I study Chinese at my high school and find this great for at home study. My teacher recommended me this site, I love it! Yet their are a few things I think would improve this website even more. Have a book suggestion page for each level so students could practice reading on their own. I try to read at home, I love it but it is hard to find a book that matches my level, look at terry Waltz and her books, Tom 不好意思， Anna没办法，Josh独一无二， and Susan有麻烦. All these books have a list of common unknown words in the back to help people learn new words while reading the book and it switches between traditional and simplified to expose students to traditional making it easier foe them in the long run. But having a book suggestion (book talks online?) page for each level would be a great addiction. Maybe have a lessons to introduce some key concepts of the book and suggest buying it and reading it in full to test your Chinese! Just somewhere to go and get outside inspiration in a nice book. Maybe a similar page for Movies and songs, Or better yet a media page for each level to include book, movie and music suggestions! and occasionally have a lesson to help people understand it. I think it would truly put this website over the top and if you want or need any help on ideas I can help out.
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September 3, 2016 at 11:12 PMI study Chinese at my high school and find this great for at home study. My teacher recommended me this site, I love it! Yet their are a few things I think would improve this website even more. Have a book suggestion page for each level so students could practice reading on their own. I try to read at home, I love it but it is hard to find a book that matches my level, look at terry Waltz and her books, Tom 不好意思， Anna没办法，Josh独一无二， and Susan有麻烦. All these books have a list of common unknown words in the back to help people learn new words while reading the book and it switches between traditional and simplified to expose students to traditional making it easier foe them in the long run. But having a book suggestion (book talks online?) page for each level would be a great addiction. Maybe have a lessons to introduce some key concepts of the book and suggest buying it and reading it in full to test your Chinese! Just somewhere to go and get outside inspiration in a nice book. Maybe a similar page for Movies and songs, Or better yet a media page for each level to include book, movie and music suggestions! and occasionally have a lesson to help people understand it. I think it would truly put this website over the top and if you want or need any help on ideas I can help out.