Learn Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble – Complete Course: Mandarin Chinese Made Easy With Your Personal Language Coach

by Collins, Kai-Ti Noble

An exciting approach to learning Mandarin Chinese with the easy, relaxed appeal of an audio-only product. Over 15 hours of easy-listening from Collins bestselling language coach.


Ideal for beginners and those with little formal language learning experience.


The accompanying booklet is also available here: collinsdictionary.com/resources.


For all those who have struggled to learn Chinese in the past.
For all those who think they’re just not a linguist.
For all those who don’t have the time – or the inclination – to sit and study a textbook.


This is your chance to have a one-to-one lesson from Paul and his native-speaking Mandarin Chinese experts, and all in your own time. Importantly, you will also know how to make your new vocabulary work for you. No set phrases, no lists of vocabulary. Just real Chinese at your fingertips.


A more in-depth course for those looking to improve their language skills, with over 15 hours of audio and a handy written revision guide to reinforce your learning.



Which Paul Noble product is right for me?



I need a basic audio course for use on holiday or a business trip – choose The Essential Paul Noble Course.


I am a beginner or near-beginner and need an in-depth audio course – choose The Paul Noble Complete Course.


I have listened to a Complete Course and I would like to take my learning to the next level – choose The Paul Noble Next Steps Course.


I have some understanding and have previously studied the language, I need a book to consolidate what I know and increase my conversational ability – choose The Paul Noble Unlocking Series.

Genres: Language, China, Audiobook, Nonfiction

1 pages, Audio CD

Published December 1, 2018

Reviews

[MÉYO · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having completed other beginner courses from other publishers, I thought this was gonna be an easy refresher, but I learned a lot more than I thought I would.

The instructor is VERY thorough and he explains every component/sound/tone of any given multi-syllable word or phrase, unlike the other Mandarin courses I’ve completed. For example, I never knew that oolong tea literally meant “black dragon” tea, so now my ears are tuned to listen for these two separate words when I previously assumed oolong was just one word to describe a tea flavor.

The instructor also used a lot of basic words and expressions that I never heard of before; thankfully the instructor explained his course based on the Southern dialect but he also gives examples how his words/phrases will sound with the Northern (Beijing) dialect. Understanding this is VERY important and that’s why it’s good to take multiple beginner Mandarin courses to hear the different dialects.

The pacing of the book is very slow and deliberate and you never feel overwhelmed, the downside however is the instructor often belabors his English explanations to the point where you feel this is a course for ESL students learning to speak Chinese.

If you’re completely tone deaf, if you have a hard time getting people to comprehend your English and if you can’t hear the difference between Mandarin and Japanese, then this course will definitely give you the knowledge and confidence to tackle the world’s second most spoken language.

[Enrique · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to the audio book while driving to work every morning. I had never learned a language using this approach. It is a painless way of learning the basics of a new language, I was very pleasantly surprised and I can now build simple sentences (mostly about food!) in Mandarin Chinese.

[Dominika Kidon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've tried Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, FluentU, podcasts, notebooks... This is the best language learning I've used and also essential for something like Chinese which is completely tonal.

[Tylee Britton-Havard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much prefer Spanish, but it’s ok

[z e e · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been listening to this while driving to work (helped me stay awake in the morning lol). I had some difficulties with building sentences with the vocabulary I have already learned and this helped me alot!
I really liked that there was one native speaker speaking in slower pace and another in a normal pace.

[Dónal Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Set me up nicely for a three week trip through China. I started off at zero and ended up being able to get around, book things, order meals and make a few Chinese friends along the way. Paul delivers as usual.

[Valeria Farinella · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've studied Chinese with Assimil, with a university book for Italian learners by Hoepli and with a personal tutor. I finally get the tones thanks to Paul Noble. After three years. Thanks.

[Trang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent way to learn speaking Chinese

[Kyle Johnsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super useful. He asks questions and gives you a chance to translate—basically a way of doing textbook exercises via audio.

[Aeriel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have the audiobook version and I really enjoyed studying with this. It’s thorough but enjoyable. Really great book to start with in learning mandarin.

[Carlos Martinez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Listened on Audible. This has taken me probably 2 percent of the way down the road of being able to speak passable Mandarin. Which may not sound like much, but it's a lot better than 0 percent.

[Hector Barrowman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely brilliant, couldn't recommend enough.