFs, analogous to how margin notes, underlining, etc. can be added to paper printouts. (See the PDF Annotation (Notes & Highlighting) page for more information.)

Downloading and Opening the Files

To download and open the files on an iPad or an iPhone/iPod touch using the app Documents:

Open the Documents app, and decide on an existing folder or make a new one to hold the file(s) you will be downloading.
To make sure that things happen according to the instructions below, in the Documents app’s Settings (the gear ⚙️ icon on the top left), in the Browser section, make sure that Enable Browser and Download Preferences | Ask me everytime are turned on.
In the Browser in Documents (iPad: main view, left sidebar; iPhone/iPod touch: the compass 🧭 icon on the bottom right), go to this page (https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/wilmington/) (short link: tiandi.info/courses) if you’re not already here in the Documents app’s Browser.
On this page when it’s loaded in the Documents app’s Browser, tap and hold on the link for the file you want, select Download link from the menu that appears, make sure the folder you want to save the file to is selected in the dialogue box that appears, then tap on Done and wait for the file to be downloaded.
In the folder in Documents where the file was saved to, tap the file to open it or play it in Documents.

To download the files on a PC or a Mac:

Right-click on the desired download link and select Save Link As..., or Save Target As..., or Download Linked File As..., or something similar depending on your browser.
Select a folder on your hard drive to save the file to and click the Save button or something similar to proceed with the download.

The Portable Document Format (PDF) files can be opened using the Adobe Reader program, version 7 or above, although I recommend that you use the latest version. This program is free to download, and it runs on a variety of platforms, including Macs. (macOS’ Preview program may be used as well.) This button links to the download page for Adobe Reader:

The audio files are in MP3 format, and they can be played on desktop and laptop computers using various apps.

Updates and Other Information

Check the Links News blog (news feed, Twitter) for news regarding updates to this resource, and also for news regarding other resources prepared by our fellow workers in the Chinese fields. You may also find it interesting to check out the tiandi.info blog (news feed, Twitter), which is about various things related to the Chinese fields. (Note: The original login info still works for the parts of tiandi.info that require it, but now you can also log in using the login info that is used on 3lines.org, except with tiandi in front of the first item.)