The course is a set of 10 short stories. Each story is an independent course. You are going to learn new vocab, characters and discuss each story by asking and answering questions.

Tingdong Chinese teaching method is to learn from context. You will never need to remember a single word somewhere in the universe but instead in a short story where you can remember all about it.

The course is titled for beginners because the type and length of stories are for children and thus the sentence structures and the topics are easy and not complicated, otherwise the vocabulary included cover the range of all levels.

In brief, the course teaches the following:

• 133 key Chinese characters

• 135 key Chinese words

• 186 Questions & Answers

  
  

In details, the characters and words you will be learning are spread out throughout the course as follows:

• 小马过河：14 characters + 15 words.

• 老鼠和黄鼠狼：19 characters + 17 words

• 小壁虎借尾巴：16 characters + 10 words

• 狼和七只小羊：10 characters + 17 words

• 没礼貌的小狗：9 characters + 12 words

• 一起去旅行：12 characters + 16 words

• 小蝌蚪找妈妈：8 characters + 9 words

• 掰玉米比赛：10 characters + 5 words

• 鱼和鱼鹰: 21 characters + 17 words

• 任性的母鸡: 14 characters + 17 words

  
  

Based on each story, the Q/A discussion as follows:

• 小马过河: 22 Questions + Answers

• 老鼠和黄鼠狼: 20 Questions + Answers

• 小壁虎借尾巴: 20 Questions + Answers

• 狼和七只小羊: 23 Questions + Answers

• 没礼貌的小狗: 20 Questions + Answers

• 一起去旅行: 17 Questions + Answers

• 小蝌蚪找妈妈: 17 Questions + Answers

• 掰玉米比赛: 12 Questions + Answers

• 鱼和鱼鹰: 19 Questions + Answers

• 任性的母鸡: 16 Questions + Answers