Learn Chinese and Speak Mandarin for Windows

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By Learn chinese

Learn to speak Chinese with good pronunciation and rich everyday vocabulary.

Learn Chinese and Speak Mandarin is a revolutionary and award winning new system for learning Chinese designed by language experts. The program contains personalized lessons that give special attention to every day language and pronunciation.

Users have access to two different speeds of playback for each item. The InstantSpeak method uses a unique audio flash card system that allows you to effortlessly recall what you have learned. Users guide themselves through over one hundred lessons. Each lesson contains a real world conversation between two native speakers. Conversations are further broken down into individual sentences which include pronunciation, meaning and the literal translations of the words that make up the sentences. Once the user has gone through a lesson, the items from that lesson can be added to a flash card section of the program for review. Items from all sections can be added to the flash card section for review.

Version 2.7 contains new and updated lessons. Please modify the search listing to say "Learn Chinese through conversation based lessons."

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GENERAL

Release: April 17, 2006

Latest update: November 7, 2008

Version: 2.7

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows ME
Windows 10
Windows 2000
Windows 98
Windows XP

Additional Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 35,361

Downloads Last Week: 3

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User Reviews

2.5/5

11 User Votes

SCAM!!!!!!
jcboston69March 14, 2011
Pros
None, none, and NONE!
Cons
No service at all.
Summary
Signed up for this program online a week ago. I liked the demo and it looked pretty slick and comprehensive. They charged the ~$45 to my credit card but DID NOT get access to the site (which the downloadable client needs to verify your account). I sent several support requests through the online form and got no response. I replied to the email confirmation of the charge to my credit card. Nothing. I called my credit card company to try to reverse the charge, and they refused. They found a telephone number in New Hampshire for the company, Covantis, which was listed NOWHERE on the site, and told me I need to call them. I have called several times and got no answer, just an answering machine that sounded like the personal answering machine of some backwoods bumpkin in a double-wide, "Hello. We're not in right now. Please leave a name and number and we'll get back to you." DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY. THEY ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM.
Lesser value than other options
going2chinaAugust 19, 2008
Pros
The phrases taught are useful, and this might be of interest to someone new to Chinese.
Cons
The way the phrases are introduced and taught is not very conducive to efficient learning. I would recommend using more structure. Check the progressive approach used by LearnChineseEZ.com to see what I mean.
Summary
confusing and of limited value
goraeSeptember 2, 2007
Pros
the dictionary and phrases log are useful as in character library
Cons
pronunciation is highly questionable on many words. I do not believe this is standard Beijing Mandarin as there is no other Manadrin resources that pronounce some words the way this program does. Many sentences are spoken so quickly the words are slurred and the slowed down version is a pathetic joke!
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amatoryboyAugust 7, 2007
Pros
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Summary
Ok for an average person who doesn't know any Chinese
abcinchinaDecember 7, 2006
Pros
Has a good dictionary using simplified Chinese while listing them in frequency. So you can study the characters that are used most. There are also many common phrases that you can find the appropriate translation for. I guess its good for conversational Chinese
Cons
Not good for Chinese speakers who just need to learn how to read Chinese characters. The Flash Card system (as well as the whole system) is online-based which is just too slow. For this purpose I downloaded CueCard and had to manually input them in the free program. <p> <p>*Most importantly, they will not give you back the refund within their given time-line. Also, there is no number to call them to cancel and when you follow the online instructions to cancel and send them a postal mail following their instructions, they will not give you back the money. Then if you send them a support email telling that that you've submitted the request for a refund within the time-line, you will get no response. I suppose you must dispute it from your credit card at this point, in which I just said "forget it"
Summary
Dispicable
sodaguy22August 8, 2006
Pros
nothing
Cons
-tries to install trojan <p>-repeatedly attempts to access internet <p>-difficult to remove <p>-no speech recognition
Summary
Can't be used
anakayamaJune 26, 2006
Pros
None.
Cons
It says free to try but there's nothing to try if you don't pay, the program is -blocked-. Very low.
Summary
Don't download unless you got 50 bucks burning a hole in your pocket.
Music PirateApril 17, 2006
Pros
None.
Cons
Just to try if for the 30 days you have send them 50 bucks. Then they said money back guarantee, but who knows. I wouldn't recommened this unless you got 50 bucks to kill. I don't even no if it works because I'm not paying 50 bucks to just try something.
Summary
Very helpful
MaihaisamMarch 19, 2006
Pros
its pronunciation is very helpful for me
Cons
Summary
Not worth the money
sherriottFebruary 24, 2006
Pros
Easy to install and use.
Cons
It's not "free to try!" The only way to demo the software is to pay for it up front. The software comes with a 30 day free trial, but you have to notify the company by regular mail that you're cancelling...not exactly user-friendly. <p> <p>Each lesson has a few simple sentences. The amount of vocabulary and grammar in each lesson is far less than a typical lesson in a Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone or other major brand language program. Although the program does have 100 lessons, it's far less Chinese than the 18 lessons I already have in the Pimsleur starter pack I purchased at Barnes and Noble, or in Rosetta Stone's free online tria. There's nothing particularly wrong with this program, except that there's not much to it. Other comparably priced programs give you far more for the money.
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