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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Chinese for Beginners by Peking University

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19,589 ratings

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

PP

Apr 24, 2020

She teaching very well! Easy to understand, her accent is very clear to understand, lesson is very useful to and might can use it for real. Thank you for lovely teaching and lovely lesson

Thank you

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 Claudia P M M

Apr 18, 2017

Me pareció muy bueno, consiso, agradable de ver y escuchar, para no saber nada del tema lo termino con aminos de practicar y aprender más

By Claire C

Mar 12, 2016

Hello!

It's a great course and I'd like to thank Peking University and Coursera for this great opportunity!

Clarisse Cardoso, from Brazil.

By amit v

Oct 18, 2015

A very nice beginner's course for anyone who wants to learn the basics of Chinese language. Very easy and step by step course. Great job!

By Maxwell P H

Sep 7, 2015

The material lets you go practically at your own pace, and it is good to teach people how to speak before confusing them with characters.

By QUEEN L

Oct 16, 2021

sangat bagus ,walaupun sedikit rumit tapi itu,semua mudah dipahami akan lebih bagus lagi kalau ada terjemahan bahasa indonesia semuanya

By Janet K j

Dec 27, 2020

you can add how to read time when it is 9:15,12:30 or 2:45.but the classes were awesome and useful. Thankyou for providing this platform

By VICTOR M B P

Sep 14, 2020

Excellent .I am an avid learner. My goal is to ,learn languages. It is practical,graded.Extremelly useful for giving bases for Chinese.

By Adrian

Aug 8, 2020

Very good introduction to the language. At the end of the course, you are able to compose simple sentences about a good range of topics.

By Tania S

Jun 21, 2020

Awesome Teaching For a beginner, Very crisp and precise notes and my favorite repetition of learned words/phrases in different scenarios

By Ангелина К

Jun 8, 2020

Рекомендую это курс. Все понятно и легко) супер 👏. I recommend this course for beginners. This course understandable and interesting 👍

By Ryan C

May 26, 2020

Great beginner's course to Chinese, doesn't require any knowledge of characters. A good refresher for any student who feels a bit rusty!

By Светлана

Aug 1, 2019

Трудно, конечно, не очень зная английский, учить китайский, но Google нам в помощь! Хорошо, что уроки короткие и говорит носитель языка.

By Jacques E

May 23, 2019

The course was absolutely fantastic and the lecturer was amazing. I would gladly recommend this course to any foreigner living in China!

By Joan O R

May 7, 2018

the course is practical and interactive. it effectively gives the learn an easy way of integrating the new language in a day to day life

By Murilo H S

May 10, 2016

Very very very very cool! I'm learning Chinese with this course. It's really awesome, because I'm going to China in july!!!!!! So happy

By Corinne S

Feb 8, 2016

Great method and instructor. I am going to keep going with learning Mandarin. Very pleased with the content and structure of the course.

By Nutta L

Nov 26, 2022

This course so easy to learn for the beginner like me. I’m sure that it useful for everyone who need to be a bilingual or multilingual.

By Judy C

Jun 28, 2020

It's very useful and informative class for beginner. I could feel that I'm improved for speaking Chinese.

Thank you for the good class!

By Chanize

Jun 7, 2020

Thank you Professor Xiaoyu Liu, Thank you Coursera. This course is excellent and Easy to understand. I hope to study Chinese in Beijing

By Nichanan​ K

Jun 1, 2020

This course consists of basic of Chinese and conversation we can use in daily lives that’s not too hard to learn and not boring at all!

By Kwannakorn P

May 9, 2020

I think I like it. Not very exciting but it is so useful and feel good. This course helps me to improve my Chinese skill kindly. 谢谢,老师。

By Thanchanok P

Apr 19, 2020

Thank you very much. This is a critical time for Covid. You made me stay home, intend to study Chinese, is another country that I like.

By Kirsten S

Apr 14, 2020

I lost my Chinese, and I really wanted to relearn it. This was a really good refresher course and made me want to practice it everyday.

By Leonardo C A

Feb 28, 2020

Muito interessante! Eu já faço aulas presenciais de mandarim e este curso serviu como uma boa base para complementar o meu aprendizado.