El autor de los materiales de enseñanza utilizados en Hutong School es el señor Pr. Zhang Pengpeng ((张朋朋). Profesor asociado en la Universidad de Beijing de Cultura y Lenguaje y ha enseñado chino a hablantes no-nativos desde 1975 en Beijing así como en las universidades en Francia, Suiza y Alemania.

Basado en sus experiencias con hablantes no-nativos, el señor Pr. Zhang ha desarrollado su propio método separando por una parte el Chino hablado y por la otra el reconocimiento/escritura de caracteres. Más que requerir a los estudiantes el ser capaces de pronunciar, leer y escribir cada carácter de cada diálogo, el señor Pr. Zhang presta más atención a la explicación de la forma de la estructura de los caracteres y al sistema radical-fonética.

En esta manera, los estudiantes pueden progresar rápidamente en chino hablado y al mismo tiempo coloca una buna base para la memorización de los caracteres. En adición, el señor Pr. Zhang se centra más al comienzo en el reconocimiento de los caracteres e incorpora la escritura de caracteres en una fase más adelante.

Los libros para el curso para el nivel Principiante e Intermedio son los siguientes tres libros "New Approaches to Learning Chinese" por el señor Pr. Zhang Pengpeng:

《口语速成》(Intensivo chino hablado), para la Clase hablada. Los estudiantes aprenderán cómo introducirse en chino, saludar gente, ordenar comida y bebidas, comprar cosas, hablar sobre sus familias, etc. El centro será el vocabulario básico chino que puede ser usado inmediatamente en situaciones diarias.

《集中识字》(Alfabetización rápida en Chino), para la clase de lectura o escritura. Para completamente principiantes, el centro será principalmente en lectura y reconocimiento de los 300 caracteres más utilizados.

《常用汉字部首》(Los más comunes radicales chinos), será utilizado por los estudiantes en su mayoría como un libro de referencia para mejorar su entendimiento de los caracteres chinos y el sistema radical-fonética.

Todos los materiales de enseñanza están incluidos en costo del programa.

Mes	Programa de Prácticas Profesionales	Programa de Chino Intensivo
1er mes	Phonetics, numbers, money, self-introduce Lesson 1 : Phonetics, Hello Lesson 2 : Phonetics, Thank you Lesson 3 : Phonetics, Numerals Lesson 4 : Surname, First Name Lesson 5 : Country, Native Place Lesson 6 : City, Native Place Lesson 7 : Year, Month, Date, Day Lesson 8 : Birthday, Age Lesson 9 : Time, Daily Schedule Lesson 10 : Public Places 5 hours of classes focusing on Chinese characters, with special attention to the most common Chinese radicals. After 1 month, students should master 50 common characters.	Phonetics, numbers, money, self-introduce, shopping, order the dishes Lesson 1 : Phonetics, Hello Lesson 2 : Phonetics, Thank you Lesson 3 : Phonetics, Numerals Lesson 4 : Surname, First Name Lesson 5 : Country, Native Place Lesson 6 : City, Native Place Lesson 7 : Year, Month, Date, Day Lesson 8 : Birthday, Age Lesson 9 : Time, Daily Schedule Lesson 10 : Public Places Lesson 11: Daily Necessities, Fruits Lesson 12 : Buy things, Prices Lesson 13 : Wines, Drinks Lesson 14 : Coffee Bar, Tea House Lesson 15 : Menu, Foods 40 hours of classes focusing on Chinese characters, with special attention to the most common Chinese radicals. After 1 month, students should master 200 common characters.
2do mes	Shopping, order food, talk about family members and language learning Lesson 11: Daily Necessities, Fruits Lesson 12 : Buy things, Prices Lesson 13 : Wines, Drinks Lesson 14 : Coffee Bar, Tea House Lesson 15 : Menu, Foods Lesson 16 : At the Restaurant Lesson 17 : Eating Habits Lesson 18 : Family / Profession Lesson 19 : Languages, Learning Lesson 20 : Address, Telephone 5 hours of classes focusing on Chinese characters, with special attention to the most common Chinese radicals. After 2 months, students should master 100 common characters.	Talk about family members and language learning, asking the way, talk about weather and sports, going to hospital Lesson 16 : At the Restaurant Lesson 17 : Eating Habits Lesson 18 : Family / Profession Lesson 19 : Languages, Learning Lesson 20 : Address, Telephone Lesson 21 : Doing Something Lesson 22 : Duration of Time Lesson 23 : Result, Possibility Lesson 24 : Means of Transportation Lesson 25 : Direction and Position; Lesson 26 : Asking the way Lesson 27 : Climate, Weather Lesson 28 : Sports Activities Lesson 29 : Comparison Lesson 30 : At the Hospital 40 hours of classes focusing on Chinese characters, with special attention to the most common Chinese radicals. After 2 months, students should master 400 common characters.
3er mes	Asking the way, talk about weather and sports, going to hospital Lesson 21 : Doing Something Lesson 22 : Duration of Time Lesson 23 : Result, Possibility Lesson 24 : Means of Transportation Lesson 25 : Direction and Position Lesson 26 : Asking the way Lesson 27 : Climate, Weather Lesson 28 : Sports Activities Lesson 29 : Comparison Lesson 30 : At the Hospital 5 hours of classes focusing on Chinese characters, with special attention to the most common Chinese radicals. After 3 months, students should master 150 common characters.	Changing money, room decorations, booking tickets Lesson 31: Changing Money Lesson 32 : Color, Clothes Lesson 33 : Room Decorations Lesson 34 : Recreations and hobbies Lesson 35 : At the Post Office Lesson 36 : Repairing a Bicycle Lesson 37 : Formalities of a Hotel Lesson 38 : At the Train Station Lesson 39 : Booking a Plane Ticket Lesson 40: The Internet Age 40 hours of classes focusing on Chinese characters, with special attention to the most common Chinese radicals. After 3 months, students should master 600 common characters.Review of all topics of oral Chinese.
4to mes	Changing money, room decorations, at the post office Lesson 31: Changing Money Lesson 32 : Color, Clothes Lesson 33 : Room Decorations Lesson 34 : Recreations and hobbies Lesson 35 : At the Post Office Lesson 36 : Repairing a Bicycle Lesson 37 : Formalities of a Hotel Lesson 38 : At the Train Station Lesson 39 : Booking a Plane Ticket Lesson 40: The Internet Age 5 hours of classes focusing on Chinese characters, with special attention to the most common Chinese radicals. After 4 months, students should master 200 common characters.
5to mes	More focus on Chinese characters with the aim of mastering 400 characters by the end of the month. (200 additional characters to be learned) Review of lessons 1-20 of oral Chinese and additional exercises.
6to mes	More focus on Chinese characters with the aim of mastering 600 characters by the end of the month. (200 additional characters to be learned) Review of lessons 21-40 of oral Chinese and additional exercises.