Introduction to this Mandarin Chinese Course.
This course is designed for those who is interested in learning conversational Mandarin Chinese from the very beginning. It’s primary goal is to help learners develop the communicative ability in Mandarin Chinese by learning language structures, functions and related cultural background.
These lessons are suitable for anyone who decides to self-study Mandarin. You can spend about a week on each lesson.
The course comes mostly in audio files in MP3 format, but sometimes, I produce video lessons to show how the language is used in real life situations. The video files are in MP4 format and can be directly viewed on your computer, video iPod, iPhone or any other MP4 video player.
You can subscribe for my lessons to download the new lessons automatically. Please use iTunes for that( Free download at www.apple.com). Please follow the link on the sidebar.
Transcripts and worksheets are available from the Website as well.
In order to start, please click on “All Lessons” link at the top of the page and browse to the lesson of your choice!
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February 4th, 2006 at 5:00 am
great idea. i hope others will listen in. if you have more advanced speakers of mandarin listening, would you consider making your lessons more advanced? for exmaple, i’ve studied chinese for two years in the USA and then lived in China for two years. any suggestions on how to keep my Chinese up to speed while being back in the USA for several months? thanks
February 4th, 2006 at 5:50 am
Sure. I plan to make these lessons more and more complex. It is that I just need to start from the beginning.
February 8th, 2006 at 10:55 am
Thanks Serge for the Mandarin Lessons. I speak Cantonese myself and found the Mandarin lessons very useful. I have always wanted to learn Mandarin and stumbled across this whilst surfing the Net. I listen and practice in the car on the way to and from work. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
February 14th, 2006 at 4:47 am
Thanks very much Serge, it is very generous of you to
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I have just started learning Mandarin and am trying to learn as much as possible from the Internet. Yours podcasts look like being a very good resource.
March 7th, 2006 at 3:46 am
dear serge,
i incidentially stumbled over your mandarin training course at the itunes music store.
i will be sent to china for business reasons by my company within the next months and i figured out that your podcasts combined with the transcripts and additional material are a great preparation.
thank you very much for your mandarin lessons!
markus from vienna, austria
March 9th, 2006 at 2:41 pm
Thanks for your support!
March 12th, 2006 at 2:07 am
Great, Serge! Thanks for the lessons! You are a VERY good teacher.
Sariel León
( I’m a journalist from Chile)
March 13th, 2006 at 2:42 am
Hi Serge and thank you very much for the lessons! I’m using several resources at the same time to learn mandarin and I really like your podcasts! Great quality of the sound and the material!
March 23rd, 2006 at 4:20 am
I just found this podcast, and I plan on using your lessons. I am applying for jobs in China, so this is very helpful! 謝謝!
March 23rd, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Serge, thank you for your Mandarin Chinese lessons. I listen to them in my car. I just found your podcast, and I find your way of teaching enjoyable. I have completed two lessons, and it gives me some confidence, that I will learn Mandarin.
I look forward to more lessons.
thanks again!
June 5th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
I would like a conversation practice partner in Mandarin (upper-intermediate to advanced level) using Skype. James, would you by any chance be interested?
Sam
January 14th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Serge, I am writing you from Colombia in South America. I would like to thank you for your work, very few mandarin teachers visit Colombia (almost none) you are the only hope for people in countries where acces to foreign lenguages is dificult like in my case. I would like to congratulate you on your effort to bring mandarin to people around the world.
As soon as I found out about the podcast and the web page, I told all of my friends. You now have sixteen new students who learn from my computer and are very grateful. Thanks to you we will learn basic conversation in mandarin. I am sure that if you keep it up, thousands even million of people around the world will remember you as the man who kindly taught the world not only how to speak Chinesse but also the man who helped the world become a more friendly and integrated place.
Once again,
Thank you!!!!
December 14th, 2007 at 5:47 am
thank you so much your lessons are so easy to follow
my wife is from shenyang province ,yet its easier learning from you than her
she will not take offence to this thanks again
February 25th, 2008 at 6:18 am
You have done an awesome work. I have been studying Mandarin for the past 2 years. Even though I really enjoy learning it at school, the heavy load of work at my university doesn’t let me continue my studies in Chinese. But this lessons are a great way to keep my chinese on the top of my head and keep improving by my own means. Thank you very much.
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Really love the lessons, I’ve tried loads of different podcasts but now I’ve downloaded all of yours, I’m set to learn all the mandarin i’ll need.
Thank you so much!!
Liam.