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- UC HomeThis is the front page of UC where you can find Free lessons, registration, demonstration on UC Online and UC Companion as well as searching for lessons.
- My UCThis is where you will see and manage your user account as well as lessons/content you have purchased. This is also the place where you can manage your vocabularies, post questions and receive messages other people send to you.
- LessonsLessons page is where you can search and find any types of lessons. They are listed by Topics, Books and by recent publication. This is also the place where you can find which lessons/contents are the hottest ones other people have downloaded.
- CommunityUC Community has two discussion groups: one for discussion of specific lessons one’s learning and the other is the general discussion board, called Conversation, that users can post any questions related to Chinese language or Chinese culture.
- UC ToolsThis is the page where you will find all language tools developed by UC, such as English-Chinese Dictionary. You can download those tools to your UC Companion. Most of the tools are Free while others are fee-based.
- Sign in (out)This is the page where you can sign in and out to your My UC in order to study online, see more Free lessons, make additional purchase and manage your profile.
- HelpYou can find the most frequently asked questions in this page. We are constantly updating this page.
- Download UC Companion ButtonUC Companion is UC’s powerful offline learning platform that has more functions for interactive learning. UC Companion and UC Online are connected under your account.
- UC Instant Learner sectionA powerful online tool that enables users to enter or cut-n-paste a phrase or sentence and get the meaning instantly. You can also practice how to write each characters contained in the sentence as well. Do expect more learning functions being added into US Instant Learner soon.
- UC Daily Lessons sectionUC posts one free lesson per day for users to learn free of charge in addition to the 8 free lessons that anyone can learn.
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This symbol links to the main content of a lesson online.
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This graphic links to the vocabulary section of a specific lesson online.
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This picture links to the Exercises, if any, section of a specific lesson online.
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This symbol links to the flash video section of a specific lesson online.
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This symbol links to the online discussion section of that specific lesson.
UC Draw character stroke demonstration. By clicking on any new words in Vocabulary, you can learn how that character is written stoke by stroke.
Online study buttons Color icons denote free lessons or premium lessons that have been paid for, thus available for study, while gray icons denote premium lessons not paid for yet.
Click this button to download MP3 file for a specific lesson to your local computer. You can save anywhere you want and play it on your iPob.
Click this button to download the flash video file to your computer. You can save anywhere you like.
Click this button to download the PDF file of the lesson to your computer. You can save anywhere you like.
Click this button and you will download all the multimedia content of the lessons (either free or purchased) into your UC Companion for you to learn offline. It includes the MP3 and Flash files and the all the lesson contents. Naturally, you will need to download and install FREE UC Companion first.
Click on this button and you can download the FREE Standard version of UC Companion offline learning platform. You will need to read the installation guide before you start downloading.
This is the online text voice playing keyboard.
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UC Online is the most powerful online Chinese learning platform to date. It is so because UC Online provides a true multimedia and interactive learning environment. UC’s technology provides users with online interactive learning experience that is unparallel. You do not have to take our words for it. You can try our free lessons today and compare our learning solution with any others.
We have over 30 topics and hundreds of lessons online already. New lessons, free or fee-based (for premium content only), are added to UC web site on the daily basis. All UC contents are in multimedia format and interactive. You can learn any lessons; listen to the dialogue and repeat; study the new words; practice how to write Chinese characters following stroke demonstrations, and more. Be able to download the MP3 files into your iPod and learn any where you go is only one of the many functions that UC provides to users.
Yes. We have 8 free lessons at the top portion of the Home page where you can try out. UC also has a section names UC Daily Lessons on the Home page where we publish one free lesson each day. If you register as a UC member (FREE), you can see more free lessons just for members only.
Many web site claim that they offer Chinese lessons but most are static html pages, or simple MP3 files for users to download. User can only play them on iPod to listen. In other words, users only practice the listening comprehension skill without the benefit of learning Chinese language, or the lesson with emphasis on all four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. UC, on the other hand, offers users true multimedia contents allowing users to interactively learning the contents with recording, writing, role playing, and exercises functions.
Best of all, UC combines online and office learning (UC Companion, please see the section on UC Companion) providing users with the maximum flexibility and power to learn on themselves.
Best of all, UC combines online and office learning (UC Companion, please see the section on UC Companion) providing users with the maximum flexibility and power to learn on themselves.
You do NOT have to register on UC. All the 8 full lessons are free for you and all the UC Daily Lessons are available for you to learn free of charge.
However, with a FREE simple registration, you will have the following benefits:
a. More free lessons available to registered users covering a wide range of topics
b. You can participate in Lesson Discussion and post your questions and share your learning experiences with peer students who are also learning that specific lesson.
c. You can participate in Conversation Board and post your questions on anything about China or Chinese studying.
d. You can download useful learning tools to your UC Companion and empower your learning experience.
e. You can receive update notification and useful information pertaining to your study and UC community.
Do I need to register with a real e-mail address?
Yes. And we encourage you to do so. Otherwise, if you loose your password (for online and offline UC Companion), there is no way we can notify you. Other services are also verified by sending an e-mail to the one you provide. Only if the e-mail address is valid, can the service be activated.
You can buy a lesson in multiple ways:
1) under Lesson page:
2) Within a specific online lesson. You can find lessons with similar topics with the lesson you are viewing/learning.
1) under Lesson page:
2) Within a specific online lesson. You can find lessons with similar topics with the lesson you are viewing/learning.
Depending on the nature of the content, components vary from lesson to lesson. But almost all UC lessons come with multimedia lesson, MP3 and PDF files and flash video clip.
Your purchased lessons are sitting under My UC and you can see them after you log into your account.
You can study those premium lessons after payment online. Or you can download those lessons to your local UC Companion to study offline. If you do so, you will have the lesson available both on and off line for you to study whenever you like. Remember that UC Companion has more functions and power than UC Online.
You can study those premium lessons after payment online. Or you can download those lessons to your local UC Companion to study offline. If you do so, you will have the lesson available both on and off line for you to study whenever you like. Remember that UC Companion has more functions and power than UC Online.
Yes. Before you download any UNP contents (UNP is the file format for UC content), free or premium, you will need to log into your account.
You can use either Windows IR or Firefox to learn UC lessons online. However, you have to use IE browser to download any UC Contents (UNP files).
UC Companion is UC’s powerful offline learning platform that provides more functions and power than UC Online. Users can record his/her own voice and compare with the master voice of the lesson, play roles and save notes for specific words under study and review those notes later on. In addition, study in the UC Companion does not require you to be logged online all the time. It is faster and your learning is not affected by your Internet speed.
you do not have to download and install UC Companion to learn UC Chinese lessons. You can just use UC Online to study Chinese and it has more functions than any other web sties. But in order to enjoy additional functions and not affected by your Internet speed, it is recommended that you use UC Companion.
Functions
UC Online
UC Companion
- Gerneral
- SpeedDepends on Internet speedLocal , Fast
- Open Study PlatformNoYes ( Advance UC Companion version )
- Reading & Listening
- Listening
- Sentence Recording
- Role play / Sentence Practice
- Grammar Notes
- Exercise & Test
- New Word Practice
- Exercise & Tests
- Content Display
- Show / Hide New words, Pinyin
- Show / Hide Translation, Text
- Traditional and Simplified Switch
- Tools
- My Notebook / My Vocabulary
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Character Writing Practice Pad
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Online Chatting
- Character Writing Demonstration
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Sentence Analysis
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Chinese TTS
You can find this button at the bottom of the Home page.
at the bottom of the Home page.Please see our specific instructions to set up Vista Windows before you install UC Companion.
You can download your paid lessons either from online under My UC (your must log in first) or from within UC Companion by clicking on the “Purchased Items” button 
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at the bottom.We need volunteer testers to test UC new products and tools. If you are interested in becoming a tester, please let us know by sending an e-mail with subject “tester” to service@UltimateChinese.com.
UC is looking for qualified people to fill positions in creative writing, English content editing, marketing, Chinese content writing, and user support. Please write to jobs@UltimateChinese.com if you are interested in any of those positions.