About ChinesePod
ChinesePod is a convenient way to learn Chinese combining audio podcast lessons, web/mobile study tools and speaking practice with live teachers. Founded in 2005 in Shanghai, China, ChinesePod has become the most popular online destination to learn Chinese with hundreds of thousands of active students.
ChinesePod strives to make language-learning more convenient for adult students. With time-demands from work, family and friends most adults simply are unable to invest the time necessary to learn a new foreign language. ChinesePod tries to solve this problem by using web & mobile technologies to craft a learning experience around the individual schedules of students, hence the slogan of "Learning on Your Terms."
ChinesePod is comprised of three key components:
1. Audio Lessons
At the core of ChinesePod are 1,300+ self-contained audio lessons.
Mandarin can be an intimidating language to begin learning, but ChinesePod lessons make it easy for "newbies" to pick-up all the basics, from taking a taxi to ordering dumplings. More advanced learners, meanwhile, can build confidence and sophisticate their skills with hundreds of entertaining lessons, each brimming with the colorful culture of today's China!
With lessons of every level and topic to choose from, it's easy to focus on learning Chinese for use in your life, work and travels.
2. Web & Mobile Study Tools
It's easy to review and re-enforce new language throughout your day using ChinesePod's comprehensive range of study tools, either at your computer or using a smartphone or MP3 player. ChinesePod tools include vocabulary games, writing tools, exercises, tests - and much more!
3. Teacher Services
If you are looking to progress quickly in spoken Chinese, ChinesePod also offers three levels of teaching support, all of which make it as easy as possible to fit regular speaking practice around your life.
Chinese is a challenging language to learn. By applying the best of modern pedagogy and technology, ChinesePod strives to make learning Chinese as accessible as possible.
ChinesePod's parent company is Praxis Language Ltd. Praxis Language also offers other language-learning products (SpanishPod, FrenchPod & ItalianPod) for English speakers, as well as EnglishPod for Chinese who are studying English.
