Welcome to our free Mandarin Lesson Page.

This page will be constantly updated and we will try to give you as much free materials and lessons as we can!

First, we have some beginner lessons. Scroll down for elementary  and intermediate lessons.

BEGINNERS:

Here are some basics you will need for your first day in China:

ELEMENTARY & INTERMEDIATE:

1 - Dashan

On of the most popular Mandarin Teachers is Dashan - 大山. Dashan is a Canadian who moved to China in 1979, and can now speak Mandarin better than many Chinese people. Here is an episode from his Travel in Chinese series.

This video can be broken down like this:

• A 2-3 minute action scene using key Chinese phrases
• An analysis by Dashan on each of the phrases
• A word substitution exercise to utilize the key phrases described in the action scene
• A recap of the action scene
• 2-3 minute segment providing in-depth information about the travel destination in the action scene

The video is here in 2 parts. Enjoy!

Here are the first 6 episodes of Dashan's Communicate in Chinese Series:

Episode 1 part 1 - Episode 1 part 2 / Episode 2 part 1 - Episode 2 part 2

Episode 3 part 1 - Episode 3 part 2 / Episode 4 part 1 - Episode 4 part 2

Episode 5 part 1 - Episode 5 part 2 / Episode 6 part 1 - Episode 6 part 2

2 - Jiahua's Chengyu

Here are some free and interesting lessons we have created about Chinese 成语:

Lesson 1 - 道听途说 Lesson 2 - 天衣无缝

Lesson 3 - 走马看花 Lesson 4 - 画蛇添足

Lesson 5 - 杯弓蛇影 Lesson 6 - 叶公好龙

Lesson 7 - 名落孙山

3 - Listening Practice Videos

Here are some elementary video's to practice your listening.

生个孩子就热闹了 - 去银行怎么走？ - 去市中心怎么走？ - 请坐请喝茶 - 您真有福气 - 你找哪位王老师？ - 你有中国地图吗？ -  你也下岗了？ - 你想送什么就送什么 - 你家有几口人? - 你是哪国人1 - 你是哪国人2 - 你家在城市还是农村？ - 能不能换个号码？ - 春节是哪一天？ - 这件衬衫多少钱？ - 我要迟到了 - 祝你越来越年轻 - 中国人的节日 - 我还没去过你的家 - 这是你的词典吗？ - 找辅导 - 养宠物 - 小张是你女朋友？ - 现在开始听写(时量补语) - 希望小学 - 我做饭你洗碗 - 我想去你们学校学习汉语 - 我想请你喝咖啡 - 我五月下旬去旅行 - 我去图书馆还书 - 我爬不到山顶了 - 我们都摔倒了(结果补语) - 我家门前有个院子 - 租房子 - 我的英语也有口音 - 我把钱包忘在座位上了 - 我把钱包给你送过来吧 - 网恋的规则是不能见面 - 他们是第六次来中国

4 - Peggy Lee

Ever get some words in Chinese mixed up? like 四 and 十, or  适合 and 合适? Here are seven short videos of Taiwanese teacher Peggy Lee explaining common mix-ups foreigners make!

Did I Say It Right??

Episode #1 - Episode #2 - Episode #3 - Episode #4 - Episode #5 - Episode #6 - Episode #7

Other Lessons by Peggy Lee:

Bargaining / Trying on Clothes / The Conditionals / Pick-up Lines

Directions / Checking into a Hotel / I Want This / Asking Someone Out