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Learn Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course
- Mandarin Chinese Made Easy with Your Personal Language Coach
- Narrated by: Paul Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Categories: Education & Learning, Language Learning
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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.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- manosinistra
- 2019-01-25
The repetition is what makes this course work.
After 15 hrs listening to this, I've heard the Chinese words for special fried rice about 700 times, and mobile phone like 500 times. But the magic is in the repetition. I do think some kind of supplemental tone training or coaching is required as there's not enough there to help you work out the pronunciations. It also doesn't help that the two speakers have slightly different accents (the male always ends the 3rd tone low, where as the lady does the down-up dip among other things) so you never quite really know if you're on tone or not. You also have to be able to mimic sounds really well. I've heard others try to follow this course and they can't hear the difference between what they are saying and what the native speakers are saying. There's a PDF that comes with the course but I didn't find it too useful / helpful except if I wanted to start getting more serious with the writing.
Having said all of the above, this is by far the best audio "course" I've taken. Well structured, and the repetition burns some of the tones into your head so you can't forget how to pronounce the words. You won't actually be too conversational as the material lacks some basic phrases, but it covers a lot of grammatical structure which is still useful.
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- Two Wolves
- 2020-02-16
Highly recommended!!
Easy to learn with great instructional techniques makes it a lot easier than other programs I have tried.. I slowed down the playback to .75 speed to really absorb the lessons and found that helped a lot as the native speakers do tend to speak a bit fast at times. Can put sentences together now!
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- Tom P.
- 2020-01-05
Excellent
Very good for beginners. It’s repetitive, but does a good job to drill the basics.
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- Martin Gauthier
- 2018-12-27
A must-have for Mandarin beginning learners
I strongly recommend this audiobook if you wish to learn the bases of Mandarin, I was a skeptic at first with the audiobook format, painting myself to be more of a visual learner, but the way the author teaches the language progressively and adding repetitions along the way to recall what you previously learnt really works well. I only wish there was a second audiobook taking from where this one left!
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- Michael Paul James
- 2019-01-11
Always start with Noble
I am a Paul Noble fan. I have listened to his complete courses in German, Spanish, and French. Every so often, I review the last hour to get my basics back before I travel. Starting in June (2018), I began working on Mandarin using Mondly, Drops, and Duolingo. After several months, I was learning but I just didn't feel I was getting it. I preordered the Paul Noble Complete Series in Chinese with high hopes.
It exceeded my expectations. I listened to an hour to two a week, frequently repeating sections while I drove or went on a run. After about two months, I am more confident and can say basic things. The language courses have aided my app learning and my general understanding of how the language functions, This is the best language investment I make. Sometimes the process is frustrating but Paul Nobel's method is by far the most effective language learning technique I have experienced.
I have used and purchased nearly every language tool at one time or another from Rosetta Stone to Fluenz to Michel Thomas to Lingodeer. Every one of the major programs has strengths and weaknesses. All of them are worth the money, but Paul Noble's programs are generally underpriced for the product received. I enthusiastically endorse all of his products and I have never been disappointed. All of his courses are worth the investment and have gotten me through the basics more quickly than any other method.
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- NewBiker
- 2019-09-20
Recommend to overseas born kids
I am Chinese. I have been struggling teaching and getting my 7 years old daughter to speak Chinese. She understands more than she can speak. The problem is that I am the only Chinese speaker around her. With more and more reading in English, she has less and less interest in responding in Chinese to me. Then she get more and more behind in speaking. Paul Noble breaks the sentences down into many pieces. These pieces are repeatedly being asked during the whole book. Also, he explains words in a non-native Chinese speaker way that I never thought of. And they all make sense. With repetition of the words, my daughters remember them. With repeated practice, she gains confidence and is willing to speak more in Chinese. We play the book on the way to school or any short rides every day. With 30 -40 min a day, she has improved so much. I strongly recomend this book to any parent who try to get their kids to speak in Chinese.
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- j
- 2019-06-24
Much better than Pimsleur
I've spent years using Pimsleur to limited results. Paul Noble has exposed the flaws in Pimsleur to me. Firstly one needs tone practice, pinyin, actual explanations of sentence structure and an understanding of what is required and what can be left out, as well as a modern vocabulary. all of these things Noble provides and Pimsleur is lacking.
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- Sean/Dad
- 2018-12-05
Learn Chinese! START HERE!!!
I really can't praise this audio course enough!
If you want to learn Chinese... start with this!
I have been dabbling with Chinese using other audio books and apps and paper books for 5 years not getting much of anywhere.
I wish I had this audio course BEFORE everything else!
I have been working through it in the car on the commute... and it is ALL sticking.
I AM LEARNING!
Very useful vocabulary. Very helpful and successful method of teaching. Includes a PDF book designed with thoughtfulness and care.
AND yeah you won't get the tones right at first... but if you keep listening and answering and repeating and trying... you WILL get the tones.
Just give your brain time and practice.
AFTER you get spoken and listening vocabulary using this course... THEN is the time to start learning how to read and write the Chinese characters. Do that AFTER learning the words speaking and listening.
I have enough vocabulary now from this course, I WANT to learn more, and I want to practice by typing / creating new sentences using the words I have learned from this course.
Start here! Get this audio course!
I have managed to travel in China without knowing Chinese... this one course would have made my time there much easier!
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- Terence Cole
- 2018-10-05
A great learning method for Mandarin Chinese
I absolutely love learning languages and trying out new language learning products! My Spanish is quite good, my French is survival, my Korean is upper beginner, and I'm now on a journey with Mandarin Chinese. Paul Noble's Method is like a current generation version of the Michel Thomas Method, but with a more modern feel and several quality of life improvements for language learners. I purchased it yesterday, and have learned with it for about an hour so far. My initial impressions are quite good! Paul obviously put a lot of thought into the course, because he made a few choices that are VERY good. For instance, he has two native Mandarin speakers working with him. A female speaker and a male speaker. This is very impressive because almost no language learning products use both male and female speakers in the same product. In many languages males and females speak differently, so being able to hear the difference is incredibly useful. Also, the female speaker speaks the sentence in a slower fashion, and the male speaker then will speak the same sentence at normal speed. This way you can hear the words broken down, as well as at full speed. I am using this course in conjunction with other methods, and it has already helped me figure out how I can use vocabulary that I've learned from other materials. Paul's way of logically explaining how to use Chinese is fantastic. I'm super impressed so far and look forward to finishing the course!
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- Barbara
- 2019-01-19
the best so far
I have many primsleur, power rapid mandarin, earworms, and this for audiobooks, plus duolingo, drops, hello Chinese (my favorite app) and about 10 other apps, I have 5 textbooks with CD and of them all, I feel that this audiobook taught me the most. he leads you through very methodically, gobs and gobs of repetition, but it's a never exactly the same. you have to think, how to put together what he has taught and is teaching you.he teaches you what you need to know to create sentences. for instance, "he drank my coffee but I ate his mapo dofu" or " my mom said, we can't go to China town tomorrow" or yesterday I bought a new, good laptop. you dont learn how to regurgitate the same sentences over and over. instead you learn how to use what he teaches to make your own sentences, using all the tenses plus how to add adjectives, etc, all just by having you listen and learn step by step. he doesn't use words like adjectives and tenses, those are just my words describing what he teaches. his 2nd audiobook is due out on Jan 24th (2019) which as I write this is only 5 days away. I've already prepurchased. I highly recommend this book, not frustrating and you learn a lot!
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- Dillon
- 2020-08-13
Language Learning is the Perfect Covid Hobby
Right when everything shut down, I decided out of the blue that I wanted to learn Chinese in my new found free time. I have bought books, software and watched countless videos. But this audio book is hands down the most effective method I have used so far. I built up vocabulary quickly and had Chinese grammar simply explained to me. After finishing this book, I was able to astound my Chinese speaking friends.
When you are done, be sure to buy the follow up book "Next steps in Mandarin Chinese" where he goes into greater depth concerning tenses and questioning along with a whole lot more vocab.
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- RJ
- 2019-03-19
Great resource for learning mandarin!
I am currently about halfway through listening to this book. I am amazed at how many words and phrases I am able to say and remember. I have learned more from this book than I have in the past several years using many other types of language learning software programs. Looking forward to hearing and speaking through the rest of this book. I have also spoken and practiced with many of my new friends in China. They all say that my spoken mandarin sounds great!
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- Tim
- 2018-12-12
Perfect pace for a beginning learner
I have worked through an app to start to build my Chinese competency, and this course is really helping me feel confident saying the words aloud and stringing the words together into phrases and even whole sentences. I don't think it would be enough for me to use this resource alone, but it has perfectly complemented the more visually-based parts of my study.
This course allows just enough repetition for words to stick, and it introduces new words at a pace I can handle.
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- 2019-12-13
Very logical and Easy Way of Learning Mandarin
I am 5 hours into this course over a 2 week period. I have made good progress. Paul Noble's method is simple and modular. I look forward to getting into the course every morning. He mentions that you can forget what is being taught. One of the tricks I am using is, every morning and evening, I rewind about 15-30 mins of the material that I have gone through. It helps me with getting a firm grasp on that material as I move forward. I spent about 1.25 hour morning and evening . I augment this material with google translate as it shows me the tonal spelling. Try not to miss multiple days(I did and regretted it), a single day puts you behind a lot. Overall very impressed with this. I have bought the next book and will jump into that as soon as this is done.
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