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Chinese for Beginners

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Chinese culture and language with our ABC Chinese course for beginners. This comprehensive course provides an introduction to Mandarin phonetics and essential daily expressions, enabling learners to achieve a fundamental understanding and confidently engage in basic conversations. Our carefully crafted curriculum covers practical topics and real-life situations, ranging from exchanging personal information and discussing daily schedules to conversing about food, prices, city life, weather, and hobbies. The diverse selection of reading materials and interactive activities ensures a rich and stimulating learning experience, piquing learners' interests throughout the course. No need to worry about learning Chinese characters – this course focuses on speaking skills, making it accessible and enjoyable. Elevate your learning with a thrilling bonus feature: virtually travel to China and hone your speaking skills with our immersive game, playable on a VR headset or desktop. Embark on a scavenger hunt, talk to vendors, encounter fellow travelers, and explore a traditional market, all while applying your Chinese skills in a real-world environment.

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Rating 4.6 based on 1,384 ratings
Length 9 weeks
Effort 6 hours of videos and quizzes
Starts Jun 21 (44 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Peking University via Coursera
Instructor Xiaoyu Liu
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Language English
Subjects Languages
Tags Personal Development Language Learning Other Languages

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es un curso

Es un curso maravilloso y fue hermoso aprender un idioma tan bonito y tan antiguo.

Es un curso muy in teresante y explicito, da facilidad de aprender rapido/ Realy useful and interesting as first approach to Chinese language i like this course.

Es un curso muy ameno, la profesora es muy agradable y didáctica.

Es un curso buenísimo para dar tus primeros pasos aprendiendo este idioma.

Es un curso bueno para reforzar conocimientos e incorporar nuevo vocabulario.

Es un curso muy didáctico y completo que sobrepasa las expectativas de muchos.

Es un curso genial!!!

Es un curso muy completo y se aprende mucho.

Es un curso muy interactivo que te permite conocer un poco del lenguaje Mandarín, creo que seguiré estudiando Chino :) Nice way of teaching and learning It is a very good one to start but most have a basic too.

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peking university

Thanks Peking University.

Excellent Mandarin course from the Peking University.

This is fantastic effort from Peking University, for those who want to learn Chines.

Peking University's Chinese for Beginners course has been very interesting and comprehensive in covering the basics that would be truly useful and stimulating for beginners.

I look forward to any additional courses that Peking University has to offer.

I hope Peking University can open more higher level course.

I hope that Peking University offers another online course for those who have completed "Chinese for Beginners."

A very pleasant course Great course, although if you plan to learn more than the basics start with the Chinese for HSK by Peking University which in my opinionif you are serious about learning chinese, is better.

Bastante bueno el curso para aprender el idioma, recomendado ampliamente its very informative course designed by Peking university for all basic mandarin ( Chinese language) learners.

If you want more grammar explanations and structures, I recommend doing the Chinese for HSK 1 course that's also offered by Peking University.

I will now go on with the HSK coursed offered by Peking University.

Clear explanation and easy to follow Excelente, agora estou fazendo "More Chinese for Beginners Peking University".

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highly recommend this course

I would highly recommend this course for anyone willing learn some useful basic phrases.

I highly recommend this course to any true beginner in Chinese.

I highly recommend this course for everyone who want to begin learning Mandarin Chinese.

I highly recommend this course to anyone who has a desire to learn Chinese.

I highly recommend this course for people who want to learn the first words in Chinese.

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mucho el curso

very good Me gustó mucho el curso, es súper fácil, para iniciar es genial, no cuesta nada, es gratis.

Me gusto mucho el curso, gracias.

So happy Me gustó mucho el curso.

Me gustó mucho el curso, sobre todo el hecho de que realmente está dirigido para Principiantes.

Me gustó mucho el curso.

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looking forward

Looking forward to the next level on my Chinese speaking.

Looking forward to the second class now.

I'm looking forward for another course, because these 7 weeks were not enough for me) I love learning Chinese with this course!

I am traveling to China in a few months and I am looking forward to trying to use what I've learned in the course!

Looking forward to continue my Chinese learning!

Looking forward to the next course.

I am looking forward to sharing my new skills and hopefully taking all subsequent courses offered in this series.

Looking forward to see some Chinese people soon.?Xièxie!!!

Thank you so much for a wonderful introduction-I am looking forward to starting your next course and learning lots more, before I move to Shanghai next year!

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daily life

It teaches you many basic sentences, vocabulary that are essential in the daily life.

This course will help me to leave their and to ask what i need during my daily life.

I hope she there are more learning chinese course not for beginner, for higher lever I need the writing part This course includes major topics of daily life.

xie xie laoshi :) Its very good course for beginners.After this course we can communicate in Chinese for our daily life routine.

good course, useful in the daily life.

Moreover, I believe the vocabularies used in these lecture series are useful in daily Life.

Overall, this course is recommended to get used to listening Chinese language practice in daily life.

Gained confidence to practice my Chinese beginner level language skills for daily life.Keep it up Coursera!

There are lots of expressions for daily life that every person can use.

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professor xiaoyu liu

There is so much vocabulary and it is so well explained by professor Xiaoyu Liu.

I specially thank the course instructor Associate Professor Xiaoyu Liu, the Peiking University and the Coursera Team for providing such a good course for free.I once again thank my instructor.

Professor Xiaoyu Liu's presentations are clear and easy to follow.

I thank Professor Xiaoyu Liu for the time to prepare it, and wish her all the best of successes on getting more people to study her courses.

With that fear in my mind I joined this course, I want to give many thanks to Professor Xiaoyu Liu, very simple way she help me to get friendship with Chinese language.

Once again, many thanks to professor Xiaoyu Liu who designed very simple, interactive course and help to connect the Chinese language.

Thank you Professor Xiaoyu Liu, Thank you Coursera.

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básico del chino

genial, muy didactico y facil de entender Es un curso muy bueno y realmente se aprende lo básico del chino para poder entablar una platica sencilla en chino I love this course.

super Excelente tutora y muy buena estructuración de contenidos Me gusto mucho aunque solamente fue lo básico Soy de Ecuador, y gracias a este curso puedo entender lo básico del chino mandarín.

Excelente curso, muy didáctico, entretenido y útil para aprender lo más básico del chino.

Es un curso que te ayuda a hablar lo básico del chino, una gran opción para comenzar el estudio de este idioma.

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very well structured

Absolutely wonderful course, very well structured, perfect for beginners and teacher is lovely as well.

I find this course very well structured and am very grateful for having the oppotunity to be part of the increasing number of people interested not just in the language but also on the whole chinese culture.

The material is very well structured and after these basics, especially in pronouncing, i am confident that i am able to move forward to the next level.

Professionally done and very well structured.

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fácil de entender

Xie4xie4 un curso fácil de entender (aunque suene irónico decir que es fácil de entender un curso de chino) cuando viaje a china estaré agradecido, sentí que aprendí mucho.

Sinceramente fue muy fácil de entender, para situaciones tan cotidianas que requieren de una comunicación inmediata, éste es el curso adecuado para lograr hacer eso.

Este curso es muy fácil de entender, los ejercicios son claros, al igual que los exámenes y las explicaciones.

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highly recommended

Thank you LAOSHI good job Highly recommended, if you learn this you should have completed chinese 1!

Highly recommended!

This course is highly recommended for those who learn Chinese for the first time.

Highly recommended learning education platform.

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look forward

I look forward to learning more advanced chinese courses in the future.

Keep up the great work and I look forward to starting the next level.

I look forward to seeing more courses like this.

I look forward to building upon it and doing great things with the language.

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Rating 4.6 based on 1,384 ratings
Length 9 weeks
Effort 6 hours of videos and quizzes
Starts Jun 21 (44 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Peking University via Coursera
Instructor Xiaoyu Liu
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Languages
Tags Personal Development Language Learning Other Languages

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