Complete Mandarin Speaking
Mandarin Accelerated: The Essentials · 6 weeks · Beginner · 17 lessons · Live online classes
About the Course
Goal
Take learners from complete beginner to confidently communicating in 中文 (Mandarin Chinese)—the world's most spoken language—through an immersive journey that combines practical conversation, Chinese culture, and professional communication.
Finding Your Voice
Build a strong foundation through Pinyin, the four tones, and the logic of Chinese pronunciation. Learners master essential vocabulary, Subject–Verb–Object sentence patterns, the de and ma particles, formal vs. informal address (nǐ and nín), and the basics of Hanzi characters through radicals and stroke order.
Stepping Out into the World
Develop confidence in everyday communication with the le particle for completed actions, travel and navigation vocabulary, shopping and negotiation roleplays, and culturally appropriate communication. Songs, film dialogues, and self-talk exercises strengthen listening, pronunciation, and spontaneous speaking.
Expressing Yourself & Mastering the Room
Advance to professional-level communication through the bǎ structure, persuasive and conditional language, business vocabulary, and the principles of Guanxi (relationship-building). Learners refine their fluency with public speaking, translation practice, cinema analysis, and a capstone presentation that demonstrates real-world Mandarin proficiency.
Key Highlights
- Duration: 25 hours / 17 classes across 3 progressive modules
- Approach: Immersive learning through roleplays, authentic media, cultural insights, and public speaking
- Progression: Pinyin & tones → conversation → cultural communication → professional fluency
- Outcome: Confident Mandarin communication for travel, academics, business, and HSK 2 (A2)-level real-world interactions.
Curriculum
- Lesson 1: THE SOUND SYSTEM
- Lesson 2: FIRST WORDS GREETINGS
- Lesson 3: BUILDING SENTENCES
- Lesson 4: SPEAKING WITH RESPECT
- Lesson 5: MODULE 1 MILESTONE
- Lesson 6: TALKING ABOUT TIME
- Lesson 7: EVERYDAY DIPLOMACY
- Lesson 8: GETTING AROUND
- Lesson 9: THE MARKETPLACE
- Lesson 10: MODULE 2 MILESTONE
- Lesson 11: REAL-WORLD FLUENCY SCRIPTS
- Lesson 12: GIVING INSTRUCTIONS
- Lesson 13: EXPRESSING NUANCE
- Lesson 14: PROFESSIONAL MANDARIN VOCABULARY
- Lesson 15: Module 3 Milestone
- Lesson 16: FINAL PREPARATION & PRACTICE
- Lesson 17: CAPSTONE SPEECH & CERTIFICATION DAY
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- Hindi Accelerated: The Essentials
- Sanskrit Accelerated: The Essentials
- English Accelerated: The Essentials
- Japanese Accelerated: The Essentials
- Korean Accelerated: The Essentials
- Italian Accelerated: The Essentials
- Russian Accelerated: The Essentials
- German Accelerated: The Essentials
- Spanish Accelerated: The Essentials
- French Accelerated: The Essentials
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- Japanese
- Spanish
- English
- Italian
- Hindi
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- Bengali
- Korean
- Sanskrit