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Who should use ?

• If you know English and just want to learn Chinese. Just come here and start from Lesson 1.
• If you already know Pinyin and some basic Chinese, then you can take a short quiz in Season 1 Overall Review. Then start from Season 2.
• If you already learn several years of Chinese, and want to continue to learn more characters and vocabulary, start later lessons in Season 2.
• If you take Chinese and prepare for USA high school Chinese Advanced Placement, then continue learn it starting Season 3. Many lessons take materials for that purpose.
• If you are good at Chinese and want to take HSK (Official Chinese Test 汉语水平考试), then start Season 3. Many lessons use materials from previous tests. The site also covers all vocabularies.

Why for learning Chinese?

• Chinese2020 is FREE.
• Chinese2020 is a Chinese learning website for anyone who knows English.
• Chinese2020 is a site for learners not only today but also in future 2020 with a vision of 20/20.
• Chinese2020 is a self-contained Chinese learning website, with all ingredients at your fingertips.
• Chinese2020 can be used as a self-learning site for learners, as well as a site of group study or a classroom for teachers.
• Chinese2020 is fun, interesting and knowledgeable in all aspects (even for native Chinese! Check it out if you don't believe it.).
• Chinese2020 is live with articles closely reflecting rapid changing China and the world.
• Chinese2020 has many practices for you to build up what you have learned.
• Chinese2020 can be used on computers as well as tablets and smartphones.
• Chinese2020 can help you to test your vocab level and give you interesting readings even if you did not learn Chinese from this site.

How to use to learn Chinese?

Below is suggested general learn plan:

• First learn Pinyin in Season 1 to have a useful tool.
• At the same time, learn Chinese characters one by one until you can grasp 500! At that level, you can read 78% of daily newspapers and books.
• Learn how to recognize characters and vocab first. Later you can do more character handwriting.
• Pay more attention to vocabs (instead of characters) which are foundations of modern Chinese.
• Use articles to assist you learning vocabs. Do exercises as much as you can to further consolidate what you have learned.
• Form a study group and take turns to monitor each other.
• Most importantly: learn it everyday, even 10 minutes!

For teachers or supervisers who can organize a study group or a classroom, follow general above steps, but make your own considerations in teaching for each student. It is always a good practice to let students read aloud for each vocab or sentence.