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- Real Chinese – Web Site
- Presented by the BBC. A lively introduction to Mandarin Chinese in 10 short parts with video clips from the Real Chinese TV series.
- Beginner’s Chinese – iTunes Free
- Introductory audio lessons provided by the Open University.
- Chinese for Beginners – Free Online Video/MOOC
- This is an ABC Chinese course for beginners, including introduction of phonetics and daily expressions. From Peking University.
- Chinese: Start Talking with 1.3 Billion People – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
- Introductory Chinese language course from Tsinghua University emphasizes basic language skills for everyday life in Mandarin speaking countries. The course utilizes pinyin, the standard system of Romanized spelling for transliterating Chinese, so learners will find it easy to understand and study the language.
- More Chinese for Beginners – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
- Also from Peking University, this is an advanced course for Chinese for beginners. Learners will expand vocabularies about personal information, daily life, food and drink, health, and more.
- Chinese Course – Seton Hall
- Beginning Chinese – Free iTunes Audio – Seton Hall
- Beginning Chinese Reader – Free iTunes Audio – Seton Hall
- Intermediate Chinese – Free iTunes Audio – Seton Hall
- Intermediate Chinese Reader – Free iTunes Audio – Seton Hall
- Advanced Chinese – Free iTunes Audio – Seton Hall
- Advanced Chinese Reader – Free iTunes Audio – Seton Hall
- Chinese Lessons with Serge Melnyk – iTunes Free
- Weekly lessons in Mandarin that get very strong reviews from iTunes users.
- Chinesepod.com – iTunes Free
- A series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn Mandarin on your own terms.
- DuoLingo Chinese – Web site
- Bite-sized Chinese lessons. Fun, effective, and 100% free.
- Easy Chinese – iTunes Free
- Easy Chinese is designed specifically for non-native Chinese language learners at the introductory level. It aims to teach learners to absorb practical oral expressions in a short amount of time.
- Fall in Love With Mandarin – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
- Learn everyday Chinese Mandarin and discover Taiwanese culture in the process. From National Chiao Tung University.
- Foreign Service Institute Basic Cantonese – Web site
- Two textbooks (PDF) and 30 audio lessons (MP3).
- Foreign Service Institute Standard Chinese: A Modular Approach – Web site
- Designed to give a practical command of spoken standard Chinese with nine situational modules. Each module consists of tapes (MP3), a student textbook (PDF), and a workbook. In addition to the core modules, there is a resource module and eight optional modules.
- iMandarinPod.com – iTunes Free
- This series of lessons teaches Chinese by talking about Chinese culture or what is happening today in China. More advanced than others.
- Learn Chinese in Your Car – Spotify
- Grammar and vocabulary to beginners, offering guidance in pronunciation and language fundamentals.
- Learn Chinese on Spotify – Spotify
- A collection of audio courses on Spotify, that will take you from beginner lessons to advanced conversations–featuring essential travel phrases and vocabulary.
- Mandarin Chinese Characters – iTunes Free
- Created by Emory University, this series of video lessons will help you draw several characters and numbers.
- Mandarin in China – Web Site
- Lessons courtesy of the US Peace Corps
- Numbers and Radicals – iTunes Free
- Emory University teaches you the proper form for writing numbers and radicals. In Video.
- One Minute Mandarin – iTunes Free – Feed
- A quick way to cover the very basics…
- Popup Chinese – iTunes Free – Feed
- Offers lessons for beginners and also students at intermediate and advanced levels. In addition to language lessons, Popup Chinese provides annotated short stories, HSK test prep materials and a variety of speaking and listening exercises. They broadcast out of Beijing, and all voice actors speak the standard northern dialect.
- Slow Chinese – iTunes Free
- A cultural podcast for Chinese learners. Features narratives by native Chinese people read in Mandarin at a slow speed (2~3 characters per second). Topics vary from language, knowledge, tradition and culture to opinions on social phenomena.
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