Listen to the first lesson of Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese 1 for FREE!
Pimsleur Mandarin 1 contains the complete 16 hours of Pimsleur’s Comprehensive Chinese (Mandarin) language training, Course I. It contains 30 half-hour lessons designed to introduce the language and encourage native-like pronunciation, and to enable skills for courteous travel and communication.
Learning Mandarin doesn’t have to be difficult. With Pimsleur courses, native speakers lead you through pronunciation and vocabulary building, so you will learn to understand Chinese as it is actually spoken. Plus, the included reading booklet introduces Chinese characters, so you can begin to understand written Mandarin as well. After this course, you can continue your learning with Pimsleur Mandarin 2.
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