One of the most important things when learning a language is good content - and ChinesePod101.com has this, and a steady flow of it. This constant flow of fresh content regards cultural aspects of Chinese you will want to know, interesting tidbits about navigating in Chinese society (whether on vacation or living abroad), practical information about getting by and much more.
Your Chinese Learning Center brings together audio podcast lessons, lesson notes and checklists, transcripts, PDFs, video lessons, vocabulary training with flashcards and quizzes plus a Chinese dictionary, grammar bank, a verb reference and plenty more.
And if you enjoy asking questions and learning from and helping other learners, a forum is available for all users.
At ChinesePod101.com, our goal is to make learning the Chinese language easy and fun, while also incorporating culture and current issues into our lessons. We believe that the more you speak, the quicker you learn, so we have designed our program to get you speaking right away. Situational Chinese is heavily stressed, and our team role plays various situations to demonstrate the proper form of Chinese to use when speaking with friends, customers, executives, and so-on. Knowing the proper form to use separates good speakers from great speakers.
ChinesePod101.com was developed with the hope of showing the world how fun and easy learning Chinese can be. Here at ChinesePod101.com, we truly believe that learning can be fun, while at the same time convenient. We know how busy you are and that each day brings unexpected surprises. That is exactly why we bring the lessons to you and let you decide when they start.
Our innovative, fun, and easy to use language learning system is designed to get you speaking and interacting from the very first lesson. Learn Chinese at your own convenience and pace with short, effective, fun daily lessons and a comprehensive, state-of-the-art Learning Center that provides you with the tools to take your Chinese to the next level! Our interactive learning system consists of free daily audio podcast lessons, accompanying PDF materials, a Premium Learning Center, and a vibrant user community.
Our Method
ChinesePod101.com offers a unique learning experience that cannot be found in conventional classrooms. In addition to offering lessons that can be completed on your own time, we approve all of the content we release through a government certified Chinese teacher. Here are just a few of the revolutionary advantages of our method:
Exposure to native speakers and many different kinds of voices and speaking styles…
ChinesePod101.com aims to have you speaking Chinese after just one lesson! Our lessons focus on pronunciation and listening comprehension, so that you can start practicing what you learn from our professional teachers. Inside the PDF you will find the necessary tools for reading comprehension, and thorough explanations of phrases and key grammar points, in addition to segments on cultural insight. To address speaking practice, we have state-of-the-art software to allow you to record your own voice so you can compare your pronunciation to our teachers and continue to refine your speaking skills.
When all the aspects of ChinesePod101.com are put together, this program provides students of Chinese with ultimate self-study learning course. In addition, we often provide conversations between three people to more closely simulate real-life situations.
Fresh, up-to-date content...
Many Chinese teachers who live overseas have been out of the country for a long period of time and can be “out of the loop” on current words, culture, etc. This is another major gap that we fill. Lessons are carefully crafted to include current events, words, celebrities, and so-on. This is very dynamic content.
Borderless education on-demand...
We also fill a definite demand in remote locations. Our lessons provide you with a mobile classroom, as we bring you Chinese on Demand. Chinese lessons wherever you may be.
ChinesePod101.com offers our listeners a unique learning experience that delivers cutting-edge, dynamic content to be accessed at your convenience. With the inclusion of our lesson notes and Learning Center, we offer a full solution that provides the material, guidance, exercises, and testing to really make the knowledge your own. And it doesn’t even stop there - our vibrant and extremely helpful community provide each other not only quick answers to questions, but also give each other a sense of encouragement and motivation that is often lacking.
We focus on Chinese, and Chinese only...
Just Chinese! All we do is Chinese. ChinesePod101.com is not a generic package language learning course, such as some of the other big name language learning programs out there. Many other programs “scale” their solutions across several languages, simply recycling the same material over and over - the same pictures, the same conversations, just in a different language. But each language is unique, and at ChinesePod101.com we pride ourselves on developing a system that’s only about the Chinese language and Chinese culture!
One stop studying...
Have you ever found yourself lost on the information highway? Sometimes it’s like trying to drink from a fire hose! Hundreds of bookmarks, all with varying levels of quality and credibility. You finally find a great site, but it only updates once a year! ChinesePod101.com offers users one stop studying. The learning center has been carefully designed to provide you with the resources you will need to take your Chinese to the next level.
