What people are saying about Ni Wo Ta...

 "This is a pioneering textbook. . . . It provides useful teaching materials and advanced approaches."
— Liuxi Meng, Kennesaw State University

"Comparatively authentic language, rich cultural information, real-world characters, and realistic settings in China serve to capture students' attention, stimulate them in learning Chinese, and encourage them to study abroad."
— Xianmin Liu, Vanderbilt University

"[你我他 Ni Wo Ta] supports a balanced pedagogical focus that employs both performance-based and tasked-based approaches, using multimedia as the main platform to deliver content that involves an ongoing story line."
— Lo Sun “Lotus” Perry, University of Puget Sound

"This is one of the most thorough and tightly knit course materials I've come across."
— Rosalind Kan, Rhodes College

"Authentic, innovative, interesting, and informational with sound pedagogical grammar provided."
— Xiaohong Wen, University of Houston

"The selection of vocabulary is up-to-date-in fact, introducing words and phrases that are useful for beginners to learn but many standard first-year textbooks do not include in the first few lessons."
— Lo Sun “Lotus” Perry, University of Puget Sound

"[你我他 Ni Wo Ta] provides more sample sentences and more meaningful sentences than many textbooks. [The book] introduces a novel idea of focusing on students' grasp of sentences before moving to the main text. . . . The vocabulary is well-selected and closely associated with the tasks."
— Jungjung Lee-Heitz, University of Maryland

"The [grammar] explanations are clear, easy to comprehend, and complete."
— Xianmin Liu, Vanderbilt University

"[你我他 Ni Wo Ta] features a total dynamic approach in learning introductory Chinese, which will be the first textbook of this kind."
— Enwei Wang, Pima Community College 

And words from students ...

[Focus on Grammar] 

"This is my favorite part of the book because it is where you can find all the information of the unit and it is very well explained"


[Video Story]

"We can hear different dialogues and voices speaking in the language."

"[The videos] provide an interactive, fun way of experiencing the language in a natural way, compared to a more formal way, and therefore provide a nice view into the culture."

"Yes, I like to see the vocabulary and grammar of each unit put into context with a video.  ... [The videos] give me a deeper impression of the language than the written scripts could have done alone.

 [Culture]

"I enjoyed learning more about Chinese culture rather than just the language itself."

"I have learned a lot about Chinese culture. Some examples include the bargaining aspect of their culture as well as the importance of the Spring Festival for them. Another important part was Chinese names and how many of them share the same last name, unlike other countries where people hold a variety of last names."


"I think the most interesting part of the Chinese culture that I have learned is the huge respect that all Chinese people have for their elders. I think that is something the western world is truly lacking, and I believe that the courtesy that is instilled in Chinese youth from a young age is the reason Chinese culture is so respected world wide."

"I learned a lot about Chinese culture, especially how much family is valued and elders are the most
respected, as well as how their school systems works."


[General Comments]

"The carefully crafted instructive materials no doubt played a big role my intense interest for the subject. All this is a fancy way of saying thank you creators of Ni Wo Ta for your brilliant insights. "

"I really like the textbook, it has a very good structure of introducing the topic, grammar, video and then going into practice. "

"I think that it is very well structured, and it reviews every part of the unit in many different ways."

[Achievement]

"I entered the course with zero Chinese knowledge.  I feel that I have learned a lot through this course, and I feel confident that I have a good beginner level of Chinese."

"Overall, I learned an incredible amount from this course, more than I ever could have asked. My pronunciation has always been strong, but my grammar structure since the beginning of the year has significantly improved from my first oral interview to the last."

"I have made significant progress in speaking and listening as well as writing. When I first began the class, I had trouble writing even basic characters."

"I really enjoyed the course. I thought that I really improved my speaking and grammar. I also gained a lot of new vocabulary."

"I started knowing absolutely zero Chinese and I have achieved a high grade in this class, so I think I made progress in pretty much all areas of the language."

"I think I have made significant achievement in all areas of learning Chinese because all aspects of learning Chinese were spread out very well."