An introduction on the benefits of Lingo Bus for Schools and Children. Immersive Mandarin language teaching worldwide for children ages 5-12.

1. Providing a new Generation with
the skills they need for success in
an ever-globalizing world.

2. Lingo Bus is a daughter company of VIPKID. Lingo Bus provides online 1 to 1 and Class-
room Immersive Chinese classes for children ages 5-12!
Our curriculum framework is structured and designed to meet the National Standard
for Language Learning and the 21st Century Skills for World Languages.
All of our material that we use is weighed against the ACTFL (American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages) as well as YCT (Youth Chinese Test), to ensure there is
high quality content in each lesson of our course.
VIPKID
VIPKID’s mission is to
provide the internation-
al elementary school
experience to Chinese
children—all from the
comfort of their homes.
VIPKID provides one-on-
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one, fully immersive lessons in its online classroom. VIPKID’s curriculum is proprietary
and aligned to the U.S. Common Core State Standards.
Because of its innovative business model, platform and curriculum, VIPKID has won
awards, such as the Shengjing Top 21 Global Innovation Award in 2015, the US-China
Entrepreneurship Leader Award in 2014, Sina’s China’s Most Valuable Online educa-
tion brand and best teachers award in 2015, and Tencent’s China’s Most powerful
education brand in 2015. In April 2016, VIPKID became the official provider of the TOE-
FL Primary assessment in China. VIPKID is also a Strategic Partner of TESOL International
Association, the largest global association for English language teaching professionals
and a Partner of Coursera, an online learning pioneer.
VIPKID's Awards
"Powerful & trustworthy grand"
-Tencent
"Best teachers & most valuable brand"
-Sina Weibo

3. China has rapidly developed into an economic powerhouse. Taking over the leading
position on several markets and estimated the GDP of China will surpass America as
the nr1 economy in the world in 2018.
Although China is currently mainly an export country with the increasing economy
and the investments done abroad China is taking the center stage in the world. Be-
cause of this Mandarin will become vital in the future to get an edge in finding em-
ployment for the new generation.
• The U.S. Department of State recognizes Mandarin Chinese as a “critical language”
for Americans.
• In 2012, China became the second largest investor in research and development,
behind the United States, and, for the first time, ahead of Japan.
• American companies seek opportunities to connect with the 1.3 billion-person mar-
ket represented by China. Tonal languages like Mandarin Chinese develop a bilat-
eral network between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
• Mandarin Chinese is spoken by over 1 billion people around the world.
• Mandarin Chinese is among the most used languages on the Internet.
• Mandarin Chinese is a gateway to a rich culture with over 5,000 years of history.
Language immersion is growing as a community of language learners. Language im-
mersion is guided by the pillars of dual language immersion educational philosophy.
Our Language immersion programming is designed intentionally to provide learners
with time and intensity in a target language to encourage bilingualism and bi-litera-
cy. Students experience core content instruction through the means of a target lan-
guage. As part of this content instruction, students acquire skills unique to the target
language, with the overarching goal of developing student performance and profi-
ciency over time. This means that the language is not the sole content of instruction
itself, but rather it serves as the vehicle through which content knowledge and skills
are accessed and engaged.
Why is the Chinese Language so
important for future generations?
Learning Chinese can help students do better in school.
Children who begin learning Chinese at a young age tend to do better in other sub-
jects as well. Chinese is a challenging language to master. Other subjects become
easier by comparison.
Chinese makes students stand out.
With fierce competition to get into schools, one of the biggest challenges a child will
face is not standing apart from the other applicants. High schools mostly focus on
Spanish, French and German and most do not teach Chinese. Being able to add a
language which is rarely seen distinguishes applicants during their education and ca-
reer.
Learning Chinese reveals a lot about a person.
The dedication it takes to learn Chinese makes a child unique, it will also open them
up to other cultures. Learning a language requires an understanding and respect for
the culture.
Learning Chinese opens doors.
China is flourishing, because of that it offers many opportunities for someone who
speaks the language. Kids who learn Chinese today are setting themselves up to take
advantage of these opportunities in the future.
What are the benefits for
the Children?

4. Perfect complement to an existing Chinese program
The benefits of foreign language education are well known. Schools that offer key
languages like Chinese are increasingly sought after.
To be able to offer a comprehensive Chinese course, both in the classroom but com-
bine it with after school coursework can not only increase a school’s overall curricu-
lum but also a language school reputation.
Adding to a school’s curriculum in several ways!
Because of Lingo Bus its support for 1v1, Groups and Classroom teaching a school
can always look for a way to fit it into the curriculum.
• After school supplement to existing Chinese classes
• Cultural learning with coursework for global citizen classes
• Provide children with a comprehensive Chinese course
If you already have a Chinese teacher, Lingo Bus is capable of helping with training
and resources for your current Chinese Teachers and there is additional free online
and offline curriculum content for teachers to add an extra dimension in the class-
room.
A resource for Schools with Chinese Teachers
For schools Lingo Bus is a partner with your school, our staff can help with training and
resources for your current Chinese teachers.
An efficient and cost effective way to close the gap with schools who do have Chi-
nese classes.
If your school does not have an existing Chinese program, Lingo Bus can help! It com-
plements existing programs, but also can be used to offer language education in
addition to student’s studies.
Lingo Bus can organize a Chinese language completion for students at your school
who have purchased our classes.
Why is Lingo Bus your
best solution?
Who is teaching the class?
Lingo Bus carefully selects and monitors their teacher staff actively to ensure the
quality you expect is delivered.
Each of our teachers has a Bachelor’s degree in teaching Chinese as a second lan-
guage or linguistics, and or a certificate in teaching Chinese as a foreign language
Lingo Bus requires teachers to have past high quality teaching experience in chil-
dren’s Chinese education.
The training process never ends. From the start of recruitment teachers are being
trained. After they start teaching, we continue to provide training and support to
each and every one of our teachers.

5. • Interactive online platform - Students can draw, type, and interact visually with teach-
ers through our custom made online platform.
• Convenient - Students only need access to an internet browser on PC/Mac or an iPad!
This makes it easy to attend classes with no complicated setup process involved.
• Stable and fast- Lingo Bus has purchased traffic data on the trans-Pacific data ca-
ble to ensure our classes run fluently and
smooth. All classes should be fast and have
less than 200ms ping.
• Flexible - Easy scheduling, Parents book
the class time that works for them and their
children. A Flexible schedule combined
with fast and easy booking makes it easy to
fit learning around almost any schedule a
student has.
A big difference between standard Chinese Classes and Lingo Bus is that the curricu-
lum is specifically focused on children ages 5-12. To make sure the quality of the cur-
riculum is ensured, Lingo Bus uses 2 standards to ensure the quality while most com-
petitors only use one.
Our language goals are designed in accordance with American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and Youth Chinese Test (YCT) language stan-
dards. In our lessons we put a strong focus on cultural awareness through the activities
and themes we use in our curriculum.
To give you an idea of what a student can achieve by using lingo bus you will find a
summary of what a student will learn during level 1.
• Level 1 consists of 12 units.
• Each unit contains 8 lessons broken down into learning cycles of 4 lessons each.
• he aim of level 1 is to prepare our students’ phonological awareness and Chinese
character awareness, develop basic communication skills in Chinese, and to nur-
ture younger students’ ability for language modeling.
Goal Can-do statement
Pinyin 57 • Identify the initials and finals
• Can alphabetize a few names or words
• Able to spell basic words with and without assistance
Tones 4 • Identify the 4 tones and be able to read proficiently
Vocabulary 225 • Connect some words to their meanings
• Able to recite and use High Frequency words and phrases
Characters 36 • Recognize some characters and occasionally identify the
sound of a character
• Connect some characters to their meanings
Communi-
cation skills
12 • Be able to say greetings and goodbyes
• Can name some colors
• Can count from 1-10
• Able to present information about themselves using single
words
• Can express their likes using basic words or phrases they
have learned
• Can list items they see everyday
• Have the ability to answer a few simple questions
What can a student achieve?
What program does Lingo Bus
use to ensure quality teaching?

6. 1. 100% Immersive program:
We believe that for ages 5-12, the immersion method is the most effective process for
learning a foreign language. Children are the most receptive to this learning process,
and the complete immersion approach of our curriculum will ensure that their learn-
ing is more comprehensive and rapid than other methods.
Studies have shown that students who study a foreign language in school, especially
those who start in elementary school, tend to receive higher standardized test scores
than students who have not studied a foreign language in school. Students who study
foreign languages also tend to have increased mental capabilities such as creativity
and higher order thinking skills (see Cognitive advantages of bilingualism), and have
advantages in the workplace as employers are increasingly seeking workers with
knowledge of different languages and cultures. Bilingual immersion programs are
intended to foster proficiency or fluency in multiple languages and therefore maxi-
mize these benefits. Even cases in which fluency in the desired language is not fully
attained, bilingual immersion programs provide a strong foundation for fluency later in
life and help students gain appreciation of languages and cultures that are not their
own.
2. Each phase of the curriculum is designed with interdisciplinary themes to promote
students’ curiosity for the Chinese language and promotes multi-culture exploration,
with the goal to develop and enhance their multiple areas of intelligences and learn-
ing styles.
Why is Lingo Bus so effective? Testimonials
For more testimonies please take a look at our Social Media Channels.
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chinese.Lingobus/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lingo_Bus
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lingo_bus/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LingoBusChinese
• Blog: Chinese.lingobus.com

7. Contact us
Email: p.schut@lingobus.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/Chinese.lingobus