FAQ

Little Chinese Readers is leveled based on the recognition of Chinese characters. As a language with 100% sight words, we believe this is the best way to acquire Mandarin literacy. After student acquires ~50 new characters per level, he/she can read companion stories written with only characters they’ve already learned, which reinforces learning and builds confidence. 

Each lesson comes with clickable sounds for every character, audio-book mode, and the option to turn on or off English translations, pinyin, and zhuyin. Every lesson also has companion writing worksheets, flash cards, activities, and review games designed to help expand and reinforce the new vocabulary learned.

Each story comes with clickable sounds for every character, audio-book mode, and the option to turn on or off English translations. Every story also comes with comprehension worksheets and printable materials to continue the learning offline.

With daily lessons using our program, we believe learners of all ages can learn to read 100 Chinese characters in less than a month.  

Little Chinese Readers teaches an average of 50 characters per level.  We believe this is an optimal number that students can retain, when such learning is reinforced by spaced repetition and independent reading.

Most of the characters are selected based on their occurrence of frequency in the Chinese language. This way, learners are much more likely to encounter the learned characters in other settings, thus reinforcing their learnings in everyday life. 

While we designed our program with children aged 4-10 in mind, we have had learners as young as 2 and as old as… well, old. In essence, anyone can learn with us.

No. We have students from heritage and non-heritage families.  Mandarin immersion program students particularly have found the program to be incredibly helpful for non-heritage families who may need the extra support.