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WordPower For Android! 2,000 Chinese Words & The Tools To Master Them All

Hi Android Users!

You’ve pleaded with us to get our Android act together.
Some of you have been asking nicely. Others…well, not so nicely but we don’t hold it against you! You just wanted the best Chinese Vocabulary app for your mobile learning. Well, today must be your lucky day because the wait is over!

WordPower Chinese Is Finally Available Android!

That’s 2,000 Chinese words, the tools to master them fast, a dose Chinese culture and
it’s All On Your Android Device.

What’s New? WordPower Chinese is completely redesigned for Android phones and tablets. We’ve also doubled the amount of words with the Chinese Local List. What’s that? The Chinese Local List contains words and phrases specifically related to Chinese culture and life in China. Famous landmarks? Chinese Holidays? Even Chinese drinks?! Yes, you learn all that and everything else you need if you’re traveling or living in China. For even more insight, we’ve included links to the each topic’s Wikipedia page.

2,000 Words Broken Down Into Easy Courses & Categories.
Yep. All in one app. You can study on your own and browse our expansive list by category. Or, for more guidance, we’ve organized words into Study Courses. Start off with the Top 100 Chinese words every Chinese learner must know. Once you’re done, dive into 10 course levels from Basic to Upper Intermediate and track your progress along the way.

Not Just a Vocab App, Learn How to Use the Vocab Too!
Brand new to WordPower is instant ChineseClass101 audio lesson access. Sign up for a Free Lifetime Account and access our latest lessons, week after week. From beginner to advanced, you’ll find lessons that meet your needs. WordPower arms you with the tools to transform you from a timid speaker with a big vocabulary into an unstoppable Chinese speaking machine!

The Detailed Scoop on the NEW WordPower !

  • 2,000 Words Total.
  • Chinese Local List – This list of words relevant to daily Chinese life and culture turns WordPower into a mini travel and cultural handbook.
  • Study Courses – 10 courses from Absolute Beginner Level and Up.
  • Study Categories – 13 Categories such as Everyday Words, Health, Food, Travel, etc!
  • Progress Tracking – See how far you’ve gotten in each category or level.
  • ChineseClass101 Lessons – Combine your word study with conversational lessons. Access lessons with your Free, Basic, or Premium account.
  • Word of the Day – The effortless way to learn Chinese. Learn one word a day.
  • Redesigned Interface– Shinier, cleaner and more user-friendly.
  • …plus, get the Word Class, New Flashcard Study Settings, and Chinese Basic Resources!

Core Words? Check. China-Specific Words and Phrases? Check. Culture? Check.

Conversational Audio Courses? Yes, you get this too.

You gotta see it to believe it. And to see it, you gotta download it.

Click Here To Get WordPower Chinese on Google Play!

P.S. Are you an Apple user? Get WordPower Chinese for your iPhone or iPad. Click here to download WordPower Chinese on iTunes!

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Earth Day Special: Expand Your Mind, Not Your Carbon Footprint with 31% OFF Premium Chinese

Expand Your Mind, Not Your Carbon Footprint with 31% OFF Premium Chinese

Happy Earth Day Listener!

Think about this:

The average Chinese student will buy more than 3 heavy textbooks, 70 packs of flashcards and get at least 1 bulky CD-Software package delivered to their home from who knows where. And with millions of self motivated learners just like you —well, you can see how entire forests are impacted in the name of self-improvement.

But it doesn’t need to be like that. With ChineseClass101, you don’t need to worry about carbon footprints, textbooks or wasting paper of any kind. Our effective and fun online system gives you access to all 800+ lessons via your computer, laptop, smartphone, or tablet!

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In fact, every single lesson, tool and resource in our Premium Plan is 100% eco-friendly and includes:

  • Full Lesson Library Access: Every lesson we’ve published (and will publish) from Beginner to Advanced is yours with Premium
  • Updated Lesson Notes For Every Lesson: Read along on any device with these detailed grammar and vocabulary explanations
  • Smart Online Flashcards: Create your own study decks and learn vocabulary FASTER than ever – no more wasted paper!
  • New Mobile Web App: Access lessons and lesson notes on any mobile device
  • 2,000 Must-Know Words List: Enough for conversational fluency, according to language experts
  • Chinese Resources and Culture: Dive deeper into the language and culture with useful Premium only articles and charts
  • Personal Word Bank: Save new words to review later, all in one easy access place
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In fact, we’re constantly striving to produce the smallest carbon footprint possible while still delivering the life-altering, high-quality lessons, tools, and resources our students need to truly learn and master Chinese. In addition to providing all learning materials in digital format, we also minimize our carbon footprint by:

  • Eliminating Printed Scripts to Record Lessons by Switching to Tablets
  • Using Eco-Friendly Reusable Mugs for All Office Beverages
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Hello Listener,

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Announcing the Lighter, Faster and More Mobile-Friendly Lesson Notes!

Why do Chinese learners keep coming back to ChineseClass101.com?

For our fast, fresh and fun audio and video lessons, of course!

But did you know that an important part of our lessons is the PDF lesson notes? These printable lesson notes are a crucial part of our online learning system. For visual learners, they’re a must! So that’s why we embarked on a long journey to improve the PDF Lesson Notes so that you, our valued listeners, will have the very best Chinese learning experience at ChineseClass101.

So what’s new? Glad you asked!

Here’s what you’ll find with the updated PDF Lesson Notes:

  • Completely Mobile Friendly – View with no problems, both iOS and Android
  • RIP Lesson Notes Lite – PDFs now display reliably across different viewers, so there’s no need for Lesson Notes Lite
  • Download Them Faster – PDFs are now around one quarter the file size
  • Full Chinese Character Support – Problems with incorrectly displayed Chinese characters have been fixed
  • Read with Ease – Clean new look, designed to be easy on the eyes
  • Better Organization – New radio-style dialogue layout, line numbers for quick reference, clear vocabulary and sample sentence tables, and full season and lesson number and lesson name on every page

Put simply, the new PDFs are FASTER, LIGHTER and just plain BETTER!

Ready to check out the new PDFs? All Basic and Premium members have full access to every one of our lessons and their PDF lesson notes. Sign into your account and click on any lesson to see the new Lesson Notes.

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Hello Listener,

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Why Conversation First? You want to speak Chinese, so you need to be exposed to the authentic Chinese way of speaking right away. You hear the conversation first, then we slow it down and translate it all – words, phrases, grammar points, and cultural nuances.

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Read Along As You Listen. Make sure you fully understand each lesson. Each Audiobook comes with 200+ pages of Chinese material. You get the the complete lesson transcripts, translations, grammar point, word lists and more!

Inside Each Audiobook, You’ll Find…

  • – 200+ pages of Chinese learning material
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  • – 25 Audio Lesson Tracks (over 6.5 hours of Chinese lessons)
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Hello Listener,

If you’ve heard at least one ChineseClass101 lesson by now, then you know this:
The Chinese you hear is the Chinese you speak.

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Want more details? Users usually jump ahead without reading the details.
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  • Personalized Learning: Don’t feel overwhelmed. The lessons are exactly at your level, because you get to decide.
  • Progress Tracking: Track your success and instantly know your next step so you see the great progress you’re making.
  • Spaced Repetition Flashcards: Create your word decks, so you nail down the words you need to learn to fit in right now. Go ahead and skip the words you know or don’t need yet!
  • Your Personal Word Bank: Collect the words that confuse you and come back later to master them. Invest in the Word Bank for rich learning. It’s your personal collection of words that you care about.
  • 2000 Common Chinese Words List: We give you the “must-know” Chinese vocabulary to get you up and speaking quickly and easily.
  • Chinese Pronunciation: Listen to lines as often as needed to get the right accent. You’ll be so good people will ask, “Are you a native speaker?”
  • Exclusive Premium iTunes Feed: Download lessons with the iTunes Feed so you have them any time, any place. Your lessons fit with your schedule.
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Hello Listener,

Feeling a little chilly this winter? You better bundle up to warm up!
But when your Chinese gets chilly and you’re not speaking and learning as fast as you’d like…

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ChineseClass101 Subscription

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Premium Study Tools. Spend less time studying, more time speaking Chinese. Learn Chinese vocabulary and pronunciation FAST with progress tracking flashcards, Word Bank, word lists, and more!

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  • Progress Tracking: Track your Chinese progress and know where to go next with the Dashboard.
  • Smart Flashcards: Learn Chinese words fast! Create your own word decks, master the hard words, and skip the easy ones with Spaced Repetition Flashcards!
  • Your Personal Word Bank: Came across a word you don’t know? Save it for later review. The Word Bank is your personal collection of words.
  • 2000 Common Chinese Words List: Must-know Chinese vocabulary to get you conversationally fluent.
  • Master Chinese Pronunciation: perfect your accent by hearing lines again and again with Line-by-Line scripts with every lesson!
  • Exclusive Premium iTunes Feed: download lessons directly with the iTunes Feed.
  • Lessons On Any Mobile Screen: ChineseClass101 Mobile gives you instant access to all lessons and lesson notes on any mobile device.
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Be Our Chinese Valentine & Learn Chinese!

Hello Listener,

You and I, we make a pretty good team.

You love the Chinese language. We love helping you conquer it.
You love the lessons with real-life Chinese conversations. We have a blast making them.
You love seeing your Chinese skills grow. And we do too.

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Chinese Lessons Made Just For You. You want to speak Chinese from the start. Our Chinese lesson hosts give you real-life conversation and break it all down – phrases, vocabulary, grammar, and culture. Just set your learning level and start with a lesson right for you. From Beginner to Advanced, the Chinese you’ll hear is the Chinese you’ll speak.

You Won’t Miss A Word. We wanted to make sure you learned it all; every Chinese lesson, every conversation, every grammar point. Each lesson comes with in-depth PDF lesson notes you can read as you listen or review later.

You’ll Love Seeing Your Chinese Progress. Your Chinese only gets better with time. We track your progress so you know where to go next with the ChineseClass101 Dashboard.

And Spend Less Time Studying, More Time Speaking Chinese. We understand all relationships take a bit of work. But with Premium Study Tools, you cut your learning time in half and study smart with spaced repetition flashcards, core word lists, line-by-line scripts and more!

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Your Premium Membership Gives You:

  • Chinese Lesson Library: all Audio and Video lessons we’ve ever made and will make.
  • Dashboard: track your progress, customize your lessons and know where to go next!
  • Lesson Notes For Every Lesson: Lesson notes include translations, grammar and vocabulary.
  • Smart Flashcards: Learn Chinese words fast! Create your own word decks, master the hard words and skip the easy ones with Spaced Repetition Flashcards!
  • Your Personal Word Bank: came across a word you don’t know? Save it for later review. The Word Bank is your personal collection of words.
  • 2000 Common Chinese Words List: must-know Chinese vocabulary to get you conversationally fluent.
  • Master Chinese Pronunciation. Perfect your accent by hearing lines again and again, with Line-by-Line scripts with every lesson!
  • Exclusive Premium iTunes Feed: Download lessons directly with the iTunes Feed.
  • Lessons On Any Mobile Screen: ChineseClass101 Mobile gives you instant access to all lessons and lesson notes on any mobile device.
  • …and more!

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January Newsletter: Mobile Apps, Chinese Tips & Hacks, And We’re Hiring!



Hello Listener,

And out goes January! If you missed the the big news, ChineseClass101 Mobile is now open to all users! Plus the Inner Circle kicks off on Friday! What’s this Inner Circle, you ask? Keep reading to find out!

To your fluency,
Team ChineseClass101

In this month’s newsletter:

1) ChineseClass101 Mobile Is All Yours!
2) The Inner Circle: Motivation and Strategies for Chinese Success
3) We’re Hiring! Join Innovative Language Learning in Japan!


1) ChineseClass101 Mobile Opened To All Subscribers!
iPhone? Android? No matter – take all your Chinese lessons on the go with any mobile device including tablets like iPad and Kindle. No downloads necessary. A Wi-Fi or 3G connection and a love for the Chinese language are all you need. This was our New Year’s gift to you, just in case you missed it the first time around.

Click Here To Read More About ChineseClass101 Mobile!

2) The Exclusive Inner Circle Starts This February!
Chinese mastery is within your grasp. Millions have done it, and they’ve picked up crucial lessons along the way. Find out how successful students stay motivated and knock their Chinese goals out of the park. With Inner Circle Membership, you get exclusive access to tools, tips, and strategies to turn you in a goal-setting, high-performing, Chinese-speaking machine.

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P.S. Get 20% OFF Premium until this Friday, February 1st, 2013! That’s all Chinese lessons, in-depth lesson notes, progress tracking study tools AND exclusive Inner Circle membership! Hurry! Ends Friday! Click Here To Save 20%

Your New Year’s Resolutions Solution: ChineseClass101 Inner Circle

Peter here, and welcome to another year of ChineseClass101!

It’s halfway into January and everyone’s focused on their New Year’s resolutions. This used to happen to me year after year, and now I see it year after year. The start of a new year gives everyone renewed hope that THIS is finally going to be the year they master their goal!

The hard truth? 90% of these people will fail. 70% will have given up by February. Resolutions have become a kind of societal joke that we all pretend to play along with. That is, until we actually have to do something about it.

Do these numbers surprise you? I know from personal experience that it’s easy to let your goal go. For many, many years I had the same goal year after year! Then one year, that all changed. I’ll get to that a bit later.

I saw a post on Facebook that reminded me of the predictable New Year’s resolution cycle:

Damn, people with New Year’s resolutions crowding my gym. Can’t we pretend it’s February already?

Hilarious and also true.

Everyone knows that New Year’s resolutions are a joke.

But they don’t have to be.

So how do you break the cycle? How do you stay motivated and productive enough that you’re still improving yourself come March, June and December?

Questions like these have been flooding my inbox this month, so today, as a sneak peek to what we’re offering with our new Premium Inner Circle, here are a few tips on how to avoid failure in 2013.

Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail:

  • They’re unspecific. “I want to learn Chinese this year!” OK great. Well, check out our Word of the Day and I bet you’ll learn 1 new Chinese word. Is that what you meant? Your goals need to be specific, like: “I want to be able to be able to give a presentation in Chinese for work.” or “I want to have a 5-minute conversation without using any English.”
  • They’re unrealistic. “I want to be fluent by September.” Really? And you just started Chinese today? Hmmm…seems like you might be setting yourself up to fail from the get-go. It’s NOT impossible but are you really ready to commit yourself to nothing but Chinese? Start with more manageable goals and reassess on a monthly basis. People forget that while New Year’s resolutions can be broken in a bad way, they can also be amended to challenge yourself even further as you progress!
  • They’re based on wishes not action items. Now you have a specific and realistic goal, but you’re still not on the path to success. Why? It’s not a secret. You need to put your wishes into action. You say, “I want to learn more vocabulary” instead of “I will study the Word of the Day EVERYDAY.” You declare, “I want to speak more Chinese!” instead of vowing “I will get a Chinese tutor to practice conversation with.”
  • Those are the 3 biggest reasons people fail with their New Year’s resolutions. Last January, I made these 3 simple changes with my Chinese studies and it kept me on track throughout the entire year.

    So what’s next? Where do you start?

    For more on that, you’ll have to wait for Part II with the Premium Inner Circle newsletter in February. We’ve put together a cheat sheet on how to get started with your new Premium account, including a February Learning Calendar that will keep you on track and give you a template on how to organize your year!

    So What’s The Inner Circle? Learn how successful students stay motivated and knock their Chinese goals out of the park. Starting February, get exclusive access to tools, tips, and strategies to turn you in a consistent, goal-smashing, high-performing Chinese learner. Inner Circle Membership is an exclusive benefit for Premium users.

    Upgrade to Premium today and save 45%
    during our 12-Month Challenge Sale!

    Click here to get 1-Year Premium for just $99!