The very first thing you should learn is pronunciation. Communicating is easy when you can identify and produce each Mandarin sound precisely. In 6 short hours, this mini-course will help you start producing, understanding, and reading every Mandarin syllable like a native speaker.
Sound like a native, not like a tourist reading off a guide book. Talk like the locals, talk to the locals and blend right in.
Communicate more effectively
Knowing words and phrases is useless if you can't articulate them o if you can't recognize them when others speak. Learn to pronounce correctly, and you'll speak and listen better.
Boost your listening
When you know what the words should sounds like, you'll be able to identify them easily. You'll listen better, read faster, and as a result, pick up grammar and vocabulary more rapidly.
Read and write faster
Connect the sounds to their written "pinyin" spelling. Now that you can spell any Mandarin word with ease, you'll be typing and writing as fast as any native in no-time.
Blend in with the locals
When you have the perfect pronunciation you'll fit right in with the locals. Wow! Native speakers and get more compliments. Make people more responsive to you and have more meaningful interactions every time.
Speak, read and write confidently
What good is grammar if no one understand a word you say? What good are memorized words if you can't recognize any of them in real life? The sounds come first.
Mandarin Blueprint members reach fluency faster because they start off sounding like natives. This gives them the confidence to speak more, practice more, learn more and improve faster.
Opportunities you never knew you could have.
What can't you do when you can speak as well as any native? Get the best prices at stores. Negotiate with C suite executives like a pro. Attend local events without a translator. Build your career in any Mandarin-speaking organization. Go places where no foreigner has visited. All of Chine could be your oyster.
Reach fluency 10x faster
The secret to rapid fluency is understanding how the sounds work. With great pronunciation, you'll read faster, speak and listen better, and type or write quicker.
That's why the typical Mandarin Blueprint member can master as much in two months at just an hour a day as most people do in two years as a full-time student.
Reaching fluency faster with pronunciation
Connecting the sounds of Chinese to their written "pinyin" spelling will allow you to read and type Chinese. Do you know what happens when you start reading, writing, and listening regularly?
You reach fluency faster with only 420 syllables (1,200 if you include tones), the Chinese language has relatively little to learn in terms of pronunciation, especially when comparing it to the 10,000+ syllables of English. Nail pronunciation and you'll set yourself up with the fuel to take off like a rocket. Go ahead and browse through our articles about Mandarin Pronunciation to learn all about it.