Mandarin Click

What it actually is

Chinese-only videos supported by images, body language and deliberately slow speech, with a Slow Chinese Stories playlist that is one of the gentlest entry points into listening. Works well alternated with Lazy Chinese so you hear more than one voice early. As with all pure input channels there is no grammar instruction, so run it alongside a structured course rather than instead of one.

What it covers

• Listening
• Immersion

How it teaches

• Comprehensible Input — Acquire a language by understanding lots of messages slightly above your level, rather than by studying rules.

Listed for

• Chinese (Mandarin)

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