Magical Tour of China series is for the intermediate young adult learner with SAT2 level proficiency to continue building an enduring understanding of the language and culture, achieving AP level proficiency. This curriculum integrates culture as a cornerstone for meaningful communication and follows three families who visit Beijing for the first time to experience Chinese language and culture. 

In addition to each story episode, students learn cross-cultural communication in carefully sequenced supplemental lessons that emphasize authentic content mastery and cultural, literary, and historical comparisons in the form of poems, excerpts from Chinese classics, road signs, newspaper, and radio clippings.

Animated Lessons Online: Students can review what they learned in the classroom, play additional exercises and watch level-appropriate stories, making learning Chinese relevant and fun! In addition, parents can participate in the learning progress at home.

Additional Learning Tools: Other level-appropriate story CD-ROMs, supplementary books and online stories further facilitate and enhance Chinese language and cultural knowledge.

Magical Tour of China is designed for middle to high school students at the intermediate to advanced level. The spiral-up approach allows students to review past lessons as they advance through the volumes in the series! (Students who have completed the My First Chinese Reader series or the Discovering Chinese series can smoothly transition into Magical Tour of China.)

For daily lessons/sessions (1-hour per session): Educators are recommended to teach 1 lesson per school week. Each volume contains 9 lessons. We recommend middle school students to complete each volume in 1 academic year (approximately 32 weeks) with teachers supplementing additional cultural and extracurricular learning, such as Chinese Festivals, Chinese Yo-Yo, Chinese Hockey Sack, etc. For high school students, we recommend students to complete each volume in 1 academic semester with additional cultural activities and learning. 

For fewer than 2 weekly sessions: In learning environments in which students have 2 or less sessions per week, teachers are recommended to complete 1 lesson in 2-3 weeks with additional cultural activities and learning. This series is recommended for 1 to 2+ academic years depending on learning objectives and goals.