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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

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Thanks Coursera for giving me such an opportunity to learn this course,the Teacher was excellent ,the way she teaches us was really helpful to understand and easier for us.... thanks, xiexie.. :-)

UA

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This is fantastic effort from Peking University, for those who want to learn Chines. it just amazing. chines is very interesting language.....where we need to care of even sounds of a sentence......

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By Hiroyuki M

Dec 24, 2020

漢字が分かる日本人にとっては少し物足りないかもしれません。しかし、ピンインからしっかりと学びたい方にはお勧めです。特に、各テストではリスニング(単語)がメインなので、中国語の発音をもう一度復習するいい機会になりました。

By A A

May 4, 2020

Although Mandarin is hard enough to learn but the instructor make it easy by her effective communication.

By Beth W

Jun 7, 2017

Good range of topics, but very little practice materials given, and the instructer is unnaturally formal.

By Gayle C

Oct 31, 2017

Good as a refresher for people with some Chinese already but not thorough enough for a complete beginner

By Ro

Mar 15, 2020

It would be great If there were a two way contact with the teacher to get corrections on pronunciation.

By Migiwa R

May 28, 2020

It only gives few vocabularies. Chinese characters aren’t shown so you only get to hear pingying.

By Serena G

May 28, 2020

Nice for who wants to learn basic expressions, however no ideograms and grammar rules explained

By Marisa J

Oct 29, 2020

This course is easy to follow. However enough time is not spent focusing on pronunciation.

By KLB

Mar 28, 2021

Very high level class. An introduction. Not sufficient to get the basics nor HSK1.

By NIDHISH V S

Aug 4, 2020

should have vocablary and sentence forming first than going directly into sentence

By Laura D M

Oct 15, 2020

Me decepcionó un poco que sólo sea de pronunciación y no haya nada de escritura.

By Penny M

Sep 29, 2015

I´ve missed Chinese hanzi.

But apart from that the course and tests are all good.

By el g c

Mar 6, 2016

I think, for beginners, it's a good job but the quiz is really hard to use !!

By Khaliunaa E

Aug 13, 2019

it is very good but i dont understand why they dont teach the writing hanzi

By Hannah J

Jul 28, 2020

Covers a lot of basic topics, didn't learn a lot of characters though.

By Win T

Jun 8, 2021

I had learned more vocabulary of Chinese and more helpful for me.

By Laura S

Feb 28, 2021

I think that wuold be usefull also introduce the writing scheme

By PhakamoN A

Jan 1, 2023

It's a good course but some quiz has a problem with the audio.

By john c

Jul 24, 2020

please do a quality check on the couse. I found some errors!

By Zun M H

Jun 18, 2021

It's very helpful for me! Thank you for your course

By Ramasubramanian V

Aug 4, 2019

It has to be more intensive about pronunciation.

By Diana L

Aug 3, 2020

Hizo falta que se incluyan los caracteres chino

By natashya q

Jul 19, 2020

I also want to learn the Chinese characters.

By nibrass

May 24, 2020

The way of teaching is difficult to remember