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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Chinese for HSK 1 by Peking University

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About the Course

Nǐ hǎo! 你好!Welcome to Chinese for HSK Level 1 - a Chinese course for beginners. My name is YU Bin. I am very happy to meet you here! HSK stands for Hànyǔ (Chinese) Shuǐpíng (level) Kǎoshì (test), which is the most important Chinese proficiency test in use today. It assesses non-native Chinese speakers’ abilities in using Chinese in their daily, academic and professional lives. Chinese for HSK Level 1 is the first part of the 6 levels and assesses test takers’ abilities in the application of everyday Chinese. It is the counterpart of Level 1 of the Chinese Language Proficiency Scales for Speakers of Other Languages and the A1 Level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. You will learn:  30 video lectures with dialogue role plays by PKU students;  More than 150 commonly used words;  Around 50 key grammar points;  New words and texts via audio;  Quizzes for each lesson and HSK test papers;  Videos for 70 basic Chinese characters (optional);  Supplementary materials about China (optional). In short, the course covers the four skills although only listening and reading are tested in HSK. At the end of the course, you will be able to understand and use simple Chinese phrases, meet basic needs for communication and possess the ability to further your Chinese language studies. Have a fantastic journey of Chinese learning. For more information about HSK please visit: http://english.hanban.org/node_7581.htm....

Top reviews

AG

Jan 4, 2019

finally an online course that delivers, great way to kickstart or reboot your chinese. the formula of the lesson is simple and easy to follow, a fantastic way to start, definitely moving on to HSK2

TR

May 22, 2019

Excellent course, Yu Bin explains the material very well and the content is well organised. I would have liked further explanations on the grammar and additional practice exercises beyond the quiz

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By Kayee

Oct 17, 2020

太棒了

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Feb 18, 2024

很好

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Jan 2, 2023

很好

By Alessandro A

Mar 28, 2020

很好

By ayden c

Dec 16, 2018

有用

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Dec 17, 2020

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By Laura F

Jan 26, 2020

I think that this course has many strengths, such as helping you pronounce Chinese well, and covering a range of vocabulary content. The videos and dialogues were also useful for practising listening skills, and the inclusion of the full texts of the dialogues was good for reading practice. However, some of the grammar points could have been explained slightly better; the majority were really well done though. Also, the course is not big on teaching writing (e.g. stroke order), but as a course for complete beginners, this isn't a huge problem. If you wanted to carry on learning Chinese or wanted to be able to read and write really well, you would definitely need additional resources. Overall, I really loved this course as a comprehensive, engaging, and well-taught introduction to Mandarin and how to learn it. It's perfect for beginners and a great first step to learning Mandarin.

By Dianne T

May 3, 2022

Just like the description, the course focuses on preparing you for the HSK 1 exam. It covers all the words (plus a few more) that are in HSK 1 level. I passed the course but I feel like I still haven't learned enough to actually say that I can understand and speak basic Chinese. I wish the course put more attention to explaining sentence structure, and how and when to use modal particles. The volume of the lecture videos and the text dialogues is also very inconsistent. For example, the intro to the lectures are very loud compared to the voice of the teacher. Also in the audio that accompanies the written texts, there are background noises in some of them. This course is pretty okay overall. It is the very first Chinese course that I have ever taken and it wasn't that hard or confusing. I think it's a good start to my learning journey.

By Guilherme S R

Jan 14, 2022

The course has a good teacher, good material, and good ammount of content explained. I also liked the activities and the videos, which give it a fun shape; however, it fails in some aspects like a few content errors not yet corrected or absence of an efficient tutoring/QA program. As an advice, I recommend you to take Chinese characters for beginners at PKU before this one, since it may be dense to those who have no background of the language. Finally, with daily dedication on rewriting vocabulary [many] times to memorize, it has what it takes to lead the student further than expensive once a week classes.

By Jose_P

May 22, 2017

This course is great for gaining a solid foundations of the Chinese language, as it covers the basics of the characters and tones in the first week, from then on each week goes with fresh lecture sessions that increase the vocabulary and grammar lessons. Also, the video lectures at the beginning of each week contribute very much for developing and honing the listening comprehension for daily conversations.

By Eugene G

Jul 7, 2019

This course helps to start learning chinese language. In some cases the grammar explained quite briefly, sometimes it's not quite clear the particles meaning, when they are required and when they are optional and how the meaning changes depending on whether it's used or not. Also, video dialogs are quite fast, hard to grasp the meaning when you only start learning the language

By P V

May 16, 2021

The way the laoshi teaches is quite good . We keep getting to introduce ourselves to new terminologies . Any language can be learnt easily when we focus and enjoy it and our efforts along with interest .

The main key point to be able to communicate in any language is to practice by speaking.

All the very best to the upcoming students who enrolled this course .

By Elly Q

Apr 14, 2018

Me gusto mucho llevar este curso en mis vacaciones, ahora que regrese a la universidad he visto una mejora en mi nivel de chino y gracias a la dedicación que le dí a este curso y a los materiales que aquí se brindan. Espero poder continuar los demás cursos más adelante. Muchos éxitos a todos el equipo que forman parte de este curso :D Taiganxieninle!!

By Martin S

Apr 18, 2020

Not for beginners!

I completed this course to refresh what I had learned previously -- and this course was quite good for that. It's fast-paced and mostly based on listening to enjoyable dialogues, which I liked a lot. But be warned: There's only few dialogues, no practise material, and hardly any repetition of previous lessons.

By Emmanuel T

May 1, 2019

Very good pace and progressive in the learning, thank you!

Really good videos, people talk slowly, which helps a lot, vocabulary builds up progressively too.

I would recommend a bit more use friendliness at the last test (need to jump back and forth between the audio instructions/dialogue and the questions)

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By Adam G

Apr 18, 2020

The materials were well organized. The course could benefit from providing a running list of the total characters required to understand a given lesson. Also this seems like a very hard way for someone to have their first interaction with Chinese learning.

By Intan S N

Mar 31, 2021

The lessons are easy to understand for beginner, as long as the participants always practice what they got from here. Sadly the quality of the recording and lessons video aren't at the best quality, hope that it will be fixed very soon.

By miki t

Oct 16, 2018

It is a good introductory course; the teacher is likable, and the content is fun. However, I feel like the last a few lesson were not as good as the first ones. The quality of the dialogues gradually decreased towards the end.

By Joshlyn ( C

Feb 25, 2021

This is definitely a good course for anyone looking to learn very basic Mandarin Chinese! There isn't much in the way of speaking practice, but this course covers reading, listening, and basic grammar very well.

By Nicolas D

Aug 1, 2017

Cours très intéressant. Simple et clair. J'ai suivi ces enseignements en parallèle de cours en Institut. Cela a été très complémentaire. HSK1 largement validé. Je recommande et ai hâte de passé au niveau 2.

By Finian M K

Aug 29, 2020

I feel like some of the dialogues were a bit off-topic or unusual/unnatural. Other than that, very good course and highly recommend as something to do during quarantine if you're still in it (like me)

By Sonya D

Jan 2, 2019

I found this course very useful. The way it is set up worked well for me. The only difficulty I had was that the videos and soundtracks were "too heavy" for my internet connection here in China.