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Improve your Chinese language skills effectively using NewsTalk, an innovative platform that combines cutting-edge language technology with a trove of interesting and practical Chinese content.

Designed for independent learning, Newstalk is a joint product of award-winning developer GistXL and Singapore's largest Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao.

What is Newstalk?

NewsTalk is an innovative online platform that allows learners to master Chinese through current news and interactive language technology.

With daily content from Lianhe Zaobao, one of the most respected Chinese newspapers in the world, advanced language technology from award-winning developer GistXL, and pedagogical contributions from the Singapore Ministry of Education, it offers an engaging and effective way to master the Chinese language, emphasising practical and useful vocabulary drawn from current events.

Access thousands of articles classified into different levels, with more added each week.

Listen to articles and read out the phrases and sentences for a real-time evaluation score. Audio, pinyin and English translations of keywords are provided to help learners.

Upload your own content to be turned instantly into audio, pinyin and text to practice on. Imagine uploading a speech you plan to give and being able to practice immediately, with NewsTalk helping you along!

Schools and employers can purchase the enterprise version, called eNewstalk, that offers more comprehensive content and evaluation options.

Subscribe to NewsTalk and access all the features for less than the price of a cup of coffee a week!

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1. Move your mouse over the text to see the pinyin and English keyword translations.

2. To listen or to evaluate your reading:

Click on

to choose the section you want. The section will appear on the Practice Area.
Click on

to listen to the text.
Click on

. to start the evaluation. You may need to click [Done] when your microphone is detected.
Click on

again and start reading.
Wait for NewsTalk to give you a summary score and analysis chart.

3. To practice reading individual phrases, just click on the section you want! (FAQ)

新加坡的英文掌握能力在一项全新的国际调查中，高居亚洲国家和地区榜首。

报告写道，新加坡和马来西亚能够在亚洲国家和地区中有不俗的表现，

是因为两国用英文和英语来跨越不同族群之间的语言鸿沟。

(Please note that audio voice recording is currently not supported by mobile based browsers.)

新加坡的英文掌握能力在一项全新的国际调查中，高居亚洲国家和地区榜首。

xīnjiāpō de yīngwén zhǎngwò nénglì zài yīxiàng quánxīn de guójì diàochá zhōng gāojū yàzhōu guójiā hé dìqū bǎngshǒu

Overall:
Fluency:
Pronunciation:

Character Speech Analysis:

Explanation of Scoring Pron: Adjusted score, integrating pronunciation and tone
Phn: Score without tonal mark
Tone level: Score with tonal mark
Tone score: Intonation/inflection
Confidence: Confidence score for each of the five tones (light, ˉ, ˊ, ˇ, ˋ)
Phoneme: Detailed score of each phoneme

*Please note that the scoring process is completely automated and scores are for reference purposes only. Factors such as background noise, microphone quality and distance from recording source may affect the scores as much as pronunciation, speed and clarity.

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