Hello 🤩
In my last two emails I shared with you why and how I’ve built my new program, Interactive Mandarin for Beginners.
In today’s note:
I’m going to show you exactly how it works — see the attached short video tour!
And I’ll explain who it’s for, and why it’s different.
Who it’s for
Interactive Mandarin for Beginners is for you if:
You’ve been learning Chinese for a while, maybe months, maybe years, but still struggle to read without pinyin.
You’re frazzled by Duolingo streaks where nothing is really sticking.
You’re learning alone, with no feedback, with no one keeping you on track.
You have no structure and don’t really know where to start or what to learn.
And you’re struggling to find engaging content at your level, and you lack motivation.
You’re between HSK1 and HSK3, know 100-350 characters.
Or you used to be higher level years ago and feel like you’ve forgotten everything.
Why it’s Different
Interactive Mandarin for Beginners is the only fully interactive beginner program that teaches you Chinese characters, reading, listening, and speaking together through real news.
It’s different than anything you’ve tried before.
Because inside it you get all this in one coherent system:
A community that keeps you on track: Join learners like you where you can ask questions, get support, and be kept accountable so you’ll never feel alone
Real news-based content: Every lesson built around a real Chinese news story, not artificial dialogues or gamified exercises. So you’re learning real-world stuff from Day 1.
Native speaker support: Submit recordings, sentences, questions any time and get feedback from native speakers (and me as a learner).
A proven method that makes things stick: Use my news-based RealTime Mandarin Method so you have a system that works and you’ll know where to start
How the RealTime Mandarin Method Works
Everything in this program is built around my 3-Step RealTime Mandarin Method.
This is the same method that’s helped 1,800+ intermediate and advanced learners finally crack Chinese and reach their fluency goals.
I’ve built this program for beginner-level learners based on that system.
There are three steps. Each one is essential in helping you learn, retain, and actually be able to use Chinese!
Step 1: Immerse
You learn about the context in English first.
So you “get” what it is any why it’s important. This helps break down barriers to access the Chinese content, and builds contextual links in your mind to help you remember.
Then dive into the Chinese story with audio and text.
You’re immersed in interesting, real-life content but never out of your depth because there’s pinyin and dictionary explanations for each character.
You learn characters, vocabulary, and grammar all anchored to the same story.
The goal here is not to know everything. It’s to immerse yourself in the context and content.
Step 2: Integrate
This is the most important bit!
You’ll learn reading, writing, listening, and speaking together, rather than just focussing on speaking or characters or reading in isolation.
Because that’s how you get Chinese to actually stick.
Learning them together in this way, linked to the context of the story, will massively accelerate your learning.
And you’ll get word list integrations in your favourite language learning app for every lesson.
Step 3: Interact
This is a fully interactive program so the last step is to do exactly that: interact.
You tune into a short dialogues between native speakers putting the vocab and grammar you’ve learned into action, and getting you used to seeing and hearing it in a different setting.
And you can record and listen to yourself speaking as you follow along, comparing to the native audio.
There’s short writing exercises to test what you’ve learned.
You submit your recordings and practice sentences to get direct feedback from me and native-speaker team on where you can improve.
So you’re getting direct and tailored feedback and guidance on your learning.
I’ll also be sharing regular short video broadcasts inside the community highlighting common challenges every week.
Join the Community Today!
This system has worked for me.
It’s worked for 1,800+ intermediate and advanced learners.
And it can work for you now I’ve created this program especially designed for beginners.
So if you’re ready to finally make real progress with your Chinese learning…
Get inspired…
Get motivated…
And get confident….
All with real news-based content in a community of learners just like you…
In just 12-weeks
Join Interactive Mandarin for Beginners today!
The program starts on Sunday 3 May.
Deadline to join is midnight Saturday 2 May.
And don’t worry, you can totally go at your own pace, and you get lifetime access to the content and the community.
See you inside!
Andrew
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P.S — Here are what some of my students from the last cohort said about the experience.
Maybe you can relate…
(They’ll be inside this cohort too!)
“I gained a real inner confidence”
“I came into the program lacking confidence in my ability to speak it and read. With Andrew and the other participants, not only did my Putonghua improve, but I also gained real inner confidence. I finally let go of the false idea that my Mandarin was disjointed. For that, thank you to Andrew and all the participants. If you’re considering joining, go for it, you’ll see progress quickly” — Andy
“I’m learning with current stories”
“Andrew’s structured approach – and, above all, the way he links character learning to current stories and social events in China – makes it easier and helps you gain a better understanding of both the language and Chinese society. If you’re interested in really immersing yourself in the language and culture and want to develop a regular study routine, I highly recommend it” — Debora
“I now know where to start”
“What impressed me was most was sharing how information is structured in speech and news articles, and also Andrew’s willingness to provide grammar tips on key characters and strategies for easily confused characters. This program helped me know what to learn first.” — Antony
Join Interactive Mandarin for Beginners today!
The program starts on Sunday 3 May.
Deadline to join is midnight Saturday 2 May.
