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Speaking Chinese without stopping to think. Understanding Chinese as soon as you hear it. And reading Chinese with one glance?

If you can do that, that’s a Pretty Big Deal.
And Learning Chinese with ChineseClass101.com? That’s no big deal.

Why? You jump right into native Chinese conversation with native Chinese hosts. They break down Chinese grammar and phrases so you can speed up your learning and speak like a native. Master real-life Chinese conversation, learn the words and grammar behind it and you’re ready to speak ASAP.

Chinese gets even easier with this Pretty Big Deal!
Get 31% OFF all Premium Subscriptions ‘til May 30th, 2014! That’s as low as $6.90/month with a 24-month Premium subscription to master Chinese at your own pace, anywhere, anytime. Click below to grab this discount!

It’s a Pretty Big Deal – Click Here To Save 31% Before May 30th!

Your premium membership includes everything you need to start speaking Chinese and growing your progress fast. That’s all of our best lessons, lesson notes, study tools and learning guidance to get you started in minutes.

What do you get with your Premium Subscription?

• Full Lesson Library Access: 920+ audio and video lessons from Beginner to Advanced, with new lessons published regularly.
• PDF Lesson Notes for Each Lesson: Read along to understand each lesson completely as well as boost your reading and comprehension skills.
• Chinese Progress Tracking: Measure your learning progress to see how many lessons you’ve completed.
• Dashboard Learning Guidance: We guide you from Beginner to Advanced. Just set your learning level and we tell you which lessons to study.
• Line by Line Dialog Breakdown: Hear every line from the dialogue again and again and never miss a word.
• Lesson Vocab Lists & Review Quizzes: Review what you’ve learned in every lesson with audio vocab lists and writing quizzes.
• 2,000 Top Chinese Words List: The must-know words necessary for conversational fluency along with native pronunciation, sample sentences and more!
• Spaced Repetition Flashcards: Master the words you learn with smart flashcards.
• Personal Word Bank: Save key words from lessons or lists here for future review.
• Voice Recording Tools: Perfect your Chinese Pronunciation by recording and comparing with native speakers.
• Instructor Comments on Each Lesson: Got a question? Leave a comment on the lessons and our Chinese instructors will explain everything to you.
• Mobile Access for iPhone & Android Users.
• Premium iTunes Feed for Lessons Library.
• New! Season Vocabulary Lists To Review All Vocab From Lessons.
• New! Custom Lists to Create Your Own Chinese Word Lists.
• …and more!

At 31% OFF, it’s even more affordable to learn Chinese for as low as $0.23 a day or just $6.90 a month. And with our advanced lessons, spaced repetition cards, instructor notes, Word Bank, recording tools, and other time-saving resources, you can save loads of time and learn on the go on any Internet-enabled device. Take advantage by May 30th, 2014.

Ends May 30th! Click here to learn Chinese for as low as $6.90/month!

Remember, Joining is Risk Free. Your purchase is backed by a 60-day money-back guarantee. If you’re not speaking Chinese as fast as you’d like and if you’re not blown away by the results, simply contact us for a full refund. No hassles. No questions asked.

Knowing Chinese? That’s a pretty big deal.

Learning Chinese? No big deal with ChineseClass101.

Team ChineseClass101

P.S. With access available for as low as $0.23 a day and our 100% Money Back Guarantee, you risk nothing pursuing your goal of learning Chinese, and gain an entire lifetime of new adventures when you reach your goal.

Click here to upgrade! As low as $0.23/day with a 24-Month Premium Subscription!

Hi there Listeners,

What if you could take all your favorite Chinese lessons on the go? As in, take the entire learning system and learn a language anywhere on your iPhone or iPad?

So far, only our JapanesePod101 listeners have had exclusive access to the Innovative Language 101 App. Until now…

We’ve added ChineseClass101 to the Innovative Language 101 App.

What does this mean for you? It means you can learn Chinese anywhere you go with the entire ChineseClass101 language system inside 1 app. You can also pick up where you left off at your computer. Just use your current ChineseClass101 account to log in.

Best of all, this app is FREE to download. Yes, you can download it. And yes, there’s an Android version in the works. Say hello to the Innovative Language Learning 101 App!



Get Complete ChineseClass101 Access with Innovative Language Learning 101

Click here to download the Innovative Language Learning 101 App!

Since most of you are already swiping and tapping on smartphones all day long, it makes sense to extend your ChineseClass101 access across different devices.

With the Innovative Language Learning 101 App, you can study Chinese on your iPhone on the go…with Lessons, Lesson Notes, Progress Tracking, Premium Tools…then, switch to your computer and continue. All your progress is saved through magic we won’t bore you with.

The App itself is free to download on the iTunes App Store. If you’re already a Free, Basic, Premium or Premium PLUS member, get the app and hop into your account. You’ve got instant access starting NOW.

What’s Inside The Innovative Language Learning 101 App:

• New Users – Try It Free: Start your 7-Day Free Trial today! 7-Day Free Premium Trial for new users with easy registration sign up and easy in-app upgrading
• Existing Users – Sign In Now: Convenient Basic and Premium login and profile access for existing ChineseClass101 website users
• Download Manager for Offline Study: Hands down, the easiest way to listen on the go! Download any lesson you have access to with your account and listen offline from your Library
• Upgrade In-App with your iTunes Accounts: This is upgrading made easy. In-App purchasing of Basic, Premium and Mobile-only subscriptions available
• Full Language Library: New and archived audio and video lesson access covering the Absolute Beginner to Advanced levels
• Innovative Lesson Tools: You get PDF notes, Line-By-Line Transcripts and Vocabulary Lists with audio (Requires active 7-Day Free Trial, Basic or Premium Account). Mobile-only users also have access to these features.
• Multiple Playback Options: Stream lessons over or download an entire series to study offline, on your own time
• Fully Integrated Learning System: Your lesson progress is synced between our websites and the app so you never lose momentum
• Personalized Learning: Curate your own learning plan in My Library. You pick and choose the lessons you want to study
• iCloud Sync: Never lose your lesson progress. If you close a lesson, you can return to it and continue where you left off in the lesson with iCloud Syncing.
• Exclusive Discounted In-App Subscription upgrades for mobile users
• Quick Customer Care: Easily report feedback and errors and contact our friendly customer support team from within the app

Android User? Stay tuned! There’s an Android version in the works that will be based on the iOS App.

In the meantime, let us know what you think! Download the app and start learning with our fully integrated system. Feel free to send us your feedback, suggestions, and of course, report the bugs!

Click here to download the Innovative Language Learning 101 App for FREE!

To your fluency,
Team ChineseClass101

P.S. Learn 31 Languages with the Innovative Language 101 App! Choose from any of our 31 Innovative Language sites and take your language learning on the go!

Hello listeners,

You’ve likely heard of a recent Internet security vulnerability, named “Heartbleed,” which impacted many websites. Don’t worry, your Chinese language progress won’t be affected!

The security and trust of our users is important to us, and so we’d like to let you know that your ChineseClass101 account is completely secure.

Moreover, we’ve taken extra steps to ensure the safety of your account and details so you can continue learning Chinese the fast, fun and easy way!

Here’s what you need to know:

• Your ChineseClass101 account is secure and protected
• The vulnerability was fixed immediately by our team after it was exposed
• As an added level of precaution, all of our SSL Certificates were updated on Apr 9 07:02:30 2014 GMT
• Although the ChineseClass101.com server was using the software described in the “Heartbleed” security flaw, we have found no evidence that any account was compromised
• Here is a useful tool from an independent software security company to check whether any website is currently vulnerable: LastPass Heartbleed Checker

More information about the Heartbleed security flaw can be found at the link below.

https://heartbleed.com/

However, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best Regards,

Team ChineseClass101

Hello Listener,

Your Chinese skill can easily grow this spring if you’re taking the right steps. How, you ask?

Here’s how you grow your Chinese language at ChineseClass101– and it’s all done without boring lessons, grammar rules and anything that only delays you from actually speaking Chinese and understanding right now.

• You get the real-life Chinese dialogues you don’t yet understand
• We explain, slow down, and translate every word and grammar point
• You immediately begin to understand real-life Chinese conversation
• AND, you learn how to speak, read, write, and much more.

And of course, your Chinese naturally grows from zero to advanced.

Are you ready to grow your Chinese this spring? Sign up at ChineseClass101 and…

Save 25% on all 12- & 24-Month Basic and Premium Subscriptions and get a FREE Audiobook! Grow your Chinese for less this Spring! Sign up for a 12- or 24-month subscription to either Basic or Premium, and you’ll instantly receive a 25% discount! You’ll also receive a FREE audiobook with 6.5+ hours of Chinese lessons. Basic is as low as $3.00/month and Premium is as low as $7.50/month! This sale ends May 2nd, 2014!

Grow your Chinese at ChineseClass101 & Get 25% OFF!

Our Basic plan is our most affordable subscription, and at 25% OFF, you can gain full access to all of these resources for as low as just $3.00 per month:

• Full Access to 920+ Audio & Video Lessons
• Full Access to PDF Lesson Notes for Each Lesson
• Progress Tracking & Learning Guidance
• Instructor Comments on Each Lesson
• Mobile Access for iPhone & Android Users

And if you want to learn and master Chinese in even less time while boosting retention, our most popular Premium Plan is available for as low as $7.50 per month when you sign up during this special offer! So in addition to the lessons and resources included in the Basic Plan, Premium members ALSO get access to the following:

• Chinese ONLY Tracks & Line by Line Dialogue Breakdown
• Full Audio Transcripts & Review Tracks
• Spaced Repetition Flashcards
• 2,000 Top Chinese Words List
• New! Custom Lists to Create Your Own Chinese Word Lists
• New! Season Vocabulary for All Vocab from Any Lesson Season
• Word Bank to Store Your Key Vocab & Review
• Voice Recording Tools to Perfect your Chinese Pronunciation
• Premium iTunes Feed for Lessons Library
• …and more!

To take advantage of these incredible savings AND get your FREE Chinese Audiobook, you must follow the link below. Once you sign up for either our Basic or Premium Plan, you will instantly get a welcome email with a download link to your Free Audiobook inside.

So let’s grow together in 2014 – but hurry, this offer ends soon!

As low as $3.00 a month! Click here to learn Chinese with Basic or Premium!

Signing Up is Risk Free. Remember, your purchase is backed by a 60-day money-back guarantee. If you’re not speaking Chinese as fast as you’d like and if you’re not blown away by the results, simply contact us for a full refund. No hassles. No questions asked.

To growing your Chinese,

Team ChineseClass101

P.S. Our Audiobooks are valued at $24.99 and yours is absolutely FREE and available for immediate access the moment you sign up for a 1- or 2-year subscription to a Basic or Premium plan – and you’re saving 25% off the normal subscription price. So don’t let this opportunity to grow and save pass you by – ACT NOW!

Click Here to Get a FREE Audiobook with any 12- or 24-Month Basic or Premium Plan!

Hello Listener,

So, you’re done with a lesson season at ChineseClass101. And you learned a lot of Chinese in the process. Especially Chinese vocabulary. But do you remember it all? Going back lesson by lesson to review them would be tough.

So, here’s a new Premium feature: Season Vocabulary Lists.

Now, you can review all the Chinese vocab from any Lesson Season in one place.

Chinese words can come as fast as they can go. Especially if you’re not using them. So, you may not remember all the vocab you’ve encountered within a certain season. With the Season Vocabulary List, you can get them all in one spot for fast review and more. This feature is open to Premium, Premium PLUS, and 7-Day Trial Members.

To access the Season Vocabulary, visit “Browse Lessons” and click on “Season Vocabulary” for a specific season.

Or, click here to explore Season Vocabulary!

(sample screenshot taken from JapanesePod101.com)

With Season Vocabulary Lists, you can…

• Quickly review all the Chinese words from any season in one handy list
• Hear the normal speed and slow pronunciation of every word
• Improve your pronunciation by recording your own voice to compare
• Filter and search the list by word, class, or its English meaning
• Add the words of interest to Word Bank
• Instantly create season Flashcard decks to memorize the words faster

Please let us know what you think too! Take a quick dive into these lists after you’re done with a season. Or whenever you want. It’s really up to you. If you find bugs or have any feedback, please shoot us an email at contactus@ChineseClass101.com.

Not a Premium user? Take advantage of this and many other features. Save 25% on 1- & 2-Year Premium and get a FREE Audiobook!
Grow your Chinese for less this Spring! Sign up for a 1- or 2-year subscription to Premium, and you’ll instantly receive a 25% discount! You’ll also receive a FREE audiobook with 6.5+ hours of Chinese lessons. Premium is as low as $7.50/month! Hurry, this sale ends May 2nd, 2014!

Click here to Save 25% on 1- & 2-Year Premium Subscriptions and get a FREE Audiobook!

To your fluency,

Team ChineseClass101

P.S. Save 25% and Get a FREE Chinese Audiobook.
Grow your Chinese this spring and get 25% OFF any 1- or 2-year Premium subscription. Not only do you unlock our advanced Chinese learning system, you also get a FREE Chinese Audiobook to double up your progress! Sale ends May 2nd, 2014!

Click here to save 25% and get a FREE Chinese Audiobook!
(Get unlimited access with Premium for as low as $7.50/month)

Hi Listener,

Making Chinese breakthroughs is easier than you think. Successful learners go one step at a time. Do just one ChineseClass101 lesson and in minutes, you master the entire conversation. Do another tomorrow. With each lesson, you speak more Chinese right now while typical learners sit around and just worry about “being fluent someday.” Start breaking through right now with a 28% discount, an exclusive interview with Benny Lewis, and more ways to boost your Chinese vocab!

To mastering Chinese,
Team ChineseClass101

In this month’s newsletter:

1) Ends Friday! Break Through & Master More Chinese at 28% OFF!
Ready to make your Chinese breakthrough and master even more Chinese? Unlock the most effective online Chinese course – Lessons from Beginner to Advanced, Progress Tracking to guide you along, feedback from Chinese teachers, PDF Lesson Notes, Premium Study Tools and more! Get 28% OFF all Basic & Premium Subscriptions and start speaking Chinese minutes into your first lesson. Hurry! Sale ends March 28th, 2014!

Ends Friday! Click here to get 28% OFF Basic or Premium at ChineseClass101
(That’s as low as $7.20/month or $0.24 cents a day with Premium!)

2) “Can You Really Master a Language in 3 Months?”– Interview with Benny Lewis
Missed this awesome interview? In need of some Chinese learning tips, strategies and motivation? Benny Lewis, the Irish polyglot, is a full-time language hacker, blogger, and author, who has learned over 12 languages. In this interview, Benny sits down with ChineseClass101’s founder, Peter Galante, and shares his methods and strategies on learning any language.
Click on the link below to listen and be sure to leave a comment!

Click here to listen to this exclusive interview with Benny Lewis!

3) Free Feature Alert: The Chinese Word of the Day
It takes nothing to learn one Chinese word a day. And if you’re dedicated, one of two things will happen. One: your vocabulary builds up over time without any hard work. Two: you realize you can master A LOT more Chinese in a day…and you get even better. That’s the power of starting small. Subscribe to the Chinese Word of the Day and learn Chinese effortlessly! Get a daily word along with its translation and sample sentences delivered to your inbox!

Click here to get the Chinese Word of the Day for FREE!

P.S. Ready to make your Chinese breakthrough? Get 28% OFF Basic & Premium and start speaking Chinese minutes into your first lesson. Unlock our advanced learning system during the Breakthrough sale for as low as $7.20/month with Premium! Ends March 28th, 2014!

Make your Chinese breakthrough! Click here to claim your 28% discount.

Greetings!

A “breakthrough” is defined as a sudden increase in knowledge or an important discovery that happens after trying for a long time to understand or explain something. They open up new opportunities to advance even further towards a major goal, such as learning Chinese.

So we named our latest sale “Breakthrough” because it can truly help you to break through to the next level so that you not only learn Chinese —you actually master it!

Now are you ready for the best part?

We’re Discounting Both our Basic and Premium Subscriptions by a Full 28%!

Let’s just put those savings into perspective for you:
28% off means you can gain full access to our Basic Subscription Plan for about $2.88/month or $0.10 cents a day—just one dime! And 28% off our Premium Plan means you can gain full access to the advanced language learning tools and resources for $7.20/month, just $0.24 cents a day—or less than a quarter per day!

Click here to Sign Up Now! Learn Chinese for as low as $0.10 cents a day.

Ready to make your Chinese breakthrough? With Premium, you unlock UNLIMITED access to our advanced learning system and you learn directly from native speakers. Premium is designed to get you learning and speaking Chinese FASTER with effective lessons, written lesson notes to read with, and study tools to guide you from Beginner to Advanced.

Here’s what’s included with our Premium Plan:

Go Premium! Click here get complete ChineseClass101 access & save up to $67.20!

Or, get just the basics of ChineseClass101. With our Basic plans, you just get the core essentials—the lessons, the lesson notes, and the progress tracking system—so that you can learn at your own pace, anytime. Here’s what’s included with our Basic Plan:

Go Basic! Click here to get 28% OFF all Basic Subscriptions!

So if you are ready to make a true Breakthrough in your quest to learn and master Chinese, then take advantage of this special offer and get a full 28% off our most affordable Basic Plan OR our most popular Premium Plan by following the link below! Don’t worry: Your savings will automatically be applied by following the link—so don’t delay and act now to claim your savings and make 2014 a Breakthrough year for your goal of learning and mastering Chinese! This sale ends March 28th, 2014.

Signing Up is Risk Free. Remember, your purchase is backed by a 60-day money-back guarantee. If you’re not speaking Chinese as fast as you’d like and if you’re not blown away by the results, simply contact us for a full refund. No hassles. No questions asked.

To Your Fluency,

Team ChineseClass101

P.S. Make Your Chinese Breakthrough, Get 28% OFF Basic & Premium by March 28, 2014! Choose Basic, the most affordable plan, for as little as $2.88/month or get the most popular plan and unlock unlimited access for $7.20/month.

Click here to learn get 28% OFF Basic or Premium by March 28th!

Hello Listener,

With the Winter Olympics upon us and athletes from all over the world competing to see if their dreams and hard work add up to success and a gold medal, or crushing defeat…well, we started to wonder:

Why does there always need to be a loser?

While we can’t do anything about the Olympics, we can do something for Chinese learners. We’ve created the ChineseClass101 Winter Olympics Sale, where absolutely EVERY Chinese learner is guaranteed to start speaking Chinese from the first lesson and win because we are offering steep discounts on all of our plans.

15% Off All Basic Plans (Bronze Offer)
20% Off Our Premium PLUS Plan (Silver Offer)
30% Off Our Most Popular Premium Plan (Gold Offer and Best Value)

So instead of freezing like the athletes over in Sochi, why not score a guaranteed Chinese learning victory – speak and understand more Chinese and get fantastic savings! Save up to 30% with the ChineseClass101 Winter Olympics Sale until February 21st, 2014.

Bronze Offer: Learn Chinese & Get 15% OFF Basic, the Most Affordable Plan!

Select our Bronze Medal Offer during our Winter Olympics Sale and you’ll receive instant savings of 15% on our Basic Plan. That’s as low as $3.40/month or just $0.11 cents a day. The Basic Plan includes the Basics of our learning system such as:

Silver Offer: Get 20% OFF All Premium PLUS & Get Your Own Tutor!

If you want to significantly reduce learning time and boost retention to help you master Chinese in the shortest time possible, then our Premium PLUS Plan is your solution. During our Winter Olympics Sale, you save 20% instantly and receive full access to all of the tools from the Basic Plan PLUS these additional time-saving resources:

Gold Offer: Best Offer – 30% OFF All Premium Subscriptions!

By far, our most popular language learning system is our Premium Plan, and you can save a full 30% during our Winter Olympics Sale. That’s as low as $7.00/month or just $0.23 cents a day. With Premium, you get complete ChineseClass101 access. Everything you’d get with Basic as well as Premium Study Tools, bonus quizzes, review material and more!

While you’re probably not competing in the Winter Olympics (and if you are, let us know!), you can still win and achieve your Chinese learning goals in 2014. Start speaking Chinese minutes in your first lesson. Save up to 30%, or $109.80, on our advanced learning system.

Signing Up is Risk Free. Remember, your purchase is backed by a 60-day money-back guarantee. If you’re not speaking Chinese as fast as you’d like and if you’re not blown away by the results, simply contact us for a full refund. No hassles. No questions asked.

Hurry! This sale ends February 21st, 2014!
Winter Olympics Sale: Click here to save up to 30% at ChineseClass101!

To Accomplishing Your Goals in 2014,

Team ChineseClass101

P.S. By far, our most popular language learning plan is our Premium Plan. Save up to 30% on complete ChineseClass101 access: ALL Lessons, ALL Lesson Notes, Premium Study Tools and much more.

Click here to learn Chinese with Olympic-Sized Savings!

Hello Listener,

Can kids learn Chinese? Of course! They’re the fastest learners around!

But do they? Not unless there’s a native Chinese speaker in the family. Language experts say children learning a second language enjoy cognitive advantages over those that do not.

So, if you need a way to learn Chinese with your child start with the kid friendly e-book that’ll get them mastering words in minutes! With the brand new Talking World iBook for the iPad, your little one will earn all the common Chinese vocab they know in English!

New iBook for the iPad: Learn Chinese for Kids – Talking World
It’s jam packed with 16 colorful chapters and 274+ common Chinese words for any child to learn. Explore all sorts of vibrant scenarios per chapter like rooms around the house, parks, and much more while picking up easy vocabulary.

Learn Chinese for Kids: Talking World is now available on iTunes for $1.99.
Click here to get Learn Chinese for Kids: Talking World on iTunes

All they have to do is tap on objects in each area to learn their Chinese words while hearing native Chinese pronunciation. Then, there’s an easy review section and a quiz mode to test how much your child has learned.

This Audiobook is perfect for children aged 18 months to 6 years+ (not to mention adults too!)

Here’s what’s inside the Talking World iBook:

• 16 Chapters filled with 274 words covering common objects found in any kid’s world
• Easy tap and play interactive layout for fingers big and small
• Colorful, kid-friendly drawings to help illustrate each vocabulary word
• Native Chinese and English translation audio pronunciation
• Easy to read Simplified Chinese characters and pinyin spelling

You can even sample this iBook for FREE before purchasing. Simply click on any link, open the iBook in iTunes and click on “Get Sample.”

Click here to preview the iBook on iTunes!

To your kid’s fluency!

Team ChineseClass101

P.S. Get your children speaking Chinese! Download Talking Word for your iPad for 1.99 on iTunes.

Click here to get Learn Chinese for Kids: Talking World on iTunes for $1.99!

Hello Listener,

Hope we caught you in the midst of your Chinese studies! ‘Tis the season for crushing your New Year’s Resolutions after all! So, while you’re adding more and more Chinese words, phrases and grammar to your repertoire, we’d like to pop in and let you know what happened this month! We’re talking new sites, new apps and new lessons for the New Year!

In this month’s newsletter:

1) Create, Study & Share Your Chinese Word Lists With Others!
Leaning more Chinese words to speak more Chinese? Make a custom word list for yourself! Even better, get custom lists made by other Chinese learners. With our brand new mobile web app, Custom Lists, you can make and share your lists, and take advantage of ready-made ChineseClass101 lists and other users’ lists. It’s your own ever-growing collection of vocab available on any device. Custom Lists is open to Premium and Premium PLUS subscribers!

Click here to learn more about the Custom Lists!

2) Want To Learn An Extra Language? Try Czech & Danish!
Feeling ambitious and looking for a new language to learn in the New Year? Based on user requests, we’ve launched Czech and Danish. These new additions will bring the Innovative Language family to a total of 31 sites! Try Czech, try Danish, or try both at the same time! Visit CzechClass101.com and DanishClass101.com and start your very first lesson! Also, if you join as one of the first 101 Founding Fathers Club members, you’ll save 50% OFF for life.

Click here to read more about the January 2014 languages!

3) 2014 Lesson Schedule: New Chinese Lessons for the New Year!
Ready to get started on your New Year’s Resolution to learn more Chinese? Then we’ve got you covered! New lessons started on January 6th, 2014 and they’re sure to improve your Chinese and have you making progress throughout the year. Get a sneak peek at the upcoming lessons at the link below! Remember, all new lessons are free for 3 weeks.

Click here here to see the 2014 Lesson Schedule!

To your fluency,
Team ChineseClass101

P.S. Want to upgrade to Premium and get Custom Lists access?
Use the time-sensitive discount code CUSTOM to save 20% and unlock the entire ChineseClass101 Learning System plus Custom Lists Access!

Click here to upgrade at 20% OFF!