BEIJING, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- eChineseLearning, an online Chinese language school specializing in one-to-one live video instruction and supplemental education programs, today announced its marketing partnership with SINA.com Online, located in San Mateo, California.
"Due to the increased impact of the Chinese marketplace - an output of $2.7 trillion in 2006 - we at eChineseLearning have seen a tremendous demand for Chinese education across all professional fields, ages, geographies, and cultures. There are in fact over 30 million people throughout the world studying Chinese," explained Fred Rao, founder & CEO of eChineseLearning. "There is also a strong desire to learn within Chinese communities. In the United States alone there are currently over 700,000 children of Chinese descent whose native language is English or another first language. Many children of native Chinese parents - and by that, SINA.com Online readers - are using eChineseLearning to help them communicate better with their families. As a SINA.com Online partner, our services can be used by over one million of these individuals."
eChineseLearning students come from over 25 countries in the world and include business owners, students, actors, professors, and professionals from corporations such as HP, Nike, and Motorola. The company provides students with customized programs to gain a competitive edge; professionals seeking advancement and positions overseas; and families planning a trip in China. The eChineseLearning courses include Standard Chinese for all levels, Business Chinese, Travel Chinese, Business Etiquette, and Culture Training.
To view more at: http://www.echineselearning.com/media/forbes/eChineseLearning%20&%20SINA-Forbes.htm
Monday, February 25, 2008
eChineseLearning & SINA.com Online Launch Co-Branded Effort
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The origin of Chinese lunar New Year.
It is said that there was a monster called 年（nian 2）in the ancient time of china. The年（nian 2） monster was huge in size and with antenna in his head. Usually, it lived in the deep bottom of ocean, but in the New Year Eve, it will come out into villages to devour livestock and lives. However, people found that the年（nian 2）monster was afraid of red color, bright light and slam-bang after they were hurt many years. So in the New Year Eve (which is called 除（chu 2）夕(xi 1)in china), Chinese people put up couplets written on red paper on their gate, hung red lantern on gate beam, set off fireworks and stay up all night , which was called 守（shou 2）岁(sui 4) in china and people still stick to this tradition now. 守（shou 2）岁(sui 4) tradition tells the deep lingering about the passing old year and the nice longing for the coming new year. If you are living china now or going to spend the new year 2008 together with your Chinese friends, you can experience守（shou 2）岁(sui 4) by yourself.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
eChineseLearning.com & Fred Rao on CRI
There are over 2650 languages in the world with 7000 dialects. Out of this, the Chinese language is ranked as one of the four most time-demanding and difficult languages to learn. But this challenge doesn't seem to be preventing people all over the world from taking on the task. According to The Economist magazine, there are currently some 30 million foreigners studying the language.This is good news for Fred Rao, the founder and CEO of eChineseLearning.com, a video-based online Chinese teaching website. With around 30 qualified Chinese teachers based in Beijing, the company can provide one-on-one lessons to anyone in the world with access to a computer and the internet. Rao started eChineseLearning in 2006, after getting his MBA from Stanford University and co-founding a Chinese social networking site.I caught up with Fred Rao at his office earlier this week to talk about the growing global trend of learning Chinese and the business behind eChineseLearning. http://www.echineselearning.com
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The Traditions of Chinese New Year 2008 - eChineseLearning
年（nian 2）monster and 守（shou 2）岁(sui 4)
It is said that there was a monster called 年（nian 2）in ancient time of China. The年（nian 2） monster was huge-sized and with antenna coming out of his head. Usually, it lived at the deep bottom of ocean, but in the New Year’s Eve, it comes out to devour the livestock and people living in the villages. However, after many years and many losses people discovered that the年（nian 2）monster was afraid of the color red, bright lights and slam-bang noises. So on the New Year’s Eve (called 除（chu 2）夕(xi 1)in China), Chinese people put couplets written on red paper up on their gate, hung red lanterns across gate beams, set off fireworks and stayed up all night, which was called 守（shou 2）岁(sui 4) in China and people still follow this tradition today. The 守（shou 2）岁(sui 4) tradition shares the deep lingering feelings from the passing year and a nice longing for the coming new year.
If you are living in China or going to spend the New Year 2008 with your Chinese friends, you can experience Chinese New Year yourself.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Effective online Chinese course with high humanization!
From http://www.chinese-course.org
As the rhythm of life and work is speeding up, there are emerging fast food and culture featured as it. We all know that the fast food meets modern people’ time table, but ignores their nutrition need. So does the culture featured as it What about language learning field?
Nowdays, more and more people are seeking a kind of language learning channel which can be correspondent with their time table, not dragging their normal work, also convey them language knowledge with high quality that can meet their work requirements. EChineseLearning set up in this special time. The more there is need to learn Chinese, the much eChineseLearning is approved
We say that there is a need, there is consumption. Yes! EChineseLearning satisfies a great deal of Chinese language learning people by supplying service with high quality at acceptable and reasonable price:
Online one-on-one Chinese course, which assures that each student can receive enough attention from teacher;
Free trial is available. EChineselearning provides daily free trial. No matter when and where you want to experience, you can get easy access to it.
Live and professional Chinese teachers. The teacher staffs from eChineseLearning are knowledgeable, conscientious and full of teaching enthusiastic. So you will enjoy your learning course.
In a word, eChineselearning wears the feature of fast food, but it means much more than that for you. It can supply you with effective online Chinese course with high humanization!
