Ma Liping Textbook + Hanlexon
AI-generated worksheets, flashcards, and stroke-order practice for any Ma Liping lesson.
Quick answer
The Ma Liping Chinese textbook (馬立平中文) is the most widely used heritage Chinese curriculum in U.S. weekend schools, especially CSAUS-affiliated programs. Hanlexon does not redistribute Ma Liping's copyrighted vocabulary lists; instead, teachers paste each week's lesson vocabulary into Hanlexon and the platform generates aligned worksheets, flashcards, stroke-order grids, and printable assignments for that specific lesson. The teacher tier is free for one class up to 30 students; the heritage-school tier is $5 per student per year (50-student minimum) — calibrated for nonprofit / volunteer school economics.
What Ma Liping is, and what teachers struggle with
Ma Liping Chinese (馬立平中文) is a 7-volume textbook series widely used by U.S. heritage Chinese schools — schools that meet on weekends or after-school for children who hear Chinese at home but study English during the regular school day. The series emphasizes character recognition, reading comprehension, and cultural literacy. It aligns with AP Chinese and ACTFL standards rather than HSK, which is built for adult foreign-language learners.
The textbook is excellent at what it does. What teachers struggle with isn't the textbook — it's everything around it: weekly vocabulary worksheets, flashcard drills for homework, stroke-order practice sheets, classroom rosters, AI grading. Most heritage school teachers volunteer and have ~2 hours of prep time per week for a 90-minute class. Hand-creating worksheets eats most of that budget.
Three steps to use Hanlexon with your Ma Liping class
Roster your class
Add your students by name (no school emails needed). Hanlexon's free teacher tier covers one class up to 30 students.
Paste the week's vocabulary
Open the worksheet generator, paste this week's Ma Liping vocabulary list, choose formats: fill-in pinyin, stroke-order grid, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank sentences, or printable flashcards.
Assign or print
Assign to the class in-app, or download as PDF for paper homework. Students complete on paper or on phone/tablet; Hanlexon's AI grading scores the mechanical work, so you spend your time writing feedback instead of marking.
Beyond Ma Liping
The worksheet generator is curriculum-agnostic. Teachers using Jinan (暨南) Chinese, Meizhou (美洲华语), Integrated Chinese, or a custom-built curriculum use Hanlexon the same way: paste the vocabulary, generate aligned materials, assign to class. The classroom roster and AI grading work identically across curricula. Whichever textbook you use, the platform is the layer underneath it.
Questions teachers ask
- What is the Ma Liping Chinese textbook?
- A 7-volume Chinese textbook series for heritage learners, widely used by CSAUS-affiliated weekend schools in the U.S. Emphasis on character recognition and reading comprehension; AP-aligned, not HSK.
- Does Hanlexon include the actual Ma Liping vocabulary lists?
- No — those are copyrighted. You paste each week's vocabulary; Hanlexon generates worksheets, flashcards, and practice for those words. Validated lesson-by-lesson curriculum mapping is on the roadmap.
- How do I use Hanlexon with my Ma Liping class?
- Roster your class, paste vocabulary, generate worksheets. Three steps, takes < 5 minutes once the class is rostered.
- Is Hanlexon free for heritage Chinese schools?
- Teacher tier is free for one class up to 30 students, including worksheet generation, roster, and AI grading. Heritage-school tier is $5/student/year, 50-student minimum.
- Does Hanlexon work with other heritage Chinese curricula?
- Yes — Jinan Zhongwen, MeiZhou, Integrated Chinese, or custom curricula. The worksheet generator is curriculum-agnostic.