Dr. Ash Henson has a PhD in Chinese from National Taiwan Normal University. His dissertation focused on using the latest research in paleography and historical Chinese phonology to create a new framework for analyzing Chinese characters based on their functional components. He has professional proficiency in Mandarin and Classical Chinese, conversational proficiency in Cantonese, and is learning Japanese.

John Renfroe studied Linguistics and Paleography at the master's level at National Taiwan Normal University. His coursework and research focused on excavated Warring States bamboo texts, historical Chinese character morphology, and the Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字 and its commentaries and criticism. He has professional proficiency in Mandarin and Classical Chinese, and is currently learning Japanese.

If you're learning Chinese but you're frustrated by the tones, this free training will show you a simple technique to master them. The shadowing technique is very simple but very powerful. All you need is some audio in Chinese and a pair of headphones!

This training is just 13 minutes! John demonstrates very succintly how to chorus, and you also get a set of audio files containing tone combinations, so you can practice yourself!

Yes, that's why we ask for your email! We'll send you a copy and you can watch it as many times as you want.