About

Chinese Learning Lab (CL-LAB) is an online learning community for Mandarin learners, in particular, K-12 students and their families. The community’s mission is to support students’ interest in Chinese language learning and to improve their biliteracy.

CL-LAB provides self-designed curricula, interactive DIY lessons, group classes, themed workshops, and more. After participating in CL-LAB, you will be able to:

● Describe the two systems of Chinese language – Pīnyīn (phonetics) and characters, and identify frequently used characters

● Apply the phonics skills to sound out new words, sentences, and ancient poems using Pīnyīn, and formulate short, complete sentences with familiar words

● Co-create our learning community with CL-LAB and empower other learners

● Create self-teaching plans based on CL-LAB interactive content to develop Metacognition — Metacognition is a critical skill for making continuous progress on biliteracy.