Nihao and welcome!

My name is Serge Melnyk, I’m the founder of this online Mandarin Chinese course. I started producing lessons back in 2006 in order to help people around the world master Mandarin Chinese. I studied Mandarin for almost 20 years and spent the last 13 years living in China. Currently, I live between Vancouver, Canada and Shanghai, China. I have a Master’s degree in Mandarin Chinese and I used to work as educational director in one of the international schools in Shanghai.

This course is created for anyone who is interested in learning spoken Mandarin Chinese, the FREE audio lessons are in Mp3 format and you can download them from iTunes or directly from this Website. Summer, who is a native Beijing speaker and Pauline, the native of Taiwan are helping me with the recordings of most lessons in this course, but you will also hear different voices there as well.

The lessons on this Website are theme based and progressive, which means that you can start from “zero” level and after completing this course, you will be able to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese on the familiar topics.

An important feature of this course is that you can spend as much time on each lesson as you want, there is no time limit or other requirements, just download your lessons, subscribe for transcripts and start learning Mandarin at your own pace.

Every new lesson is built on the vocabulary and grammar of the previous lesson. You can spend about a week on each lesson. There is a lot of review of the old vocabulary in the new lessons and all lessons are interconnected. We use a step-by-step approach in our Mandarin Chinese course. This method helps you to develop and reinforce listening and speaking skills in Mandarin Chinese.

You can take these Mandarin Chinese Lessons with you on your iPod or Mp3 player and study anytime, at any place, at your convenience. For example, you can study in your car on the way to work or school etc. The number of lessons on this Website is constantly growing, please check our Learn Chinese Syllabus. for for the lessons schedule. It doesn’t matter when you join the course, the lessons are always going to be here for you.

Sign up for the premium subscription and you will also get access to full PDF transcripts and worksheets for all previous lessons and for new lessons that are produced weekly. If you have a question or need assistance, we’ll be happy to help, no matter what lesson you are studying.