YCT1 Learn Chinese Chinesimple

What YCT1 Learn Chinese Chinesimple is for

YCT1 Learn Chinese Chinesimple is a Chinese study app from Khanji School, listed under Education. Its stated purpose is preparing for the YCT certificate, a Chinese proficiency exam. The listing says an expert tutor named Bingo is part of the learning experience.

The listing presents the app as one place for work that is often split across separate tools. It names Pleco, Du Chinese and Skritter as the tools it is meant to stand in for, covering a dictionary, reading practice, character writing and speaking.

Looking up words and building vocabulary

The app includes a Chinese dictionary with a large vocabulary list. It is meant to be used for looking up words while studying, and for building the vocabulary that the YCT exam tests.

Reading and grammar lessons

Lessons cover Chinese grammar and vocabulary, and each one comes with practice exercises. The listing says these are meant to build reading ability in Chinese.

The reading material is described as lessons and exercises rather than a library of texts, so the listing does not say how much reading content there is.

Learning to write Hanzi characters

The app has more than 4000 stroke-order animations, which show the order and direction of each stroke for individual Hanzi. The listing presents these as the main way to learn how characters are built.

The developer also says its character writing reflects the real handwriting of a native speaker, as opposed to computer-generated animations. The listing does not say how this is produced.

Practising pronunciation and speaking

Speaking practice uses voice recognition technology. Learners work through Chinese phrases and sentences out loud, and the listing says this is meant to build fluency.

Speaking practice is listed alongside the reading and writing parts of the app, so a user working toward the YCT exam can cover all four areas in one place.