Open Educational Resources

Series of textbooks designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. The main focus is on oral communication and includes extensive accompanying audio. Can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course. CC BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial) license.

Book that provides teachers of writing an introduction to key stages in the development of Chinese rhetoric, a wide-ranging field with a history of several thousand years. CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives) license.

Textbook that pioneers a new approach to international relations by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues. Includes discussion of systems traditionally existing in China and East Asia, how these came into contact with other systems, and how contemporary issues have impacted them. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.

Textbook designed for students with an intermediate competency in Japanese, roughly at Level 2 on the ILR (The Interagency Language Roundtable) proficiency scale, and are working on reaching Level 3. Can be used for self-study, as part of online course, and in a traditional classroom setting. CC BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial) license.

Textbook that prepares students to learn the basics of the Chinese language. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Books published by ANU Press related to Asian studies. CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives) license for books published from 2018 onwards, older books free to access but not openly licensed.

Collection of audio recordings by native Chinese speakers. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Collection of interactive language learning resources for beginning Mandarin Chinese from the University of Texas. Allows students to practice pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and reading skills at their own convenience. Various Creative Commons licenses.

Collection of Chinese audio books recorded by volunteers. Books are out of copyright in the USA with the recordings dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

Collection of Japanese audio books recorded by volunteers. Books are out of copyright in the USA with the recordings dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

Podcast series from the Asian Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. Only episodes with a (CC) symbol next to their title are available under a CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Courses in Chinese as taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Content varies but can include lecture notes, videos, assignments with solutions, student project examples etc. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license but courses may refer to copyright material.

Courses in Japenese as taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Content varies but can include lecture notes, videos, assignments with solutions, student project examples etc. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license but courses may refer to copyright material.

Short introductory Mandarin Chinese courses from the Open University. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.