At this point, we strongly recommend that you start studying the Path to Fluency course in parallel with this HSK 5 course. (If you've purchased the HSK 5 bundle, you automatically have free access to Path to Fluency.)

What is Path to Fluency?

Path to Fluency is a video course that provides you with strategies to achieve actual Chinese fluency beyond the HSK curriculum.

At HSK 5 and beyond, you need to study more authentic, non-HSK material by "comprehensible input" (i.e. doing extensive reading, watching a lot of Chinese shows, engage in a lot of Chinese conversation, etc.)

The "Path to Fluency" video course (which you get for free) helps you do just that.

Do I have to study Path to Fluency to pass HSK 5?

Absolutely!

Unlike HSK 4, HSK 5 will test you on words and language points not listed on the official curriculum. This requires you to go beyond the textbook and get comprehensible input by reading authentic Chinese text "out in the wild." The Path to Fluency course will guide you through that process.

👉 Go to Path to Fluency.