ShaoLan Hsueh
ShaoLan Hsueh | |
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Born |
薛曉嵐 Taipei, Taiwan |
Residence | London, United Kingdom |
Alma mater |
University of Cambridge National Chengchi University National Taiwan University |
Occupation | Author, Creator, & Founder of Chineasy |
Known for | Chineasy |
ShaoLan Hsueh (also Heidi Hsueh,[1] Chinese: 薛曉嵐; pinyin: Xuē Xiǎolán) is an entrepreneur who has focused on content to learn Chinese based on a visual-based learning system branded "Chineasy".[2][3]
Hsueh was born in 1971[4] and raised in Taiwan.[5] She received a Master of Business Administration from National Chengchi University in the 1990s, before moving to the United Kingdom where she obtained a MPhil from Newnham College, University of Cambridge.[6][7]
Chineasy
After a TED talk in 2013 ("Learn to read Chinese … with ease! ")[8] and crowdfunding though Kickstarter,[9] Hsueh published the book Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese in March 2014, in collaboration with the graphic artist Noma Bar.[10] Hsueh came up with the idea while trying to teach Chinese to her two children.[4]
References
- ↑ Mair, 19 March 2014.
- ↑ ShaoLan Hsueh, Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2014 ( ISBN 978-0500650288).
- ↑ "The memory game. A new way of teaching Chinese ideograms to foreign audiences", The Economist, 22 March 2014.
- 1 2 Carey Dunne, "How obsessively copying poems helps Shaolan Hsueh, who reimagined Chinese, stay creative", Fastcodesign.com, 24 April 2014 (page visited on 28 February 2015).
- ↑ ShaoLan Hsueh, Le chinois, c'est pas sorcier, Éditions Hachette (Marabout), 2014 ( ISBN 978-2-501-09361-3).
- ↑ (in French) Shaolan Hsueh, Le chinois, c'est pas sorcier, Éditions Hachette (Marabout), 2014, pages 9 and 192 ( ISBN 978-2-501-09361-3).
- ↑ Charlotte Clarke, "Women in Business – Shaolan Hsueh, MBA graduate", FT.com, 5 October 2014 (page visited on 28 February 2015).
- ↑ "Learn to read Chinese … with ease!", TED talk, 2013 (page visited on 9 February 2015).
- ↑ Chineasy: The easiest way to learn Chinese, kickstarter.com (page visited on 9 February 2015).
- ↑ "Chineasy peasy: Noma Bar brings fun and colour to Chinese characters ", The Guardian (page visited on 9 February 2015).
External links
- Official website
- ShaoLan Hsueh at TED
- Victor Mair: Chineasy? Not 19 March 2014; Chineasy2 14 August 2017, Language Log (Linguistic Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania)