A Total Solution to Learn Chinese from Zero to Speaking with Confidence!
Learn pronunciation, speaking, listening, characters, and more with our complete package!
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A total solution to take you from zero (or wherever you are) to being able to speak basic Mandarin with confidence. Plus, we solve the two most difficult aspects of learning Chinese for you: characters and pronunciation (especially the tones!).
Includes our Get Speaking Mandarin Course, our Mandarin Pronunciation & Accent Masterclass, our Chinese Character Masterclass, our Dictionary of Chinese Characters, plus a set of semantic component poster PDFs.
Everything you need to get speaking with confidence, no matter if you're starting from scratch or have already learned some Mandarin but struggle to speak!
Full price $894.99, bundle them together for just $697!
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Rated 4.8/5 by 1000's of Chinese learners
What other Chinese learners are saying:
“An entirely new approach to learning new language patterns and structures while developing speaking skills to a degree I would not have believed possible for a learner of my age, with as full a daily schedule as I have. These last two months have brought about nothing short of a revolution in my language learning.”
- Rick (Taiwan)
“I started this course by being very uncomfortable just by trying to pronounce very basic single words. The contents and scheduling are really optimum to smoothly make quick progress towards full sentences. My daily time management is always very constrained. This course allows me to easily practice daily with high efficiency with the very little free time I can find every day. If you want to be able to make progress despite your very busy life, this course is made for you.”
- Pascal (Singapore)
“Through continuous repetition, the course has helped me to better understand what I am hearing and to produce the correct sounds when I speak. The course also gently takes you from very simple grammar and vocabulary to more complex sentences. Together with graded readers, this course has made the largest contribution to my improvement in speaking Chinese.”
- Ricardo (Germany)
About this package
The Get Speaking Mandarin Course
A full course to take you from Zero to speaking Mandarin with confidence. Covers all of the basic grammar and most common vocabulary, with a huge focus on actually speaking, via repetition drills and an audio/speech focus.
You can choose between PRC and Taiwanese accents, and male or female voices for each. All are included, so just use the voice that matches what you're looking for!
By the end of the course, you'll be able to speak basic Mandarin with fluidity, with good pronunciation, and with an intuitive grasp of the grammar. There's nothing else like it!
The Mandarin Pronunciation & Accent Masterclass
A comprehensive course on Mandarin pronunciation. Learn all of the basics of tones, initials, finals, and pinyin, plus all of the tone change rules, extensive practice with 2-tone combinations, and more! We even teach you how to fix tone problems!
Plus, there's a whole unit dedicated to teaching you chorusing and shadowing. These are powerful techniques to improve your accent, your fluidity of speech, listening comprehension, and more. These techniques are even used extensively by conference interpreters!
Everything you need to master Mandarin pronunciation—and even develop a near-native accent—is right here.
The Chinese Character Masterclass
Learn how characters actually work and how to learn them most effectively! With 13 lessons and 500+ pages of PDF material, we teach you about the different types of character components and how characters are formed from these basic "building blocks." You'll also understand the different types of meanings a character can have, and how those meanings are related to each other.
After taking this course, you'll know exactly how characters work and how to learn them! And you'll be able to maximize your use of our Dictionary of Chinese Characters, which is also included in the package!
The Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters
A mobile dictionary (an add-on for the free Pleco dictionary app) which allows you to look up any character (it covers nearly 4000!) and find out exactly why the character looks the way it does. Eliminate any confusion you may have about characters so that you can learn and recall them with ease!
Also included are in-depth entries for 400+ characters which show you the character's origin and evolution. Dive into the incredible history of the writing system and learn a ton about Chinese history and culture along the way! This info isn't avaialable anywhere else in English, and it was developed by a PhD who specializes in the origin and evolution of Chinese characters.
Semantic Components Posters
Each Semantic Components poster PDF contains:
◆ 50 common semantic components, beautifully handwritten by calligrapher Harvey Dam
◆ explanations of their form and meaning(s)
◆ pronunciation in Hanyu Pinyin (and Zhuyin Fuhao for the traditional poster)
◆ stroke order
◆ important additional information about the component, including related components
◆ variant forms
◆ a Chinese name or description of the component (so you can talk about components with your Chinese-speaking friends!)
◆ a few example characters using it as a semantic component.
These are hi-resolution, A1 size (59.4 x 84.1cm, 23.39 x 33.11 inches) PDF files available with both a simplified and traditional character focus (2 posters each).
Lesson Sample
Instructions (please read these first!)
Step 1: Listen to the Audio Lesson
Step 2: Practice with the Repetition Drills
Step 3: Watch the Grammar Video
Audio - choose your voice below!
PRC - Male
PRC - Female
TW - Male
TW - Female
* Note that the actual lessons will be longer—this is just a sample!
Your Instructors
John Renfroe
Co-founder, Outlier Linguistics
Before co-founding Outlier, John studied Linguistics and Paleography in the Graduate Institute of Chinese at National Taiwan Normal University. He co-founded and later ran the Taipei Classical Chinese Reading Group, a weekly reading group consisting mostly of graduate Sinology students from western universities. He also taught classical Chinese to members of the group who had no previous instruction in the language. His coursework and research focused on excavated Warring States bamboo texts, historical Chinese character morphology, and the Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字 and its commentaries and criticism.
Ash Henson, PhD
Co-founder, Outlier Linguistics
To say that Ash is a language enthusiast is an understatement. He speaks Dutch, Mandarin, Cantonese and German, all in varying states of decay. In addition to these, he has learned to some level or another another 7 languages and is currently working on Japanese and European Portuguese. He sees language learning as a chance to experiment. The goal is to find a better way (either getting the same result in a way that takes less time, or getting a better result). And he’s been at it for 30 years! He got his PhD in Chinese at National Taiwan Normal University in paleography and historical linguistics. He was also in the PhD program for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language for six years. For his qualifying exams in that department, he had to learn functional grammar, cognitive grammar, case grammar, transformational grammar. So, we've definitely got you covered on the grammar front!
Christine Shen
Language Instructor
Christine is an experienced Chinese instructor with two master’s degrees in language teaching. Over her career, she has taught high-ranking managers in major companies, and she currently teaches diplomats, providing instruction from basic daily Chinese to advanced professional language. Her extensive background in language education and hands-on experience with diverse professional clientele allows her to offer tailored and practical lessons. She is passionate about helping students achieve fluency and confidence in Chinese, empowering them to excel in both personal and professional contexts.
Full price $894.99, bundle them together for just $697!
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