You can download the Better Chinese product catalog to view Better Chinese’s complete curricular offerings. Our products are broken into 5 main series that teach students Chinese from the preschool through college level. For an overview of each of our series, go to: 

Preschool through 1st grade (Introductory Level): My First Chinese Words

2nd grade through 5th grade (Introductory to Intermediate Level): My First Chinese Reader

Middle/High School curriculum (Introductory to Intermediate Level): Discovering Chinese Pro

High School curriculum (Intermediate to Advanced Level): Magical Tour of China

College Curriculum (Introductory to intermediate Level): Modern Chinese

For the program series, My First Chinese Reader, Discovering Chinese Pro, and Magical Tour of China, and Modern Chinese, they are each divided into 4 volumes/books. As student’s progress through each book, the language level progresses in difficulty. Each volume is also accompanied by a workbook, Teacher' Guide, Worksheets and Writing Exercise Sheets, Assessment Pack, audio-CD, animated lesson CD-ROMs, and online modules. Download a sampler pack to see examples of each of these products for 3 lessons.

My First Chinese Words Sampler Pack

My First Chinese Reader Sampler Pack

Magical Tour of China Sampler Pack

Modern Chinese Sampler Pack

If you are with a school and would like to preview our online materials, please sign-up for a free trial of our online learning system, story library and lesson planner Register a new account.

We also offer a variety of supplementary materials on Chinese idioms, cultural stories, fables, DVDs and more. 

We have a special examination deal for schools who are interested in reviewing our products in any of the series. If you are interested in taking advantage of this offer, please Contact Us!

Better Chinese has been working with schools teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language since 1997 and understands the importance of engaging students with context-rich materials, facilitating teachers’ lesson planning process, and getting parents’ involvement to extend learning beyond the classroom. 

Since 2008, nine U.S. states have conducted formal reviews for Chinese language materials that must align and correlate to their state standards. We are happy to announce that Better Chinese's curricular materials have been adopted and approved by all nine states: Georgia, Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia. 

State-Adopted status is an additional recognition and a testament of the quality and appropriateness of our materials for students learning Chinese as a foreign language. Currently, we have over 1400 schools (link to customer list) around the world using our materials. From large state-wide adoption such as Utah to world renowned independent school, Punahou School (President Obama's and Dr. Sun Yet-Sen's alma mater) in Hawaii, to progressive school districts such as South Washington County Schools and San Francisco Unified School District, we strive to better serve students, educators, and teachers.

The My First Chinese Words series usually takes approximately five 45-minute classes or two 90-minute classes for 1 lesson. For younger learners, we recommend supplementing with additional cultural modules and games for each lesson (you can find suggestions in our teacher's guide) which can take roughly 1 year to complete 12 to 18 storybooks.  

The My First Chinese Reader usually takes five 45-minute classes or two 90-minute classes for 1 lesson. However, for the younger learners, you would design additional cultural and language modules and games related to the lesson (you can find suggestions in our teacher's guide), which can take approximately 1 year to complete 1 volume. 

The Discovering Chinese series usually takes five 45-minute classes or two 90- minute classes for each individual lesson. Middle school students usually take about 1 year to complete 1 volume while high school students typically spend about 1 semester per volume. 

The Magical Tour of China series typically requires five 60-minute classes for each individual lesson. Middle school students usually take about 1 year to complete 1 volume while high school students typically spend about 1 semester per volume. 

The Modern Chinese series takes approximately four 60-minutes classes for each individual lesson. It is designed to be a 2 year program, where each volume will take about 1 year (Each volume has 2 parts A and B) to complete. Some school take a year to complete each part.

We do provide professional development training for three categories: Best Practices, Leveraging Technology and Immersion Training.

Please visit Professional Development for detailed information.

Better Chinese’s Online Learning System brings technology to our printed curricular materials by allowing teachers to provide students with animated versions of the textbook materials and also assign additional practices such as the “Writing Pad” and “Voice Recorder” to build listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills. Teachers can also assign homework that assesses students’ skills in listening, reading, logic, grammar, and syntax, which are auto-graded. Our online system includes more than 1400 supplemental stories categorized by language level to allow students to gain more practice in reading and listening.