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Short walkthroughs of Mandarin Temple, one task each, presented by Jason, Mandarin Temple’s AI tutor.
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For learners
Length 1:30Flashcards and spaced repetitionHow the review schedule decides what you see today, and why skipping days costs more than it saves.FlashcardsSpaced repetition
Length 1:30Focus modeOne section at a time, on a quiet backdrop, with your evidence and an AI tutor a tap away.Focus modeAsk Jason
Length 1:13HSK lessonsThe shape of a lesson — podcast, dialogue, vocabulary, grammar and practice — and how to work through one.HSK lessonsPodcast
Length 2:07Your activity, and why a figure is withheldThe activity room, the six findings the Lab will raise, the five optional cognitive tasks — and why one chart works while the next says "not enough yet".Learning LabActivity
Length 1:51The Learning LabSeven facets of knowing a word, and why one number cannot describe your Chinese.Learning Lab
Length 1:33Units and examsHow lessons group into units, what the unit exam covers, and the full-length mock tests.Unit examsMock exams
HSK exam guides
Length 1:36A guide to taking the HSK 1 (HSK 3.0)Everything the HSK 1 paper asks of you: 40 questions in 32 minutes, no writing section, and the 500 words and 54 grammar points behind them.HSK exam guideMock exams
Length 1:40A guide to taking the HSK 2 (HSK 3.0)The HSK 2 paper in full: 60 questions in 47 minutes, still no writing section, and what changes from HSK 1 besides the word count.HSK exam guideMock exams
Length 1:40A guide to taking the HSK 3 (HSK 3.0)HSK 3 adds a writing section and doubles the paper. What the three sections ask, the 950 words and 81 grammar points behind them, and how to pace 80 questions.HSK exam guideMock exams
Length 1:41A guide to taking the HSK 4 (HSK 3.0)The HSK 4 paper: 100 questions in 95 minutes across listening, reading and writing — and why this is the level most often written into a requirement.HSK exam guideMock exams
Length 1:43A guide to taking the HSK 5 (HSK 3.0)HSK 5 in detail: 100 questions in 115 minutes, 40 of them writing, and the shift from understanding sentences to understanding what a text is doing.HSK exam guideMock exams
Length 1:45A guide to taking the HSK 6 (HSK 3.0)The HSK 6 paper and its single most feared task: read a 1,000-character article, then rewrite it as a summary with the source taken away.HSK exam guideMock exams
Length 1:51A guide to taking the HSK 7-9 (HSK 3.0)The band that did not exist under HSK 2.0: 210 minutes, five sections including translation and speaking, and one paper that places you at 7, 8 or 9.HSK exam guideMock exams
Length 1:29Where and how to sit the HSKHow registration works, the difference between the paper and internet-based tests, what to bring on the day, and how to find a test centre near you.HSK exam guide
For tutors
Length 1:20Putting content on a slideThe Content column: searching 21,000+ dictionary entries, HSK lessons, grammar and readings, and dragging one onto a slide.Teaching BoardContent library
Length 1:31Circles explainedThe five kinds of circle, which one you want, and what visibility actually controls.Circles
Length 1:29Setting homeworkAssign a lesson, a reading, a mock exam or a word list — to a whole circle or one learner.Assignments
Length 1:35Inviting learnersInvite codes, links and email invitations — and what a learner sees when they accept.CirclesInvite links
Length 1:21The Teaching BoardA slide editor built for Chinese: what it is, what is on the screen, and how to get a lesson onto it.Teaching Board
Length 1:30Tracking progressWho opened what, who finished it, and where a learner is actually stuck rather than merely behind.Progress tracking
For parents
Length 1:28Giving a child their own loginThe consent step, what a child account can and cannot do, and how to take it back.Child loginsConsent
Length 1:20Adding your childrenCreating a profile per child, setting their level and goals, and why they start without a login.Child profiles
Length 1:25Parent accountsWhat a parent account is for, how it differs from a learner account, and how to switch.Parent account
Length 1:22Safety and what you can seeWhat a guardian can view, what stays private to the child, and how AI features are limited for minors.Family viewPrivacy
Length 1:34The family viewYour children side by side — what each has done, and where to help.Family view
For institutions
Length 1:29Importing studentsThe CSV format, enrolling a whole class at once, and what happens before a student claims their account.School workspaceStudent import
Length 1:32AnalyticsCompletion across every teacher and class, and how to read it without punishing the hardest intake.School analytics
Length 1:24Classes and circlesHow your teachers’ classes attach to the school, and which circles do not.ClassesCircles
Length 1:25Setting up your schoolFrom an empty workspace to a running programme, in the order the steps actually depend on each other.School workspace
Length 1:19Inviting your teachersAdding teaching staff by email, what they get, and what they can do once they accept.School workspaceTeacher invites
Length 1:28Students, seats and limitsHow the School plan is priced, what counts against it, and what happens when you go over.School planSeats
Length 1:58Who can see a learner’s dataA teaching role, a lab-capable circle and an active enrolment — all three. Plus what a teaching view never contains, including a rank that is not computed at all.Learning LabPrivacy
Troubleshooting
Length 1:30Audio will not playThe usual causes in order of likelihood, and what to try before writing to us.Audio
Length 1:34My progress did not saveWhere progress is stored, why a number can differ between devices, and how to force a sync.Progress sync
Length 1:27Trouble signing inForgotten passwords, unverified emails, Google sign-in, and accounts you did not mean to make twice.Sign-inGoogle sign-in