With MandarinMaster®,
Learning Chinese is:

Mobilizing your 3 memories

The 3 memories

To facilitate an excellent and sustainable acquisition of official Chinese Mandarin, the MandarinMaster® method makes work simultaneously on your 3 memories.

Visual memory

(character recognition)

Auditory

(emphasis on the quality of the pronunciation and on the comprehension of the audios)

Kinesthetic

(learning to write in official Mandarin)

A progressive rhythm

MandarinMaster® is a progressive method that facilitates assimilation by imposing the slow pace of “step-by-step”:

2 to 3 characters learned every day, from Monday to Friday.

Effectiveness

A predefined step-by-step journey: you won't have to ask yourself questions about what you need to learn and how to learn it. Following the method will be enough for you to progress.

Daily progress

You will have to wait until the next day to get to the next lesson.

Flexibility in learning

If you have not taken some lessons, you will be able to access them before doing the weekly review.

Flexibility in the learning path

If necessary, you can ask for a break of 1 to 2 weeks throughout your journey.

Regular reviews to fix the achievements

To ensure the effectiveness of the method,Weekly and monthly revisions will be completed if all the lessons of the period have been completed.

Every weekend, a weekly review

Review of the characters, words and sentences seen during the week as well as a written test.

Every 5 weeks, a monthly review

Revision of the characters, words and sentences seen over the period as well as a text in Chinese to be understood orally and in writing.

Varied supports

MandarinMaster provides its learners with 
various supports:

3 to 5 minute videos that have the 2 or 3 characters of the day or the week.
Writing exercises on specific INALCO notebooks (which indicate the order of the strokes for the 1000 most frequent characters) or on the platform's writing sheets (see resources).
Workouts online.
Flashcards available at any time.
Audios to be listened to again at leisure.

A teaching team of native trainers

The method was designed by a French team and validated by a team of native Chinese. This collaboration allowed the creation of an adapted and effective solution.
MandarinMaster® provides its Premium learners with a network of carefully selected native tutors. They will thus be able to Practice conversation strictly using what they have acquired at the time.

Emphasis on pronunciation

The MandarinMaster® method offers its learners a automatic pronunciation validation system Who allows them to reach an excellent level of pronunciation and oral expression.

Syntax mastery

Each day, the learner is invited to build correct sentences himself using the words of the day. MandarinMaster® provides him with an automatic validation system that allows him to progressively integrate the elementary rules of Chinese grammar in a practical and fun way.

Objectives
Prerequisites
Length of training
Assessment
Access modalities and deadlines

Objectives of the training

The MandarinMaster® method is a qualifying training and certifying which takes place over 3 years. Our subscribers can pass the HSK tests and show up at LILATE test, our certification partner.

Qualifying

MandarinMaster is eligible for official exams.

MandarinMaster/HSK/CECRL* equivalences
Year
Year 1
Week 0 to 50
Year 2
Week 1 to 23
Of the year 2
Week 24 to
In year 3
Week 11
Year 3
Week 12 to 52
HSK level / CECRL
HSK2 - A2
KSK3 - B1
HSK4 - B2
HSK5 - C1
* Language levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Written comprehension
Recognize and read written characters: more than 1700 characters over 3 years.
Translate more than 15,000 words and phrases into English.
Read a Chinese text and interpret it.
Oral comprehension
Translate words and phrases spoken in Chinese into English.
Explain a text read.
Interpreting the words of a Chinese interlocutor.
Written expression
Write the most common Chinese characters (1700 in total over 3 years).
Write words and phrases in Chinese.
Write a sentence or a text in handwritten mode and on a computer (from year 2).
Oral expression
Memorize the different sounds of Pinyin phonetics.
Pronounce the characters learned correctly.
Pronounce Chinese words and phrases correctly.
Express your ideas in Chinese.
Read a Chinese text out loud
Conversational fluency
Hold a conversation with a Chinese interlocutor. (Premium and Premium+ options)

A journey of a thousand kilometers starts with a single step.

- Confucius -

No prerequisites

Englih skills, no prerequisites

The MandarinMaster method is intended for French and English-speaking learners and does not require any prerequisites.

Technical resources

Have an internet connection.

Teaching materials

Acquire the INALCO writing notebooks (Volumes I and II) on the 1000 main Chinese characters — Asian Edition. 
Recommendations: You Feng Bookstores/Le Phénix (Paris)

Chinese skills (official Mandarin*)

This method does not require any prerequisites (diploma, certificate, experience). 
Candidates who have never studied Chinese will start learning in lesson 1. Anyone who has started learning official Chinese Mandarin can test their level to start learning at a more advanced stage.
*Chinese people speak over 150 languages and dialects. Each major city has its own spoken language (Shanghai, Beijing, Canton, etc.) and there are numerous dialects in the countryside. Official Mandarin is the Chinese language spoken by everyone: its writing is said to be “simplified” as opposed to the so-called “traditional” Chinese spoken mainly in Taiwan. This “complicated” Chinese has retained its classical writing. Simplified Chinese writing learned by the MM method is known throughout China. It is she who allows the different Chinese populations to understand each other.

Length of training

The MandarinMaster® method takes place over a total of 3 years.

Full course over 3 years (600 hours)

Year 1

Introduction to the Chinese language

Year 2

Deepening the Chinese language

Year 3

Improvement of the Chinese language

Time planning

Duration per week

3:30 (Lessons + Weekly Review)

Duration per month (5 weeks)

around 20h

Duration per year

about 200h

Total duration over 3 years

600 hours

Organization of the course

Daily lessons

Video + training (approx. 30 minutes)

Weekly reviews

Video + training + Written test (approx. 1 hour)

Monthly reviews (every 5 weeks)

Training + text comprehension (approx. 2 hours)

Start at your level!

If you are already introduced to Chinese, you will be able soon to test your level and start with lesson 101. Holders of an HSK1 level or higher will soon be able to test their level and access the platform at the stadium that suits them.

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A system of continuous evaluation

Our mission: to make you progress and to let you know that you are progressing. You will be evaluated and encouraged at each step of your progress.

Self-assessment and evaluation by the platform and by the tutor.

Some exercises will require your self-assessment, while others will be evaluated by our platform or by your tutor if you choose the Premium option.

Personalized monitoring of your progress

At any time, you will have access to your evaluation of the day and your progress report.

Bonus points

Your performance will be rewarded with bonus points that will entitle you to hours of free conversation with a tutor of your choice.

Access modalities and deadlines

To access the MadarinMaster® platform

Connection

Login ID/Password 
of connection.

Enrollment

Final registration after the signature of
training contract, CGV and CGU, Internal Regulations and a SEPA direct debit.

Start of training

Immediately after your registration.
Beginner level, start lesson 1.


Right of withdrawal

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