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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for Beginners by Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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    About the Course

    Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for beginners is a beginner's course of Mandarin Chinese. It uses lectures, short plays, interactive exercises and
    cultural tips to help learners build a fundamental capability of oral Chinese in real-life situations. At the end of the 5-week course, the learners
    will reach the following proficiency: ♦ 150 words ♦ 20 language points ♦ handling 5 real-life situations This is a beginners' course, therefore no
    prerequisite is required.
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    I am really grateful to Shanghai Jiao Tong University for teaching me Mandarin Chinese 1: Chinese for Beginners. The way they provide the material is amazing, and it's also really easy to comprehend.

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    Apr 22, 2020

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    So I learned more things from here. Not only about the Chinese language but I really like Chinese culture and food too. This course is useful for everyone. Thank you so much.Mr.Navin ARUNRAT

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    Oct 24, 2020

    It's a great course but you need more vocabulary to make the proyect. If the course could link us a dicctionary or something like that It will be a great improvement

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    Jun 3, 2020

    The Course is designed so well that it gave me confidence of learning one of the most difficult language of the world.

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    Jun 3, 2020

    Thank you for teaching beginner. I never have a basic skill but I understand very much. See you next course!

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    Apr 16, 2020

    It's an excelent course. I liked it, althought I would like it was in spanish too.

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    Jan 26, 2017

    Very well explained and easy to follow.

    Learnt a lot from this course

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    By Lien C

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    Sep 23, 2018

    Easy to follow, however, I find the pace a bit too slow for me.

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    By Wisuttaporn I

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    Jul 8, 2020

    good for anyone who wants to start learning Chinese

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    By Varisa C

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    May 20, 2020

    The sound effect during in the video is quiet loud.

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    By Paitoon p

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    Mar 31, 2020

    useful course for learning mandarin.

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    By Ayesha I

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    Jun 11, 2020

    I really enjoyed this course.

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    By Kelly P

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    Dec 13, 2016

    Good course. I learned a lot.

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    By 王真真Adriana

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    Jun 7, 2017

    I liked the cultural tips.

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    By Kshitiz R

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    Dec 16, 2016

    Xie1Xie1 ni, la4oshi3

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    By Thiamjai J

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    May 4, 2020

    Easily to understand

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    By Naidu V

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    Apr 23, 2020

    Very helpful course

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    By Udayan C R

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    Dec 27, 2018

    A very good course

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    By Nalajala T

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    Apr 23, 2020

    Very Good Course

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    By Adiel F G

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    Feb 11, 2019

    I love it!

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    May 29, 2020

    It was overall a good and informative course. However, a lot of examples of families and questions pertaining to them came across as misogynistic and heteronormative.

    Additionally, I had many tech issues throughout the course.

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    By Mike P

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    May 29, 2020

    Good starting class. Was review for me and well worth the time.

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    By Jeroni C S

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    Dec 17, 2019

    This course was good for a brief introduction to Chinese.

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    By MD S H

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    Nov 24, 2020

    great

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    By Ganna

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    Feb 10, 2021

    It's the worst course I have ever had It depends on memorizing not living the language it's using traditional way of learning not interactive one

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    Apr 11, 2020

    the start URL is bad or incorrect - cannot start the course. You have some test questions that seem incorrect for choices

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