Inexperienced students can learn to speak Chinese using the textbook, Essential College Chinese, and using the Echo Method as taught by a native Chinese language teacher. Besides pronunciation, students will focus on recognizing Chinese characters by using a character formula. This will promote remembering groups of characters by association, like a bunch of grapes. Students will not merely memorize individual characters but will grasp more when learning one Chinese character. By the end of the class, students will successfully master the difficulty of remembering Chinese characters and achieve the ability to read and speak basic Chinese.