Learn how to speak Mandarin Chinese, from everyday vocabulary to sentence structure.  This introductory Chinese language course will emphasize basic language skills for everyday life in Mandarin speaking countries. The course utilizes pinyin, the standard system of Romanized spelling for transliterating...

This online textbook represents materials that were used in the first four semesters (two years) of the Mandarin program at MIT. They eventually formed the basis of a print textbook of the same name, published by Yale University Press; information and supplemental materials for the Yale edition are available...

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Take the first step towards learning Mandarin Chinese, the most commonly spoken language in the world. Are you planning a trip to a Mandarin-speaking country, or have you always wanted to learn some common Mandarin phrases? Whether you plan to travel for business or pleasure, learning basic Mandarin...

Take the first step towards learning Mandarin Chinese, the most commonly spoken language in the world.  Introductory Mandarin is the first in a series of six courses designed to teach you how to speak Mandarin Chinese. This course will introduce you to the basic language you will need to eat, live...

Learn Mandarin Chinese with practice in extensive vocabulary, phrases and sentence structures used in daily communication in Mandarin Chinese. In the second course of the Mandarin Chinese language series, you will learn extensive vocabulary for describing people and objects, making comparisons, and stating...

Proven Mandarin Lessons that will teach you how to speak Chinese in the same way you learned how to speak English! Did you know that there are more native speakers of Chinese than ANY other language in the world? What opportunities would you have if YOU could speak Chinese? Did you know that Chinese...

This is a self-paced MOOC on Standard Chinese Mandarin (Pǔtōnghuà普通话). In the beginning of the first 4 lessons, you will be introduced to "Romanized Mandarin" and "Chinese Charaters".  After that, students will be taught some basic conversational Mandarin which will enable you to...

Mandarin 1 is an on-line Mandarin language course designed for learners who do not have prior knowledge in Mandarin. It provides learners with foundation knowledge to enable them to understand, converse and respond in oral and written form. This course encompasses the listening, speaking, reading and...

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This subject is the first semester of two that form an introduction to modern standard Chinese, commonly called Mandarin. Though not everyone taking this course will be an absolute beginner, the course presupposes no prior background in the language. The purpose of this course is to develop: Basic...

This subject is the second semester of two that form an introduction to modern standard Chinese, commonly called Mandarin. Though not everyone taking this course will be an absolute beginner, the course presupposes only 21F.101/151, the beginning course in the sequence. The purpose of this course is...

This is the third of the four courses (Chinese I through IV) in MIT's regular (non-streamlined) Chinese curriculum. The four make use of the textbook, Learning Chinese: A Foundation Course in Mandarin (unpublished, but available online), to which are added various supporting materials as needs arise...

This subject is the first semester of four that forms an introduction to modern standard Chinese, commonly called Mandarin, the language with the largest number of native speakers in the world. It is the official language of Mainland China and Taiwan, and one of the official languages of Singapore. The...

This is the last of the four courses (Chinese I through IV) that make up the foundation level (four semesters over two years in the normal curriculum) of MIT's regular (non-streamlined) Chinese program. Chinese IV is designed to consolidate conversational usage and grammatical and cultural knowledge...