Pimsleur goChinese (Mandarin) Course - Level 1 Lessons 1-8 CD: Learn to Speak and Understand Mandarin Chinese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Volume 1) (go Pimsleur)

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Lessons introduced by phrase and vocabulary following functional use; Cantonese-Putonghua differences; listening and phonics drills (for adult learners).

Every class has been a rich learning experience with a fantastic mix of instruction and hands on practice. Business Mandarin courses are provided for those who already have a clear understanding of basic Mandarin conversations and aim to apply Mandarin in a more complex and formal business environment. GoChinese generates spoken voice at the quality of news broadcasters and is able to auto-extract words and display definitions from our comprehensive, 250,000-word Chinese-English dictionary. GoChinese can work easily with other online learning platforms or intranets and is integrated with the widely-used Blackboard Learning System TM. The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi HSK test, administered by Hanban, is China’s only standardised test of standard Chinese/Mandarin language proficiency for non-native speakers.Like GoChinese, GoEnglish delivers enriched learning materials and online assessment – auto-generating spoken voice, definition and phonetic support to any text displayed on the platform. Lessons introduced by phrase and vocabulary following functional use; Cantonese-Putonghua differences; listening and phonics drills (for upper primary / lower secondary students in Hong Kong). As multimedia and learning support are automated in GoEnglish, online language learning materials are easily and cost effectively produced.

Our beginner course has come in very useful since starting our new jobs in Shanghai and has provided an excellent base for onward learning now that we are here.GoEnglish features linguistic engines that analyzes the context and thereafter able to determine parts of speech and provide more accurate definitions to the learner. Thechallenge withChineseis that it is a non-phonetic, character-based language that does not explicitly indicate where a word begins and ends in written form.

Exercises like phonetics practice, listening to native Mandarin speakers’ conversations, reading and writing Chinese characters and articles etc. Hence, a meeting/consultation is recommended to identify the learning purpose; meanwhile to assess the individual/group starting level.The spoken voice can be heard for any and all text and learners no longer need to look up words in the dictionary, eliminating much of the manual work with learning. The GoChinese platform reads aloud the text in all lessons, displays the definition for all words and supports practice and assessed exercises. The most recent version of GoChinese offers additional features and some layout changes from the above tutorial. Provides vocabulary, phrase lists and practice exercises that map to leading textbooks and curriculums - UK GCSE, IB and U.

Gowell launched the Global Assessment Certificate TM (GAC) program, the most widely-recognized university preparation program in the world and the flagship international program of the U. We aim to integrate the training of the four skills by practising a large amount of exercises, many of which incorporate authentic materials. Reading passages and comprehension exercises that are customized to fit your teaching curriculum and regional focus ¨C whether you are teaching GCSE students in Asia or U. Courses are comprehensively designed to help students understand Chinese culture, furthermore to master essential skills to survive and succeed in Mandarin speaking environment. The company works with the University of California campuses, in particular the various schools at UC Davis, in offering their credit bearing short-term academic programs to international students.courses and support content created or modified by institutions, individual instructors or learners. A full range of levels are available, with each module featuring reading comprehension exercises as categorized by commonly introduced vocabulary topics. Our academic users have won a range of educational excellence awards with GoEnglish, with innovative courses supporting test preparation as well as learning English with video clips. This course leads directly to UK QCA-recognized certifications and the GoChinese platform delivers much of the assessment online. Based on the success of GoChinese, GoEnglish was launched to support English learning for Chinese-based learners.