{"id":7845,"date":"2018-01-12T16:47:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T08:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/?p=7845"},"modified":"2024-11-26T06:23:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T22:23:28","slug":"want-a-simple-chinese-video-lesson-platform-try-out-mandarin-hq-for-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/want-a-simple-chinese-video-lesson-platform-try-out-mandarin-hq-for-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Want a Simple Chinese Video Lesson Platform? Try Out Mandarin HQ for Size"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Did you study Chinese at home and then find that once you arrived in China you couldn\u2019t understand a word anyone said? Don\u2019t feel bad, seriously, you are not the first or the last person who has experienced this bizarre realisation! Sadly, most textbooks aren\u2019t teaching students how to speak \u2018real-life\u2019 Chinese, but focus on asking someone their zodiac or how to send a fax\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, no one actually speaks with slow, articulated pronunciation, especially your friendly taxi drivers from ‘Fubei’ (‘\u6e56\u5317\u4eba’ People from Hubei replace their ‘H’s with ‘F’s, which can be extremely confusing to the untrained ear)! <\/span><\/p>\n

Luckily, <\/span>Mandarin HQ<\/span><\/a> has created video lessons for beginners to intermediate students to learn to listen and understand native Chinese speakers. You\u2019ll not only hear native Chinese people speak with their own accents and dialects, but also in a variety of responses. After all, there\u2019s more than one way to say where you are from!<\/span><\/p>\n

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WHAT IS MANDARIN HQ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mandarin HQ is a Chinese video lesson platform with a unique teaching method, that bridges the gap between textbook learning and real-life Chinese. There are lessons for beginners,
\nelementary and intermediate level learners, and once you’ve subscribed, you have access to ALL the videos.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Once you’ve selected your level, you can choose from any of the lessons in any order. Before you start, you’ll see the four ‘lesson steps’ to can take for each lesson, you can select of them, but it’s better to start from ‘Listen & Watch’ and work your way through the steps.<\/p>\n

You’ll see the six question and six answers without any subtitles in the first step. It runs all the way through them, but you can repeat them or skip them by clicking the buttons at the bottom (Q1, Q2 etc).<\/p>\n

The next step, ‘Listen & Read’ includes Pinyin and Chinese characters for each question and answer.<\/p>\n

The final video step contains the Pinyin, Chinese and English translations for each video.<\/p>\n

Once you get to the quiz section, you’ll watch the video for the last time without any subtitles, then scroll down to complete the quiz. Once you’re done, you can check the step as ‘complete’ and move onto your next lesson!<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the Two White Chicks\u2019 review of Mandarin HQ\u2019s The Real Spoken Chinese Vault:<\/span><\/p>\n