Two best online Chinese courses for beginners

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Learning a language online is becoming a new trend for most people. As one of the most difficult language in the world, Chinese is now more widely used than ever before. How to learn the language online effectively and easily is a big challenge for most learners.

These two courses cover the main parts in Chinese learning– phonetics, characters and conversational usage. With the help of our virtual learning classroom, every student can enjoy the fun of learning with full interactiveness, such as practicing pronunciation under teachers’ instruction through video and audio or writing characters stroke by stroke on white board.

Chinese Phonetics
Pinyin was the foundation of Chinese learning, no matter you are a native speaker or not. Though Pinyin always confuses foreigners with four different tones, it was first invented by a French man who wrote a book on how to represent every character with Latin letters in 1626. With continues perfection of Chinese ancestors and elders, phonetics is now the key of learning the language.

In this online course, a student may learn 21 initial consonants, 38 final consonants, vowels, pronunciations and combination rules. For every single lesson, there will be picture and real demonstration with the shape of mouth. Students may follow live teachers’ instructions and see how to pronounce correctly though web camera. Pinyin is a good supplement to reading and speaking rather than a formal way of writing. Mastering pinyin will not guarantee you speak fluent Chinese, but help you learn this language more easily.

Situational Chinese
One may finish the Pinyin lessons in 12-16 study hours, and then begin to learn the basic Chinese phrases which are emphasized in this course. In each session, a conversation will occur at certain circumstance which is frequently met in daily life, especially for foreigners. Students will learn the basic expressions on how to know each other, make visa application, visit someplace, answer phone calls, and along with the usage of fundamental words in the sentence pattern. For every four lessons, there will be a review class for the students to consolidate what they have learned in previous lessons.

Good preparation may quicken the process. Learning a language never has shortcut, one has to follow his or her study plan step by step. All courses listed above may establish a good foundation in your Chinese learning, which makes big progress in your future studies.