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I’ve taught 7 million Chinese lessons! And I’m just getting started.

YANGYANGCHENGHaving worked as a host on “Hello! Hollywood”(the Chinese version of Entertainment Tonight )and Discovery Network’s “Oh My Buddha,”

Yangyang knows a thing or two about entertainingan audience. But her real passion lies in teachingChinese, once serving as adjunct professorat Pepperdine University, and as a Mandarindialect coach to actress Eliza Coupe. With her

background in both entertainment and education, Yangyang founded Yoyo Chinese, an onlineeducation company that focuses on reducingdif cult, boring language concepts into fun, bite-sized video lessons. With 7 million lessons taught,

you can be sure Yangyang can teach anyone tospeak Chinese!

1. Why older Americans are learningChinese to keep their brains sharp.

2. Why Chinese might be a better languagefor our children to learn math.

3. How Chinese language explains cultural beliefs (there is no word for “hanging out”in Chinese).

4. Why Chinese isn’t a dif cult languageto learn.

5. How technology is changing the waypeople learn new languages

What Yangyang Can Talk About

Given that there are 100 million peoplelearning Chinese now, Yangyang can teach

you and your listeners how to say “hello”and “goodbye” in Mandarin. Rest assured,

Yangyang is a uent English speaker and iscomfortable speaking in front of a listeningaudience.

Contact

Trish McDermo707-529-1509

tmcdermo pr@gmail.com

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Yoyo Chinese Overview

Yoyo Chinese is a video-based online Mandarin program featuring author, television personality andUniversity Chinese teacher, Yangyang Cheng. Cheng brings her experience as a television host of

Hello! Hollywood , and the Discovery Channel’s Oh My Buddha , along with her background teaching

Chinese to Pepperdine University MBA students, to deliver lively and engaging video lessons that

keep students coming back. Yoyo Chinese keeps the emphasis on fun, while teaching Mandarin as it

is spoken in China today. Videos provide clear, easy-to-understand, and always entertaining

explanations of Chinese language concepts. The privately-held company is based in Arcadia, CA.

Features The only online video Mandarin curriculum developed to make learning Chinese easier for

English speakers by guiding students in a step-by-step process with English comparisons.

Chinese on the Street videos, shot on the streets of China, familiarizing students withauthentic dialogs, popular slang, and diverse Chinese speaking styles.

Live Google Hangouts with instructor Yangyang, where students get questions answered.

A downloadable study schedule with daily assignments that can be completed in under forty-five minutes.

More than forty free instructional videos available on the Yoyo Chinese YouTube channel.

Numbers

Founded in 2012 7 million lessons watched by students around the world More than 400 video tutorials, 300 audio lessons, and lecture notes for over 400 lessons 24-hour turn around on student questions Between 600 – 1,000 concurrent students in every Live Google Hangout

One E-book: Top Ten Mistakes Made by Chinese Learners Subscription fees: 1 month $45, 3 months $75, 6 months $99, and 1 year $159 Between 6 months and 1 year to basic conversational fluency, when completing daily lessons

“At Yoyo Chinese we use the same pace, accents and word choices with our students thatChinese people use on a daily basis, so students quickly learn to understand authentic Chinese,rather than rehearsing antiquated, scripted dialogs that are rarely used in actual conversations .”

-Yangyang Cheng, founder and instructor, Yoyo Chinese