There's something else I thought of that would be fun and educational.

The Popup Olympics.

We could organize the contests weekly, bi-weekly or whatever time frame would work for everyone.

Users would register and take a Popup placement test to determine the level, and competitions would be organized for elementary - advanced levels.

During the competition, a synchronous test feed would be sent to all registered contestants. The test would consist of multiple choice, true/false, grammar, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, sentence arrangement, parts of speech tagging, essay writing (about the same topic) and speaking (all on the same topic).

Each test component would count for a different percentage of the overall score, multiple choice and true and false would count for a lower percentage than speaking and writing.

For the speaking portion a total of 5 various topics would be announced 1 week before the games. On the day of the competition, one of those 5 topics would be selected and sent to the users who have 5 minutes to prepare their answers which would be a 5-7 minutes long. After the speech, a series of follow up questions would appear on the contestant's screen and when they're finished they click next and the following question would come up on the screen. This would ensure sponteneity for at least part of the speech portion and put our language abilities to the true test.

The speech would then be recorded and reviewed (along with our essays) by Echo and company and the winners determined and announced at a later date.

The winners and runners up would be placed on the Popup wall of fame.

Trophy award icons along with our accolades and decorations would appear in our control panels.

First Prizes would be a free Skype lesson and a month of free premium access. Second prize, (like Film Friday) a month of free premium access to Popup Chinese. Third Prize would be a free month of limited access to Popup.

Every contestant would get a participation award, which would be their writing corrected and their work critiqued by the Popup staff.

Entry fees would be minimal, just $5.00 US or ￥20.00 RMB if the contestant lives in China.

This would also be a fun way to motivate learners to sharpen their skills would compel us to learn to speak on a deep level about a wide variety of topics and hopefully even begin to think completely in Chinese.