Study Around Your Schedule
Most experts agree that to effectively learn a language you need (a) comprehensible lesson input, (b) practice opportunities, and (c) review. A traditional classroom experience can provide all of these, but is often too inconvenient for busy people.
Our mission is to use technology to make learning Chinese easier.
Reasons You Will Love ChinesePod
These are just the start. Let us know if you have other ideas!
Relevant, Engaging Lessons
Instruction from the best teachers available, when and where you want it. Find appropriate lessons that will get you using the language right away.
Enhanced Review Activities
Get the most out of the lessons with comprehension exercises and additional review activities covering the dialogue, key vocabulary, expansion language and important grammar points.
Authentic Language & Culture
Lessons are crafted by language professionals who live and breathe the language and culture of Chinese direct from the streets of Shanghai.
Speaking Classes
Get the most out of your lessons with daily 20-min speaking classes with one of our teachers. Visit the Store for more details.
Mobile Apps
Ditch the computer and study on-the-go with your mobile phone (iPhone or Android). The more time you can spend connected to your studies, the better.
Convenient Flashcards
While studying your lessons save new vocabulary to your personal vocabulary list. Review this list on the website, iPhone and Android Flashcard apps.
Community Support
Why can't you learn languages like you use Facebook? Be a social student - consume learning materials, create them, improve them and share them.
Patti Waldmeir (pictured above) is a journalist based in Shanghai and has used ChinesePod for the past two years. Her testimonial features in full in the video tour.
"... It’s really strange; almost every time I listen to a ChinesePod lesson, within 24 hours I am able to use the language or grammar patterns right away."
— Patti Waldmeir
ChinesePod Premium Subscriber
