Learn Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course
Mandarin Chinese Made Easy with Your Personal Language Coach
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Learn Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course
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Summary
No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure.
Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all.
Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been proven to succeed every time. Unlike more traditional language learning courses, Paul Noble’s unique method has no grammar tests, no memory drills and no chance of failure. Whatever your experience with languages, whether you’re an absolute beginner or someone with basic knowledge who wants to improve their ability, this is the course to get you speaking Mandarin Chinese quickly, easily, and effortlessly. Just listen, interact and learn wherever you are.
In this audiobook, Paul will introduce you to the basics of Mandarin Chinese and guide you through over 15 hours of everyday scenarios that will build your confidence.
You will learn a huge range of vocabulary in no time at all, and be able to quickly make your new knowledge work for you in a variety of situations like asking for directions, eating out and talking about yourself.
Two native-speaking Mandarin experts (male and female) will help you to perfect your pronunciation as you progress through the course. Language learning has finally become fun, enjoyable and accessible.
A downloadable booklet is also included to use as a reference and revision tool.
This download contains the entire course – Parts 1, 2, and 3. To continue your language learning journey once you’ve completed this course, download Next Steps in Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble for Intermediate Learners – Complete Course.
The accompanying booklet is also available here: http://collinsdictionary.com/resources.
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‘More than I ever managed in five years of French at school.’
Tom Meltzer, The Guardian
‘I seemed to absorb the phrases taught, without even consciously trying, and quickly felt confident enough to make my own sentences.’
Penelope M. Walsh, Canary Wharf Magazine
After 10 years trying..at last a book that works
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I had been watching Chinese dramas, and found the language fascinating. But Chinese is "impossible for a native English adult to learn" - or so I had been told.
Then I spotted this Paul Noble course, and saw it had good reviews. I knew I could return an Audible book if I really disliked it... so , hey, let's give yet another language course a try.
And oh my! It actually works! I listened whilst knitting... and everything made sense. An hour later, I could actually say I wanted fried rice and chow mein... IN CHINESE! OK, maybe I wasn't pronouncing it perfectly, but I felt I sounded like the recorded versions. And I was remembering it.
Paul keeps saying not to try to remember stuff, but I can't help it, hehe.
I am now on Chapter 68 (out of about 175). Yes, he does have you repeating things, over and over and over. And yes, there does come a point where I think "You really want me to say "I want to go to Beijing" AGAIN? I could do that in my sleep now!" and of course that is exactly the point. The continual revision is exactly what is needed to actually make sure you remember stuff - and use it easily and naturally.
I listen to a few chapters at a time, stopping once I have a few new points and I am starting to feel a little tired. When I come back I "rewind" a chapter or two to refresh stuff. I find myself mumbling the new things as I go about the house - my poor guinea pig clearly thinks I am now insane.
The only wee issue I have is that the PDF version of the included booklet is not as easy to use as a physical copy would be, but as the Audible version is SO much cheaper than the CD/physical book version, I am not complaining.
The booklet is designed to be used AFTER hearing the full course, but I have been looking up new words as we go along. Seeing them written in Pinyin really helps to be sure I am pronouncing them right, especially the tones.
The booklet does not have the words and phrases in the order you learn them in the course, so finding them can be tricky. I have started to use the Pleco app on my phone to check now, and that works great.
I am also "disobeying" Paul by writing stuff down and practising writing the new phrases in Pinyin (and even throw in a few Hanzi characters now, hehe).
When I have finished the course I will use the booklet as he intends and work on the written side of things - knowing how to say everything comfortably should make that easier.
Today, I watched an episode of a Chinese period drama and could actually pick out a few words! I never dreamed I would be able to do this, and so soon.
So, to conclude this very long review, I am very pleased indeed that I got this course. I will definitely be getting the next one, and any future Chinese courses Paul Noble issues (I am also going to do the upcoming Japanese one in a few years, bring it on!).
Whilst I have seen criticism that this course only covers a limited vocabulary and a few conversational situations, I would argue that it covers exactly what you need to get started with a very sound foundation. You learn about grammar points in a natural and easy to understand and implement way. You learn many everyday words. It will be easy to learn new vocabulary for other situations later on. Paul Noble has given me confidence and progress that I never dreamed of.
And now I am going to go listen to a couple more chapters!
哇 - This Actually Works!
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Very helpful and easy to follow:)
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Brilliant! Easy to get along with and understand.
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