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| jasoninchina Senior Member China Joined 5070 days ago 221 posts - 306 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Italian | Message 1 of 7 03 August 2010 at 5:03pm | IP Logged |
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Recently, my friend expressed an interest in learning Mandarin. He asked me about what I thought was the best way to do so from home. I am fairly familiar with the numerous program and tape-based methods, but I am curious if anyone has had experience with online courses. I'm specifically referring to the subscription type of courses that offer ongoing lessons and even 1 on 1 tutoring. Whether you've tried Chinese online courses or something else, I'd like to hear your feedback.
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| LittleBoy Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5149 days ago 84 posts - 100 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 2 of 7 03 August 2010 at 10:29pm | IP Logged |
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I'm trying ChineseClass101 myself at the minute and I'm enjoying it so far, it seems really good, although you can't just listen to the podcasts if you really want to learn the material. I've tried a variety of others, and whilst I can see benefits in LiveMocha, I gave up when it asked me to read sentences with words it hadn't taught me yet in, and when I realised that it didn't use standard pinyin.
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| luhmann Senior Member Brazil Joined 5172 days ago 156 posts - 271 votes Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: Mandarin, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Persian, Arabic (classical) | Message 3 of 7 06 August 2010 at 7:53pm | IP Logged |
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Chinesepod is probably the best. Edited by luhmann on 06 August 2010 at 7:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5798 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 4 of 7 09 August 2010 at 5:38am | IP Logged |
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I have a subscription to Popup Chinese. I should mention that it is not my main resource. My learning approach is very free form, in part due to my schedule.
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| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6421 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 5 of 7 05 September 2010 at 6:11am | IP Logged |
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I wholeheartedly and without hesitation recommend ChinesePod as the best language learning platform I've encountered.
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| exscribere Diglot Senior Member IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5118 days ago 104 posts - 126 votes Speaks: English*, Danish Studies: Mandarin, French, Korean, Hindi | Message 6 of 7 05 September 2010 at 3:47pm | IP Logged |
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I will third ChinesePod. I've been a long-standing member, and they continue to offer some of the best material;
language and grammar at varying levels, and additionally they have podcasts specifically to address grammar mechanisms (synonyms, constructions, tone, etc) and culture (I miss the Dear Amber series!). I've tried KoreanClass101 for Korean, and while it's nice--I think that company has stretched to provide more languages to their subscribers than the Praxis group can, and quality of the podcast as well as the supplementary material has suffered for it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5798 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 7 of 7 09 September 2010 at 11:36pm | IP Logged |
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I just started playing around with the materials at www.chineselearnonline.com. I periodically change what I'm doing to keep things fresh.
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