Is Mandarin Basics the Level for Me?

Are you looking to learn Chinese for the first time? Improve upon what you already know about Mandarin? Communicate with Chinese business clientele or just learn a few phrases for a trip to China?  In any situation, Mandarin Basics can provide you the skill and confidence to go where you want and connect with the people you meet.

Features and Benefits

It!|s Fast and Effective!

Mandarin Basics utilizes your lifelong familiarity with the English alphabet and ability to use a computer!|s keyboard to provide the most convenient learning environment in which to learn a second language, providing you a completely level playing field to start your new language. This method is so fast and so effective that it was used in the U.S. Department of Defense, STARTALK program. In just a short time you will learn more than 500 of the most useful Chinese characters in simplified or traditional format and hundreds of sentences and phrases. Begin basic communication in Mandarin immediately.

It!|s Convenient!

Anytime, anywhere, any speed. Mandarin Basics is available anytime you are. No classes to take or lessons to miss. You decide when you want to study, and for as long and as often as you want.

It!|s Enjoyable!

When something is fun, it captures your attention!Kand holds it! Interactive activities, vivid imagery and voices of native speakers make Mandarin Basics truly engaging !V not tedious or boring, but fun and exciting. And it really works!

Comprehensive Program

Mandarin Basics teaches you the four key language skills you need to excel in any language: listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing and one that most other Chinese programs miss--typing.

Native Speaker Technology

Improve your speech by imitating a native speaker in each lesson and with the enclosed Pinyin CD that can reproduce any sound and tone possible in Mandarin Chinese.

Highly Interactive

Mandarin Basics utilizes your natural senses of sight, touch and sound to immerse you completely in your new language so you!|ll learn quickly and retain what you learn. A systematic structure helps you build your arsenal of language quickly.

Immediate Reinforcement

Preview each lesson with a musical !!ˇÓChant!ˇL feature and then begin to build your new language with exercises, games, tests and automated assessments that help you focus on areas that need additional reinforcement.

Sample Topics

People and talking, Giving and receiving directions, Food: eating and drinking, Family relationships, Numbers, Colors, Telling time, Travel and transportation, Occupations, Shopping and dining out, Weather and Geography, Adjectives and Antonyms, Verbs, Weeks and Months, Adjectives, Sports, Family, Illness, Hobbies and Pets, Occupations, The Environment, Moods, etc.