| Series |
Motivation to Write |
Author Location |
Characters |
Teacher's Edition |
Flash Cards |
CD |
Software |
Levels |
Color |
Motivation to write |
| Practical Chinese - Effective way to learn Chinese |
Teach her kids to learn Chinese in the US.
Author teaches Chinese professionally. |
US (from Taiwan) |
Simplified and Traditional Chinese Versions
with Pinyin |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
10 |
No |
Teach her kids to learn Chinese
and was frustrated with existing material |
| Chinese Made Easy |
Frustration with existing material - author has
a Masters in Education and teaches Chinese |
Hong Kong/Canada. Co-author on upper levels is from China.
|
Simplified and Traditional Chinese Versions
with Pinyin |
Yes (only for upper 5 levels) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
9 |
Yes |
Frustration with existing material (author has
a Masters and teaches Chinese) |
| Kuaile Hanyu (Happy Chinese) |
British Government wanted a good Chinese
textbook for teenagers |
Great Britain & China
|
Simplified Chinese Versions
with Pinyin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
3 (6 books) |
Yes |
British Government wanted a good Chinese
textbook for teenagers and received help from China |
