iChineseReader’s books are all created by teachers with many years of experience, based on the MYP syllabus. Each student's language level is different. When students log into the platform initially, he or she will finish a pretest, which will assess the appropriate reading level. Teachers can manually adjust this level. For example: one student in your class may be a Phase 2 student, while some students may be suitable for reading Phase 5 books, while some are more suitable for Phase 3 books. Books are interdisciplinary and intercultural, but also include various genres (narratives, short stories, serial novels, emails and letters, etc.) Teachers can add the utilization of our books and quizzes as text books, review and assessment materials.

Most students have studied Chinese for six PYP years, why are the majority of these students still beginning learners?

PYP’s six years of study is the introduction of Mandarin Chinese. Students are introduced to the principles of character and phonetic (pinyin) writing, tones’ pronunciation, basic vocabulary, and some Chinese culture. Now, during MYP years, iChineseReader’s books will support their basic understanding and offer a more systematic form of second language acquisition.

I have never taught DP, but during the last two years of MYP, our school will have students taking the IGCSE exam in order to improve their language level through intensive practice. This puts pressure on both students and on teachers.

In the selection of content, iChineseReader’s books are designed from DP to MYP, from high to low grades, according to the IB outline. Our MYP books are not only conformed to the consistency of MYP across disciplines, but also carefully linked IGCSE and DP exams in content and difficulty. A comprehensive and in-depth book list will help relax teachers when preparing lessons and arranging assessments.