1. What is Chineasy?

2. How does Chineasy work? (How does it teach a person to read basic Chinese?) Be specific.

3. a) Approximately how many characters does an expert of written Chinese learn?
b) How many characters does a person need to learn for basic Chinese literacy?

4. What can a person do if he learns the top 200 characters?

5. Why did Ms. Hsueh develop Chineasy? (What does she hope to achieve with this program?)

CHALLENGE #1:  What is the name for the system used to transliterate Chinese words into the Roman Alphabet? (It is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into Latin script in China, Taiwan, and Singapore.)

CHALLENGE #2:  Check out the Chineasy website. Although still a work in progress, does it look like something that would be useful to most people attempting to learn basic Chinese? Explain your answer.