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Easy Chinese Lesson Videos: Even Beginners Can Do It!
Just enough before you go: learn the essential Chinese words and pronunciation you need for business or vacation travel.
What will I learn?
How different Chinese is from English
How to pronounce the fundamental 4 tones of Mandarin
Hundreds of useful words and phrases for common travel situations
Practice face-to-face with Chinese language coaches
How to pronounce the “Pinyin” phonetic translations in your travel phrasebook
Who should use LanguageEase?
This course is for total beginners who want to learn basic Mandarin Chinese for travel. You’ll learn the fundamentals to correctly pronounce the words in your phrasebooks and translators. (Note: this course does not teach reading and writing Chinese characters.)
A carefully constructed coaching session
Chinese is very different from English, so LanguageEase takes you through the unique intonations and “melodies” with face-to-face training videos. Your video tutors will prompt you to speak with call-and-response patterns designed to help you learn and practice through “spaced repetition.”
When you see the colorful animated cues, it’s your turn to speak. Your video coaches will give you time to practice each new phrase, and challenge you to answer questions and even form new phrases.
The lessons are designed to be gradual and patient, so you have the time to take it all in!
After the first lesson, you’ll already be speaking some useful Mandarin Chinese. Watch all eight and you’ll know hundreds of words and phrases. Most importantly, you’ll know the unique “4-tone” intonation for each word – which is the key to being understood when you speak.
With LanguageEase, you’ll also learn the “Pinyin” writing system and other skills you’ll need to read and correctly pronounce the Chinese words in your travel phrasebooks. Further empowering you when you’re traveling in China on business or vacation.
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LanguageEase Chinese Language Lessons
Saying Hello, and having a polite exchange, or starting a conversation.
Sample Vocabulary: polite hello, I'm good, very good, question word, How's it going?, so-so, What is your family name?, goodbye
Essential questions and requests so you can get around.
Sample Vocabulary: Please may I ask..., Where is..., Internet access, bathroom, taxi, subway station, Please take me to..., airport, train station, hotel, restaurant
Getting a room and everything else you might need at a hotel.
Sample Vocabulary: I like/don't like it, Do you have..., bottled water, blanket, receipt, It's too...., small, noisy, cold, hot, it's not working, thank you very much
Ordering the food you want at a restaurant.
Sample Vocabulary: I would like to have..., We all would like to have...l, I do not eat..., meat, chicken, fish, beef, pork, lamb, duck, vegetable dish, rice, dumpling, waiter, check please, delicious
Ordering even more of the food you want at a restaurant.
Sample Vocabulary: I'm hungry/thirsty, stir fry, barbeque, steamed, spicy, fresh, less oily, less salt, don't put MSG, Can you recommend a few dishes?, more of this, I'm full
Thirsty? Of course you are. Whether you want water, tea and the harder stuff, start here.
Sample Vocabulary: I would like a cup/glass of, Can I have...?., hot tea, cold beer, rice wine, soda, soy milk, I would like a little....., I don't want ice, I would like 2 cups of...., Cheers!
Almost all travel phrasebooks and dictionaries show you how to pronounce Mandarin using “Pinyin.” This lesson introduces the 4 essential tones of Mandarin, and teaches you letters in the Pinyin alphabet, so you'll be able to pronounce the Chinese words in those phrasebooks and dictionaries. | Sample Vocabulary: horse, touch, hungry, the cat jumps, little, laugh, love
This lesson teaches your the rest of the Pinyin alphabet, with many example words. When you're done with Pinyin Lessons 1 & 2, you'll know how to pronounce the Chinese words in your phrasebooks and dictionaries. | Sample Vocabulary: is, paper, money, candy, salt, water, meat, pig, woman, rain, fish