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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Chinese for Beginners by Peking University

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About the Course

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....

Top reviews

SS

Sep 16, 2016

Thanks for this course. I like it and this language really so necessary for me and my job. My company in New Zealand - ESKA Ltd (www.eskaltd.co.nz, eskaltd.com) and we are work with aliens from China.

SA

Jun 16, 2020

Awesome experience it was a comprehensive and informative course. I learnt alot. Thank you coursera for providing us such a nice and global platform to enhance skills and knowlegde by sitting at home.

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By Adnan k

Sep 20, 2016

Supper techniques to understand basic conversation with chines people. It is useful to every one who wish to visit for business settlement or employment purpose.

Strongly Recommended

By Yáng J

Mar 21, 2023

Un excelente curso, muy bien estructurado, además de la temática y forma de trasmitir las clases. Muy recomendado para aquellos que inicien este camino del aprendizaje del Mandarín.

By Mariya D C

Apr 13, 2022

It's carefully put-together that beginners can really learn. After finishing the course, you'll certainly want to sign up for an advanced course to practice and be more proficient.

By Emma K

Jan 24, 2021

This course is nice and help to me easy to learn the phonetic, a lot of usable vocabularies and words in every week.

Thank you so much and appreciate to Coursera and the University!

By Carlos C F

Jun 13, 2020

This was an amazing journey throw the unknown, at least for me, becouse before this course i didn´t knew a thing about china and now i want to go there and get to know more about it

By Bhoomika M

Apr 20, 2020

I like this course and I was able to learn as much as I can. I like watching Chinese drams so this helps me to understand some of them. Recommended for beginners. Xiexie Xiaoyu Liu.

By kopano s

Apr 1, 2020

Chinese language is the one of the most exciting languages i have ever came across. I am so excited to be part of the few individuals in my country to speak and now Chinese language

By Carla R A

Apr 1, 2017

A very good course of chinese , it was very interactive and you could read many subtitles and the videos were so easy to understand! i really enjoy this course. Thank you. xiexie :D

By Marco C

Dec 15, 2016

I really enjoyed this course because it familiarizes the student with pronunciation. I can have simple conversations with other Chinese people from what i've learned in this course.

By Monserrath J G

Dec 18, 2020

¡Es increíble poder aprender otro idioma!

Y este curso, aunque es básico o para principiantes estuvo muy completo y muy entendible; sin duda tomaría otro curso un poco más avanzado.

By KB e

Jul 30, 2020

Really enjoyed learning this new language.thanks to the instructor for making it easy for us and off course thanks to Coursera and Peaking University for providing us this course.

By Бузина Е Р

Jul 20, 2020

Thank you, excellent course, everything is clear, high-quality videos, thank you to the teacher! Tests on the program and other materials are developed and clear. Excellent course!

By Marina V

Jun 12, 2020

Thanks a lot for this very good course! Now I have simple understanding about structure of Chinese sentences and even can chat in Chinese. Hope to go to China soon and try talking.

By Kawis M

Apr 23, 2020

This course is really useful and easy for the beginners. It opens up my mind to learn foreign languages. Also, I can learn about Chinese cultures through Chinese language. Xie Xie.

By Eloy S M

Aug 19, 2015

It is a very good course to immerse in the basic Mandarin-Chinese language. I learned with an easy way and the best thing is that the teacher is Chinese, a native Mandarin speaker.

By Rosarendi D P

Aug 10, 2015

This course was wonderful! I really loved to have the possibility to practice and learn this amazing language! Thank you very much to the teacher in charge. I really learned a lot!

By BTS A

Mar 3, 2021

This is a great course and even now have a full conversation in Chinese without learning the alphabet or the letters and this course really y helped me to understand the language.

By Trisha J L

Jan 16, 2021

This is a good start to learn Chinese, not just the language but culture itself. So, Thank You Miss Xiaoyu Liu for one of the best experience. Thank You also to Peking University.

By BIKOGIANNAKI A

Dec 18, 2020

A wonderful experience and knowledge. It was very good explanation and information . Iam very happy that i completed the course for beginers. THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!!! (katerina)

By Yarisely D C P M

Aug 15, 2020

Fue un placer aprender muchas cosas que no sabia, la comunicación, expresión del docente y las herramientas de aprendizaje me inspiran a seguir mas cursos de este idioma.

Gracias!

By Valentina M

Jun 15, 2020

I started learning Chinese a few months ago and I can say that this course is very useful. I really enjoyed learning with Xiaoyu Liu her voice is very soft and easy to understand.

By Supatsorn_S

Apr 24, 2020

Thank you very much for making this course. I've learned a lot and very satisfied with the lessons. The lessons are easy to understand and the teacher is very good at explanation.

By Tracy T

Sep 20, 2019

Excellent introduction to speaking the Chinese language and reading and writing Pinyin. The videos are well done and there are lots of opportunities to practice in different ways.

By Sylvia S

Nov 3, 2015

It's a great course for people who want to learn to communicate with other Chinese people. To familiarize themselves with repetition is vital to learning how to speak it properly.

By Pham G H

Dec 15, 2023

Chinese for Beginners really helped me out. The course helped me learn new words, and also get to know Chinese better. I hope the tutors make more courses for Chinese, I love it!