Descriptions of some of our current class offerings.
We took a popular Chinese Sitcom and turned it into an intermediate level Mandarin course. This is exciting for several reasons: 1) the language is modern and authentic, 2) the topics reflect real social issues effecting China today, 3) it…
Effective Chinese is not just for Beginners! Our "Hanyu Feng" courses are the top level of our 4 tiers. The name, Hanyu Feng, is actually a series of graded readers. The books are written in Chinese characters, with no pinyin.…
Effective Chinese might be the only school in the US to offer 3 courses of pinyin only (ie, no characters). We understand that people with jobs don't have time to learn a new language and a new writing system at…
We've started publishing more material to use our Facebook page. One of our weekly features is a mini-lesson of useful expressions that seldom get included in course materials. The Facebook page will have an illustration with useful dialog, a brief…
Hanyu Feng (汉语风) means “Chinese Breeze”. It is the name of a series of graded readers. The books are written with Chinese characters and no pinyin subscripts. There are Three levels: 300, 500 and 750. The numbers correspond to the level…
