No matter your level, if you're struggling with pronunciation, this challenge is for you. If you're a beginner, you'll get started off on the right foot with pronunciation. If you're further along, you'll be able to identify and fix your existing issues.

Mobile, desktop, laptop, tablet... The challenge is super user-friendly and you'll be able to log on from anywhere!

During this challenge, we'll start by reviewing the basics: how the Mandarin syllable is structured, the basic points of articulation, voicing, aspiration, etc. After that, we'll systematically work through all of the initials in Mandarin.

Along the way, you'll be doing lots of listening and imitating, so you can drill those sounds into your muscle memory. You'll also develop a much more sensitive ear—improving your accent is as much about ear training as it is about mouth training. By the end of the challenge, your consonants will be significantly better and more natural-sounding, and you'll also have a sharper ear for the sounds of Mandarin.

There are a lot of sounds in Mandarin that likely don't exist in your native language. That's definitely the case for English speakers, but it's true no matter what your native language is. Many learners default to making the "approximate" consonant sounds that they're more familiar with, like saying "shway" instead of xué. That's largely due to three problems, which this challenge is designed to fix:

● inability to hear the consonants accurately,

● not knowing quite how to shape their mouths to make the right sound, and

● not having the muscle memory to be able to make the right sounds automatically.

Most people learn the basics of pronunciation early on and then move on before having really mastered the sounds. That's normal, but it leads to fossilized pronunciation issues that can be hard to fix, especially if you're either unaware that they exist, or unsure how to fix them.

With the "Initial Consonants Fix-up" challenge, you'll drill those consonants until they come out naturally, and sound just like a native speaker! The magic of these drills is that they sharpen your ears and move fundamental tasks like pronouncing consonants into your muscle memory.

As you complete your reps each day, the sounds will start to become a part of your subconscious. It doesn't happen right away - in fact it may take a few weeks of consistent work for you to feel the real effects. But by the end of the challenge, you'll have a new command of Mandarin consonants that will amaze you.

Your daily tasks should only take 30 minutes—sometimes less. The principle of the challenge is, "do a little each day—consistently—and big results will follow." 30 minutes is a pretty manageable amount of time to devote to your Chinese.

You can break it up into 5 minute chunks throughout the day: 
• 5 minutes after breakfast 
• 5 minutes on your lunch break 
• 5 minutes before dinner
• 5 minutes while waiting for the bus
• and so on...whenever is convenient for you!

The secret sauce is the consistency - working at it for a little bit of time every day. You'll be amazed at the massive progress you make from simply showing up every day to give focused attention to one aspect of your Chinese!

All of our products come with a 30-day money back guarantee. If you are unsatisfied with it for any reason, reach out to me at any point during the challenge and I'll issue you a full refund.

How does "lifetime access" sound? While the challenge is 30 days, you will have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like.

In practical terms, it means the course materials will be available online for as long as Outlier is in business. If we do ever go out of business or otherwise need to remove the course for any reason, we'll make the material available for you to download for a period of at least 6 months.