Winter Vocabulary 2025
Over at the Chinese Vocabulary Wiki we continue to add word lists that our clients and friends request and find useful.
Classic Chinese Christmas Music from Sinosplice
Jingle Bells in Chinese? Why not! Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town in Chinese? Of course!
It’s almost 2026. AI is everywhere, but there are some things it can’t replace!
10 Things AI Will Never Do Better Than a Chinese Learner
Christmas Deals 2025
The holiday season is the perfect time to boost your Chinese learning or share the gift of language with someone you care about.
Big News: ARC Plus is here!
🎇 New resources for improving your Chinese reading and listening skills 🎆
How ARC Plus brings the newsletter to life
Learn more about how and why we create ARC Plus
Video: Drama in the Supermarket!
This is an example of a short video our teachers use to stimulate discussion in our 1-on-1 live online lessons. It comes from Bilibili, a Chinese video site which is accessible outside of China.
Soft Launch of AllSet GO: our new Video Course for Absolute Beginners
Practice Beginner Chinese in 10 Video Lessons
A fun all-Chinese mini-podcast brought to you by ARC!
Here’s a sneak preview of one of the audio offerings in ARC Plus (this content officially comes out in the ARC Plus newsletter on July 4th). The audio revolves around the following optical illusion:
Holiday Discounts on Chinese Courses for Our Friends!
We’ve got special holiday offers for both new clients and old friends. Don’t miss out!
Christmas Vocab for a Vocab Christmas!
Interested in trying it out? Reply to this email to get in touch, and we’d be happy to share some early access info.
Chinese Christmas Music from Sinosplice
Jingle Bells in Chinese? Why not! Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town in Chinese? Of course!
Chinese Learning Books: Perfect Gifts for the Holidays
This holiday season, there’s no better gift than an AllSet Learning book for learning Chinese.
From Shanghai to Naples: AllSet Learning’s Role in the Global 'Chingram' Project
John recounts his trip to Naples. Italy, where he shared his experiences with the Chinesew Grammar Wiki to the European academic team behind the Chingram Project.
Our Free New Character Resource Is Here: Just 200 Characters
Our new book is called Learn Chinese Characters by Reading. You can find it in ebook and print forms.
Learn Chinese Characters by Reading: Foreword by Matt Coss
Learn Chinese Characters by Reading is a course of 200 characters designed to get you reading real Chinese as quickly as possible.
Refreshing Summer Vocab
Our Chinese Vocabulary Wiki has just added a new "Summer" themed vocabulary list! Learn all the essential words and phrases related to summer activities, weather, and more.
The YouTube Experiments have Begun…
Now that our brains are finally warming up over here in Shanghai, we’ve been experimenting with different kinds of videos.
关于复活节词汇,你知道多少?
我们可能都听说过复活节在3、4月份,但是对于复活节到底是哪一天比较困惑。的确,每年复活节日子都不一样。此外,复活节的日期还会受到一些宗教和文化习俗的影响。比如东正教和西方教会的计算方式不同,因此其复活节的日期也可能不同。
Our New Digital Lesson Pack:IT Office Talk
We are now releasing an IT-focused lesson pack aimed at the intermediate level: IT Office Talk.