Mandarin Chinese
LANGUAGE RESOURCES FOR TAKING DOWN TONGUES
Instant Immersion Mandarin Chinese Deluxe
Practice Makes Perfect Basic Mandarin Chinese
Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese (on Audible)
AP Chinese Language and Culture (Barron's Test Prep) This suggestion is for Intermediate-High, Advanced-Low learners that what to improve their language skills. Although this book was meant for high school students studying for an exam, AP prep books provide great reading and listening material across a number of topics that adults often talk about. The prompts for speaking and writing are great as well (and are useful when working alone or with an online tutor [think ‘Italki’]).
Chinese Textbooks
Chinese Grammar
Plecko Chinese Dictionary This is the single most important, the most useful app, you’ll ever have in Chinese. This dictionary allows you to look up words using pinyin, which means when you hear a word you don’t know you can approximate its spelling and find it. It has the pronunciation and a whole host of other features that make this app indispensable.
Chinese Dictionaries + Wordlists
Chinese Characters & Readings
Chinese Apps + On-the-Go Learning
HitChinese (TPRS-Based Youtube Channel)
Speechling This site is a great resource for dictation practice (if you need to sharpen your listen skills). It also has a speaking component that helps with pronunciation and oral fluency.
Lingq Chinese This site is all about comprehensible input and consuming content. Listen to and read your favorite content while you learn.
Chinese Online
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) This summer program is phenomenal. I did CLS for Indonesian. I’m sure the Chinese program is just as good. Unlike the Indonesian program (and most others actually), the Chinese CLS program requires a minimum of two years of college-level Chinese, or its equivalent, prior to the start date.
Chinese Study Abroad
Chinese Lessons + Language Exchange
Instant Immersion Mandarin Chinese Deluxe
(Start with the Audio CDs for basic phrases and for tone drills. Literally the best tone drills I’ve ever come across)
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HitChinese (TPRS-Based Youtube Channel)
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Complete Mandarin Chinese
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Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese
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Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar / Side by Side Chinese and English Grammar
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Yabla Chinese
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HSK Exam Prep Materials
(HSK is the major Chinese proficiency exam)