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Some Feedback From Our Current Students

		Linda, student at CH Beijing school, from Australian Embassy

		Flora, student at CH Beijing school, from United States

		Nathan, student at CH Beijing school, from a consultancy company in Beijing

		Maurey Cassandre, student at CH Beijing school, from French Embassy

		Irina, student at CH Beijing school, from Russia

Brain Teoh, Malaysian - Account Director from Highteam Communications Company, Beijing

I have personally benefited tremendously from CH's combined method of interactive class instructions and online learning. The convenience of having web based instructions and downloadable audio lessons also enables me to take learning one step further as I am able to access lessons through internet access on PDA/Laptop and MP3 player. CH has one of the best online Chinese learning software that I have used to date.

Comments from Lothar Kriese - executive vice president of Quality Assurance at Volkswagen (China) Investment:

I started working in the Volkswagen Beijing office in March 2004. I have a great interest in Chinese culture and history, and it is also necessary to learn Chinese to know more about Chinese culture and Chinese people and also to understand my colleagues better.

I started with a couple of teachers but dropped them very quickly, since I travel a lot and find it difficult to make any progress. From this July I restarted learning Chinese with Chinese Horizon, and I found their combined face-to-face and self-study online program really motivating and suitable for me, because it is much easier and more effective. I'll carry on learning with Chinese Horizon.

Full Letter from Janice Walker, Netherlands:

Dear Chinese Horizon,
I have just completed the 5 day trial and want to buy a 6 month course for $131 US dollars.
I am currently in Level 2, lesson ten, a very appropriate and useful level for me.
Congratulations on putting together such a well made program.
Use the credit card that you have on file.

Sincerely,
Janice Walker

Questions sent to students in 2005 about the online course:

How do you use the online course? (Do you study entirely by yourself or with the help of a tutor)?
How many hours a week do you study?
How long have you been studying online with CH?
In which ways do you think that the CH online courses help you to learn Chinese?
Which features of the CH website do you use when studying?
Have you ever sent your recordings to a CH teacher for checking? (If not, then why not)?
How long do you plan to continue to study Mandarin Chinese, and which level do you aim to reach? (NB: CH offers 12 levels of General Chinese)
Would you be interested in recommending our courses to your friends?

• Geoffrey Barto office staff from United States

I study by myself when I get a spare moment. I started a few month ago and I find the vocabulary tests especially useful. I hope to reach level 3 at least. It may take a while. I have recommended your course off line

• Ms. Patricia. Grigoleit manager from Germany

I do study by myself and 2-3 hrs per week. I did several trial periods in 2004; enrolled since October 2005. I find the vocabulary, reading comprehension, recognizing Chinese characters are very helpful. Yes, I sent my recordings to the teacher and I got very helpful advise. If possible, I want to reach level 12. Yes, I'll

• Jan Edeling retired from Netherlands

1) By myself only
2) Approx 5 hours
3) Approx 5 Months
4) Speaking and writing Characters
5) No special features
6) No, I have never recorded anything
7) Till intermediate level and maybe some other course later on.
8) If somebody shows interest in Chinese language, I will certainly recommend CH.

• Tim Sell from United States

1) [Tim Sell]
    answer: I study alone
2) [Tim Sell]
    answer: I require time to 'digest' new information. I don't do well when I am 'saturated' with new
    information..... so I only study about 2 hours a week, usually in a single session.
3) [Tim Sell]
    answer: I just began studying less than one month ago.
4) [Tim Sell]
    answer: I like this course best, in comparison to two other Chinese language courses that I've tried,
    because this course begins with the structure of Chinese language, (vowels, consonants, tonation), so
    you give me the tools I will need later in sounding out words when I am reading Chinese words written
    in pinyin. The other Chinese language courses that I have tried merely try to teach word memorization.
5) [Tim Sell]
    answer: I just follow the Course Guide, going from Unit 1 to Unit 2..... I am not ready to try any
    advanced features on the website.
6) [Tim Sell]
    answer: No need. I don't need to speak Chinese perfectly, for business. The purpose of my learning
    Chinese is to communicate with my girlfriend (romantic), living in China… So I can practice speaking
    Chinese on the telephone.
7) [Tim Sell]
    answer: At this time, I only intend to achieve basic Chinese language skills. Maybe later I will come back
    to you for more advanced vocabulary.
8) [Tim Sell]
    answer: Yes, of course.

Allan Mak Student from United States

I study by myself, 0-5 hours per week since May 4, 2005; I find listening, pronunciation, cadence of phrases, putting emotions into words are very useful and I use the animation of characters and Daily Chinese; I have recommended your course to my friends and I myself want to reach Elite Level.

• Please listen to the feedback from Christian Modinger manager from Chile

Questions sent to students in 2004 about the online course:

1. What do you think of Chinese Horizon's online course in general?
2. Are there any technical problems that you don't know how to solve?
3. Which features do you like best on our website?
4. Which part of the lessons do you like best?
5. How do you use the online lessons in your Chinese study? And how long do you spend on each lesson?
6. What other features do you expect in Chinese Horizon?
7. In which area do you think Chinese Horizon has room to improve?
8. Will you continue to study at Chinese Horizon after this term?

• Comments from Annette Jansen Van Vuuren in South Africa:

• The full letter from our student Miklos in Switzerland:

the best so far that I have encountered in online Chinese teaching
none whatsoever
the emphasis on listening, because for me, understanding spoken Chinese is the most difficult aspect in learning Chinese. It is also very good that you recorded those conversations in realistic settings, including background noise, music, etc, because it prepares students for real life situations.
the recorded conversation at the beginning of each lesson, since it is the most challenging
since I've been studying Chinese on my own for about four years now, and have only reached lesson 22 by now, I usually listen about three times to the conversation, once to the vocabulary that I mostly know already, and finish a lesson in about an hour. This might change as I go on.
maybe it would be a good thing to be able to go back to individual sections in a lesson without having to work through that lesson all over again, but maybe this is possible and I haven't yet found out how?
I really don't know, but I would sure appreciate it if you added an 'advanced' level
yes, sure, till I finish all the lessons