Usability Study of website “Happy Chinese – Magic Five Lessons”

Abstract

Nowadays, the Chinese language has become more and more popular, because many people are attracted by the five thousand years of Chinese history and culture; and some people want to learn Chinese because they need the language skill for their jobs. In addition to these two groups, some people may still need to decide indeed which language they will start to study, so they may still be searching. There are too many different resources online now for teaching Chinese. However, a website clearly only targeting to the very beginners of Chinese language learning is necessary in this era of information exploration. My master’s project was to develop and evaluate the usage of the website “Happy Chinese – Magic Five Lessons” I designed. I used text, pictures, and even videos to create this website. More people may benefit from this website in the future to make their decision of starting learning Chinese, or to gain very basic Chinese language knowledge, and to explore very basic Chinese traditional culture.