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Hello Listener,

Last July, the ChineseClass101 Dashboard made its first appearance. It provides a great place to start if you’re completely new to ChineseClass101 and don’t know where which level is right for you.

In short, the Dashboard allows you to:

And the feedback? It was incredibly positive and filled with great suggestions. Thank you for reaching out to us! We listened and this past month, applied the suggestions to your Dashboard.

Your New Dashboard V1.1: Take control of your Chinese learning!

What’s New?

Want to study on your own terms? Skip the recommended lesson and customize your learning! With the new update, you can now:

Customizing Your Dashboard

The Dashboard is now fully editable (add, remove, reorganize, set a target series) and there is no limit on how many series you can add. You’ll see the top 3 series that you’re currently working on, while the rest can be viewed by clicking on “See All.”

(sample screenshot taken from JapanesePod101.com)

Add A Series

Go to ”Browse Lessons”, find the series you want and click on it. On main series page, just below the description, click on the “Add to Dashboard” checkbox. It will now appear in “My Courses” on your Dashboard. If you have more than three series already, you’ll be able to find it by clicking on “See
All.”

(sample screenshot taken from JapanesePod101.com)

Remove A Series.

While in the “My Courses” section of your Dashboard, click on “Edit” just below the “Study” Button. To remove it, click on the No Symbol (). Once you’re done, press “Done Editing.”

(sample screenshot taken from JapanesePod101.com)

Reorganize Your Dashboard

While editing your dashboard, click on a series and drag it to your desired location. Once you’re done, press “Done Editing.”

(sample screenshot taken from JapanesePod101.com)

Set Your Target Course

Notice the green target symbol ( ) while in “Edit” mode? That is your main course which will appear in the lesson recommendation list below. To change it, simply click on the gray target symbol of a different series and you’ll see a green notification that your target has been changed. Your lesson recommendation list will also be updated.

(sample screenshot taken from JapanesePod101.com)

Quick “Study” Button

Quickly jump to the next lesson of your course! Just like the “Study Now” button in the lesson recommendation list, this will take you to the next lesson of that series.

We hope you enjoy the brand new Dashboard! We’ll of course continue to listen to our fans and tweak the Dashboard to provide the very best experience for everyone. If you have questions or feedback for us, send us an email here.

Click Here To Test The New Dashboard At ChineseClass101.Com!

Hello Listener,

What’s one day of Chinese learning?

Simple phrases? Takes 5 minutes. 30 new vocabulary words? At least 30 minutes. New grammar and creating your own sentences? Let’s say an hour.

And we’re still just 2 hours and 35 minutes into the day.

You won’t master Chinese in one day but you’ll make big progress. One day is enough to start learning, start speaking, and improve your Chinese.

Rome wasn’t built in a day, but streets and city blocks here.

So, if you tune into the fun, fast and easy lessons, you start speaking minutes into the lesson. Just one lesson. Imagine how much more you’ll learn in one day?

It only takes one day to speak better Chinese.

Start today and save 27% on all Basic and Premium subscriptions until September 28th!

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And you’re getting ALL Audio and Video Lessons and PDF Lesson Notes from Beginner to Advanced levels. Just set your learning level, start at the recommended lesson and we track your progress.

Start speaking immediately with lessons. You get the conversation first, the grammar and vocabulary after. Our lesson hosts break it down word by word, and translate it so you start using what you’ve learned.

Make sure you know it all. PDF Lesson notes give you the lesson in writing: the transcript, translation, grammar and vocabulary. Read along as you listen or review after.

Done with a lesson?

Cut your study time in half. Master vocabulary, pronunciation, and more with Premium tools:

• Drill vocabulary with Spaced Repetition (SRS) Flashcards
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• …and more!

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Love the fast, fun and easy lessons at ChineseClass101?

Love free stuff? (who doesn’t!)

Then you’ll love this!

Just in case you didn’t know…there are free Chinese lessons at ChineseClass101. They don’t stop. They’re published weekly. They’re yours. And that’s just the tip of the Free Feature iceberg when you get a Free Lifetime Account!

Here’s what you get…

Every New Lesson From The Past 3 Weeks
You’re not getting just one little lesson. We publish several lessons weekly so you have 3 weeks worth of audio and video lessons to learn with. You can find them by clicking on the “Newest Lessons” tab in the top menu at ChineseClass101

First 3 Lessons Of Every Season And Series
New to ChineseClass101? Get a feel for how each season is taught and which topics are covered. Browse through the many lesson seasons and series and access the first 3 lessons by clicking on the “Browse Lessons” tab in the top menu at ChineseClass101

Just sit back and learn real-life Chinese with every new lesson that comes out. No cost whatsoever. These lessons are just one of many awesome freebies you get with a Free Lifetime Account at ChineseClass101.

Hey there Listener!

Here’s a thought:

The world around you needs to have little Chinese labels.
Anything you see, you’d know its Chinese meaning immediately.

Office building? Check.
Train station and everything inside? Check.
The items in your kitchen? Check.

Learning Chinese would take half the time!

With InnovativeLanguage.com’s Visual Dictionary Chinese iBook, you can do just that. This Visual Dictionary is the first of its kind. Even iTunes has noticed!

Learn by Exploring the World in Chinese!

Just tap and zoom through 26 different everyday scenarios. You see the word in its real-world context, read it and hear its pronunciation. From the city streets, to train stations, and right down to your own kitchen, you learn 550+ Chinese vocabulary words for anything and everything you’d encounter along the way.

Each scenario comes with:

With Visual Dictionary Chinese (Enhanced Version), you can:

Hello Listener,

No textbooks. No deadlines. And you’ll never oversleep.

You don’t have to go back to school to learn Chinese the way it’s spoken in real life.

You need to learn from real-life conversations, not textbook examples. And you learn it from our Chinese lesson hosts who break down the necessary words and grammar so you start speaking immediately. No dry textbook conversations here!

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From beginner to advanced video and audio lessons, our Chinese lesson hosts break down the basics the fast fun and easy way. Set your learning level, start a recommended lesson and track your progress as you improve!

You master:

And go up to intermediate and advanced concepts like:

Done with a lesson? Cut your learning time in half with Premium tools:

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Hello Listener,

Just one thing is missing from making your Chinese perfect.

A native Chinese speaker.

Someone who can correct your mistakes. Someone who understands your strengths and weaknesses and tells you what to study next. Someone to practice with.

Ready to improve your Chinese?

The NEW Premium PLUS subscription at ChineseClass101.com, like Premium, gives you unlimited access to the entire ChineseClass101.com website. You’re getting:

• 500+ Audio and Video lessons and the lesson notes with every lesson,

• Premium Tools such as 2000 Core word list, Spaced Repetition Flashcards, Line by Line pronunciation, Voice Recorder, and more.

But here’s how you reach Chinese perfection:

Premium PLUS gives you access to your own personal Chinese instructor so you get…

• 1-on-1 Professional Assessment

Get a personal assessment of your Chinese skills. Understand your strengths and weaknesses so you know what to study next.

• Personalized Self Study Curriculum

Your instructor will create a study plan based your needs. If speaking is your weak point, your instructor will design a study plan to help you start speaking like a native. Everyone’s experience will be different!

• Personalized Instruction

Get personalized instruction from a native speaker for continuous feedback on writing, pronunciation, and other language skills.

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Premium PLUS has been a hit on JapanesePod101.com for years and we’re quickly developing more Premium PLUS programs for all our languages. Stay tuned for more news on Premium PLUS!

Hi there listener,

When students start learning Chinese, a ton of questions start popping into their brains like…

“How’d the Chinese language come to be?”
“What are the top 100 Chinese words I should know?”
“What’s the deal with this crazy grammar?”
“Where’s a good dictionary when you need one?”

You’ve got questions; we’ve got answers.

You’ll find them and a lot more at the newly redesigned Chinese Resources Corner. It covers everything from language origins, the writing system, grammar, and must-know vocabulary down to extras like mobile apps and the dictionary. Best of all, you get access to FREE resources like:

The Chinese Resources Corner is a master list of everything you’ll need to know about Chinese. Jump in, master the basics of reading, writing, and grammar, and reinforce the material you learn from Audio and Video lessons.

Hello Listener,

Why go for anything less?

Right about now, the best of the best are gathering in London for the 30th Modern Olympic Games. That’s over 10,000 athletes, all aiming for a gold medal. Their eyes are on the prize. Are yours?

Want to learn Chinese? You will.

Unlike at the Olympics, there’s no losing here; you only get better – day by day, word by word, grammar rule by grammar rule. So, don’t just learn a few phrases, learn to speak Chinese the way you know your own language.

Go for the gold and go for fluency with ChineseClass101.

Until the end of the Olympics (August 12th), save 30% on ALL Basic & Premium Subscriptions and unlock every single lesson we’ve ever made and will make.

You want to speak and understand Chinese as it is spoken in real life. Our lessons have been designed exactly for that. You get the conversation first and learn the vocabulary and grammar behind it after.

Load these lesson on your smartphone and learn anywhere, anytime!

Extra Bonus: Each lesson comes with PDF lesson notes. Lesson transcripts, translations, vocabulary and grammar explanations are given to you in writing. Review after a lesson or read along as you listen!

And that’s just the Basic Plan.

Premium is different. It’s our most popular plan and is designed to cut your Chinese learning time in half. Since you want to speak more Chinese, you need more words.

A Premium Subscription gets you:

Go for the gold and go for fluency with ChineseClass101. Save 30% on all Basic & Premium subscriptions until August 12th!

Greetings from Team ChineseClass101!

We’re stopping by the blog today to tell you about an exciting new feature we’re slowly rolling out on the website. A few select users have been chosen to test drive the new Dashboard feature.

Log in to your account today to see if you’re one of them!

The new Dashboard aims to help you track your Chinese learning quickly and easily. We’ve produced a lot of lessons in our lifetime and while we pride ourselves on offering a wide variety of lessons to our users, we realized that it can been pretty overwhelming for some.

Where do I start? What level is best for me? What series do I move on to now?

These were common questions coming in from avid users like you, so we set out to solve these commonly asked questions, and the Dashboard was born!

We’ll of course continue to listen to our fans and tweak the Dashboard to provide the very best experience for everyone. If you have questions or feedback for us, send us an email here.

To help you get started, here are a few of the big changes:

• Your learning progress

• Recommended lesson alert

• Your learning profile

• Account information

• Quick links to useful tools

We hope you enjoy the brand new Dashboard! Stay tuned for more tweaks and updates to the site and head over to ChineseClass101.com to test out the new Dashboard beta.

Hello Listener,

What can you do in 3 minutes?

You can…

Check your Facebook feed…(and accomplish nothing)
Stare at your homework assignment in confusion…

OR learn to introduce yourself in Chinese, pick up new phrases and start speaking a new language.

Three minutes is all you need.

Introducing our newest video series, Learn Chinese in Three Minutes.

In this 25-lesson series, you’ll learn the basics needed to talk confidently with Chinese speakers. Our Chinese lesson host will take you step-by-step through must-know phrases such as “Hello, my name is…” and “Thank You/You’re Welcome.” The phrases and conversation get more advanced as the series progresses.

How It Works
In each lesson, every phrase is broken down on screen while the lesson host explains the grammar and composition. That’s the beauty of video!

Plus, you’ll get what many Chinese beginners don’t get to learn until much later: tips on sounding like a natural when interacting with Chinese speakers.

Three minutes is all you need.