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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

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.

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.

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By Ricardo d O R

Sep 23, 2015

I think any course of Chinese must include characters. To teach only a too basic sentences in pinyin is not a good experience. Nonetheless, I like this course.

By Sylvain C

Nov 4, 2015

Interesting lessons! Quizzes could be improved with sentence translations.

Chinese characters could be shown with pinyin in order to be able to recognize them.

By Ke Z Z

Mar 11, 2021

I think it's a big mistake to provide the characters for everything at the very end of the couse. Either give them from the start or don't give them at all.

By FABRICE A

Sep 5, 2018

The course was great. It helped me a lot in framing a proper accent and knowing basics in Chinese language. Now I can follow dialogue and easily read out.

By Bảo N N

Jun 16, 2021

Thank you very much for interseting course! Now I know a little basic of Chinese language. It is the first time I had learnt this language. Thanks again.

By Nay M H

May 28, 2021

It is the good course for Chinese beginners. I really appreciate the mentor for this course and Coursera for building the huge education online platform.

By Divya E G

May 31, 2020

This course was very nice and easy to do. I'm very glad to choose to do this and hope that I can visit China soon and have the chance to use it ! Xiexie!

By Numan I

Jun 7, 2020

teaching method is good not so long and easy to understand.

which i learn is that these word might be helpful in my future when i will traveled to china.

By Piotr J

Sep 11, 2024

That Course is very good, but cannot be finished. I cannot continue the course beause of some error. I tryed to get the right answer. I not possible.

By Perla R P

Sep 10, 2017

I was learn how to speak basic mandarin. It is very helpful and I am highly recommend this course for those who want to learn basic mandarin speaking.

By Maria I G V

Oct 28, 2024

I like it very much although my memory is not so good to remember everything, but I hope that with my notebook I can keep on studying and practicing.

By Claire D

Jan 17, 2021

Very nice introduction to the Chinese language. we miss the direct practice - meaning, speaking with somebody to ensure we go the language properly.

By Chirapha P

May 19, 2020

Good for beginners and basic english teaching easy to understand for foreigners

Not recommend for people who want to know a lot of details in Chinese

By Jeannette J

May 2, 2020

Some of the pictures in the quizzes were difficult to decipher in terms of choosing an answer. I learned some new things which helped my Chinese.

By Shalon D

Sep 30, 2021

The class is very informative. It is a great supplement to the other courses I take! I would like print offs if clues and hints. Still very good!

By Manuel

Jul 29, 2021

la profesora explica bastante bien, sin embargo, deja ciertas lagunas, aprendí chino, pero es un curso muy rápido, debería tener mas información

By Patcharaporn R

Oct 6, 2022

Great for beginner, but for me it's actually like you learn as primary school and too slow progress. It's suite for who don't know any Chinese

By Muhammad Z Y

Aug 16, 2020

Great Course! I thought Chinese was way too difficult to learn but, they made it so easy for us to learn it. Had so much fun while learning it.

By Virgil V

Apr 17, 2020

Great beginner class. I wish there were more lessons where it forced you into a conversation so you could practice with hypothetical questions.

By Malini S

Jun 14, 2020

A very relevant curriculum though was confused with the comments and not knowing if I needed to write in pinyin as an exercise or just recite?

By Catharina H

Sep 26, 2022

Great course, but I absolutely recommend printable course material. Otherwise trainees have no chance to memorize what they have just heart.

By Thiri M M

Jun 7, 2021

For the beginner learner, this course is very easy to learn and the pronunciation is very clear to hear. And this is very interesting course.

By Georgia K

Mar 28, 2021

Great introductory course for anyone who wishes to study Chinese! I really enjoyed it and got motivated to study more Chinese in the future!

By Sameer N

May 1, 2020

Very easy to understand and without characters it becomes interesting to start of basic dialogues. Practice test also makes it fun to learn.

By Savannah B

Sep 9, 2015

This class is awesome! I wish that there were some written notes or something to help but the videos are awesome to help with pronunciation.