Online Mandarin Chinese Course: Beginners Level 1

This 10-week Mandarin Chinese: Beginners Level 1 course offers a clear and supportive introduction to Mandarin Chinese — no prior experience required. From your very first class, you’ll start learning practical, everyday Mandarin, building confidence step by step.

Mandarin Chinese is often more logical than people expect. There are no verb conjugations, no plurals, and no grammatical gender, making it accessible for beginners. You’ll learn how the language works through Pinyin (the phonetic system used to represent sounds), while gradually being introduced to commonly used Chinese characters.

As a tonal language, Mandarin places strong emphasis on listening and pronunciation. With guidance from an experienced tutor, you’ll learn to recognise and use tones accurately, communicate using simple sentence structures, and understand how spoken and written Mandarin work together.

Alongside language skills, you’ll also gain insight into Chinese culture and everyday communication, helping you use the language more naturally and confidently.

Course content

What will be covered in this Mandarin Chinese: Beginners Level 1 course?

During the course, participants will be guided through key concepts, techniques and approaches that typically include:

Topics

• Greetings and introductions

• Names, countries, and nationalities

• Pinyin and pronunciation

• Numbers, dates, and time

• Family and everyday vocabulary

• Introduction to Chinese culture

Language skills

• Listening and pronunciation practice, including tones

• Speaking through guided conversations

• Reading and recognising basic characters

Grammar

• Basic sentence structures

• Asking simple questions

• Forming negative sentences

• Introduction to measure words