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At Lantern Institute, you’ll learn more than directions and how to order food. We’ll teach you vocabulary & grammar for specific areas of interest, and with proven process to ensure you retain what you learn.

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Pace Yourself

Our instructors deliver lesson videos at both basic and advanced levels, and there’s always a downloadable PDF transcript for all Chinese dialog, so you can keep up at your own pace.

Lesson-videos

Stay Sharp

Lesson exercises will ensure you get the practice needed to retain knowledge after each lesson video.

Exercises
Exercises

Know the Rules

Clear and concise grammar explanations will help you understand phrases and sentence structures beyond rote memory.

Grammar
Grammar

Learn the Lingo

Full vocabulary lists, complete with phonetic representations (pinyin), help you familiarize yourself with the new Chinese words covered in each lesson.

Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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Online Classroom

At Lantern Institute, we believe that language learning doesn’t need to stop with general-purpose vocabulary & phrases. Besides offering a curriculum in foundational Chinese, our online classroom provides topic-based Chinese lessons enabling you to communicate about the subjects in which you are genuinely interested.

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Founder & CEO, Dr. Amber Navarre writes regularly about Chinese Language Learning and the story of Lantern Institute.

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