The proven, state-adopted, inquiry-based, and student-centered curriculum is now available to your family at home with expert teachers and personalized practice.
Our level test and assessments helps custom match you with your best teacher to meet your learning needs.
Students (and parents) have visibility to their progress with consistent review and reinforced learning for true language mastery
For parents who want digital free-option, books and workbooks are available to provide offline practice.
All lessons and extended workbooks available for offline practice.
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Add AI StoryTme to BC Plus to expand learning through 1,100+ stories and songs
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Once students begin learning with BC+, they can request personalized feedback from a BC Sherpa, who will provide insightful guidance on their homework.
If your child is not new to Chinese, you can use an AI-assisted adaptive test to build on the foundations they already have.
Try it free for 14 days
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Language Power!
It’s fun doing the practices to get my Language Power. I have 286 characters, 176 vocabulary, and 66 expressions mastered!
Easy way to improve.It’s an easy way to gain more knowledge as well as improve what I already know.
We are not only teaching the language. We are teaching the culture and different subjects, and we incorporate everything together to make communication authentic.
The kids absolutely love using Better Chinese. I love it! They can go to areas where they need help. Completely personalized the learning process.
Having the online account is a way for students to access the resources and scaffolding they need for the communication practice, so the parents don’t need the to know Mandarin.
Fun and emotional stories provide emotional link for students better understand Chinese culture, unlike other traditional methods. The kids have been especially connected with stories that are predictable. Makes my job easier!
“Starting kindergarten, she didn’t speak any Mandarin at all. It surprises me to hear her carrying out a conversation.”
Charlie loves it!
He is always asking for more. We are so thrilled that he is so emotionally attached.
“Each practice is interesting! I really like the illustrations and have different ways of saying it. You can self-assess yourself.
Start with Speak Better package. Test your level. No questions asked money back guaranteed. *BC+ Sherpa access requires separate credit purchase.
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Chinese philosophy, with its profound depth and historical richness, encompasses the influential teachings of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. Emerging from ancient China’s dynamic cultural and intellectual environment, these philosophies address the quest for understanding and balance. Confucianism, founded by Confucius, emphasizes moral virtues, social harmony, and the importance of familial respect. Daoism, centered on the concept of the Dao, advocates for living in alignment with the natural order and embracing simplicity. Buddhism, arriving via the Silk Road, introduces a path to enlightenment through understanding the nature of suffering and practicing mindfulness. Together, these traditions offer a comprehensive framework for exploring ethical conduct, natural harmony, and spiritual growth, continuing to inspire and shape Chinese culture and thought.
"Language Power" is a powerful tool that Better Chinese had engineered to help our users to learn better in Chinese language. It tracks all the characters, vocabulary and expressions that the student had encountered.
Students can go to the Language Power section to see where they are in their learning: mastered, learning, and new. Mastered means that students have encountered and demonstrated mastery. Learning means that students are approaching mastery.
Students can also select specific characters, vocabulary, and expression to have targeted practices as well as printing PDF writing sheets for writing practices.
Better Chinese Inc allows a single instance login. It means that if you are already logged in on a browser and attempt to sign in on another browser, the previous login-in will be automatically signed out.
If your browser blocks our access to your microphone, here is how you can grant us access to your microphone:
1.go to chrome://settings/content/microphone
2.make sure our website xxx.betterchinese.com is not listed as "Not allowed to use your microphone"
3.make sure you select "sites can ask to use your microphone" as the default behavior.
Now go back to the recording exercise page again, and click on "allow each visit" once a window pops up in your browser.
Currently, we support PC/Mac/Chromebook. You can also download iPad version of BetterChinese+ on iPad App store.
On PC/Mac/Chromebook, we support Google Chrome natively. Download free Chrome browser at chrome.google.com.
For school users – login username given by your school, please contact your instructor or email us at usa@betterchinese.com to reset your password.
For individual users – login username is your email address, simply click "forgot password" on the login page plus.betterchinese.com.
Yes, you'll need a BC Plus account to begin the 14 day trial. You can register by clicking "Sign Up" on the login page <plus.betterchinese.com> . You can also use the "Sign In with Google" feature to minimize the account registration and login process.
If you spend about 10-15 minutes a day, a level will typically take about 10 days to complete. But as you progress, the material will be more challenging, and it may require more time to complete. The curriculum is built with a scaffold design. It means that everything new is built on the foundation of the previous lessons. The great thing about our video reviews and Language Power is that students can go back to any level to review and work on ONLY the vocabulary and expressions that need to be reviewed.
Sign up for free with credit card. You can take placement tests, try lessons, and start building your language power right away! Within 14 days, you can cancel the subscription anytime and no charge will be made. Select the right subscription type, family packs and annual subscriptions to enjoy discounts after the trial period ends.
Simplified Chinese characters are used in China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese characters are used in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
We support both Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters. You can do this simply by going to your Profile Setting (upper righthand corner) and change your selection. Your teacher videos and practices will be subsequently changed as well. Practice writing both simplified and traditional Chinese characters on paper by selecting the characters or vocabulary in Language Power to print your individualized practice list.
Our levels correspond to the following the ACTFL Proficiency Levels (http://www.actfl.org). Typically, Levels 1-14 is first year Chinese in a school setting. At end of the level 48, students can prep more Chinese culture for the Chinese AP Exam.
Levels 1-4: Novice-Low
Levels 5-8: Novice-Mid
Levels 9-23: Novice-High
Levels 24-44: Intermediate-Low
Levels 45-48: Intermediate-Mid
Our suggestion is for you to take our "Placement Test" to find out how much you remember the material. The placement test will give you a good indication of which level you are now.
You can take the "Placement Test" with the link.
Our curricular program is also used at schools. It is immensely helpful to have our textbooks and workbooks to accompany the BC Plus curriculum. The levels are matched with the lessons. Parents can use them together with the online to balance screen time and developing reading and writing skills with books.
You can order with the following link at BetterChinese.com.
Better Chinese Inc allows a single instance login. It means that if you are already logged in on a browser and attempt to sign in on another browser, the previous login-in will be automatically signed out.
We do this to make sure that the learning records is consistent regardless of where and when you sign onto our platform to maximize the learning experience. You will not be able to track your students’ learning progress and will invalidate the accuracy of their learning records.
Therefore, each account is only for the use of one student, and it is not sharable. If you need extra accounts, feel free to contact us.
