IQChinese Free Online Chinese Language Summer Seminar


	Newsletter	“If You Can Type, We Guarantee You Can Learn Chinese”	June, 2008

Free Online Chinese Language Summer Seminar

IQChinese is hosting a valuable free online Chinese Language Summer Seminar designed especially for Chinese language educators like you. A panel of experienced teachers will discuss topics that are extremely informative. They will provide tips and techniques that you can immediately put to use and begin enjoying the results. Mark your calendar for the following dates:To register: Please email Miranda Lee at mirandalee@iqchinese.com at least two days prior to date of seminar. Or link to www.iqchinese.com for more details.


Jun. 2008	How IQChinese Go Courseware is effectively used and why it’s so popular with teachers and students. (Seminar Language: Chinese)	17-June, 2008 Tue. 6:00pm (P.S.T.)	Steven Chen IQChinese CEO
July. 2008	【Case Study】 Our high school students use “Type-to-Learn” Chinese and have rapidly increased their ability to acquire and use Mandarin. (Seminar Language: Chinese)	1-July, 2008 Tue. 6:00pm (P.S.T.)	Henny Chen Moreau Catholic high school (CA) Chinese Teacher

	How IQChinese Go Courseware can be used to develop classroom games and activities at all ability levels. (Seminar Language: English)	15-July. 2008 Tue. 6:00pm (P.S.T.)	Steven Cook IQChinese Teaching Professional

	【Case Study】 I use IQChinese courseware to effectively teach 3rd and 5th graders. (Seminar Language: Chinese)	29-July. 2008 Tue. 6:00pm (P.S.T.)	Rhoda Weston Cincinnati Country Day School (OH) Chinese Teacher

Aug. 2008	IQChinese Go Courseware Chief Editor:The Design Behind the “Type to Learn” IQChinese Go Courseware and the Successful Outcome. (Seminar Language: Chinese)	12-Aug. 2008 Tue. 6:00pm (P.S.T.)	Emily Yih eCompuChinese Education Association President

	【Case Study】 We use IQChinese Go courseware to teach an after-school Chinese program. (Seminar Language: Chinese)	26-Aug. 2008 Tue. 6:00pm (P.S.T.)	Sherry Wang Discovery School Reeves Rogers (TN) Chinese Teacher

Sep. 2008	How can IQChinese Go Courseware with cutting edge, "Type-to-Learn" Chinese technology revitalize your Chinese program with computers like the other 300 schools around the States.	9-Sep, 2008 Tue. 6:00pm (P.S.T.)	Steven Cook IQChinese Teaching Professional

“How does anyone ever learn this stuff?”

Francisco park. Looking at the characters on the paper he had no idea which end was up. “How does anyone ever learn this stuff”? , he thought to himself. “This stuff”, is our heritage and our culture. Helping Americans “learn this stuff” is our livelihood. It’s not enough that we are enthusiastic about Mandarin. If we can’t convey that enthusiasm in a format that our students can relate to, then we’re like the English idiom, “preaching to the choir”. In other words,
An American boy once found a Chinese newspaper left behind in a San
	we’re not reaching the most important group of
our students. Like you, we at IQChinese have the same kind of passion for the Chinese language. Our goal is to help those that teach and learn Mandarin do so in a way that’s easy, enjoyable and effective. Never be afraid to try something new and more importantly, don’t ever lose your passion because you’re not reaching the majority of your students. (The IQChinese Editor)

Video Contest

IQChinese is sponsoring a terrific Chinese-themed project for students of Mandarin. The video contest encourages students to show some serious creativity in expressing why IQChinese ‘Type-to-Learn’ technology is so effective. IQChinese will give away four exciting prizes for the best home-made videos that express the important points of ‘Typing-to-Learn” Chinese in the following categories: Most Humorous, Most Informational, Most Compelling and Most Outrageous. One Grand Prize will be awarded which includes a $300 Amazon.com gift certificate and approximately $500 worth of IQChinese courseware and software. Three other contestants will also be awarded Mandarin Basics, a five CD
‘Type-to-Learn’ courseware valued at $249.00 each. Please see www.iqchinese.com for all the details.

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New and Improved READER. IQChinese Announces 3.5 Version of Teacher's Favorite: FREE UPGRADE!

Try to avoid evaluating your students’ behavior using the standards you would use in China/Taiwan.

**Americans in general are not very good Chinese. Don’t expect them to be **

Beginning June 16th a new, 3.5 version of READER is available. It still does all the fantastic things that made it famous with teachers, plus much, much more. The speaking voice is now near-human, it can also speak aloud individual characters or an entire page. If you already have 3.0 be sure and go to www.iqchinese.com for your free upgrade., If you haven't experienced the amazing ability of READER, then you can download a FREE trial version at www.iqchinese.com.

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