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"I hope there will be a good online HSK (Chinese proficiency) training platform, so that students can pass HSK exams with ease." said Tang Xi, CEO of HSChinese.
His concept of building an online Chinese learning website is that there are many people who are paying great attention to Chinese learning and the language itself has become extremely popular all over the world.
The numbers of Chinese learners in France were less than 5,000 about ten years ago. In 2009, that number had escalated to 44,000. The number firmed Tang's concept. His team worked day and night and developed the Hello HSK website within a month.
"The website is a structure," said Tang, "Content developed by our professional Chinese teachers is the soul". Indeed, upon first glance of the Hello HSK website, you will see a wide-array of Chinese learning resources in systematic order. Listening, reading and writing, HSK model tests, past exam papers as well as a large database of exercises, all for free. In addition, there are HSK live classes during which students and teachers can interact.
"The website is a structure," said Tang, "Content developed by our professional Chinese teachers is the soul". Indeed, upon first glance of the Hello HSK website, you will see a wide-array of Chinese learning resources in systematic order. Listening, reading and writing, HSK model tests, past exam papers as well as a large database of exercises, all for free. In addition, there are HSK live classes during which students and teachers can interact.
While HSChinese is growing at a fast rate, Tang noticed their mobile users are outgrowing website users. This time Tang and his team built 12 mobile apps for Hello HSK, which constantly rank top positions both on Google Play and Apple's App Store with positive feedback. It's definitely a smart move.
Although users were content with the Chinese learning resources on this website, Tang strived to improve it. He added paid services, such as "Essay Correcting" and "One on One Tutoring." Now, users can submit their compositions to HSChinese teachers for proofreading.
At first, Tang and his team worried that users would be reluctant to use paid service. However, just two hours after its release, a student from Vietnam made a reservation for a one-week HSK Sprint Tutorial, paid using Hansheng Coin, the virtual currency on Hello HSK platform.
Hello HSK registered user database has increased substantially, which proves HSChinese online-teaching is advancing to a new level.
Though HSChinese has made great achievements, there are more to come, such as oral classes. There is also room for the company to add Spoken Chinese on their website or apps in the future.
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