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Hello Chinese Forums!

 

Please, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Fame Ketover, I'm a language lover, and I'm the founder of the free Lenguin language courses.

 

I'm sure some of you are familiar with the FSI courses, but for those who are not, they are programmatic curricula that have been used for decades in successfully training foreign service workers to fluency. My team and I have used these curricula as the framework for producing new video courses which are available for free.

 

The Mandarin Chinese course is already available and we're releasing new videos every couple of days.

 

You can find our videos on Youtube and Facebook.



 

Here's the direct link to the YouTube playlist for the full Mandarin Chinese course:


 

Stay up to date by following us on Twitter: @LenguinPenguin

 

A lot of time, love, and effort have been volunteered for this project in hopes of creating an awesome learning resource for all Chinese language learners. All feedback and comments are welcome and will be taken into consideration for future lessons.

 

 Thanks for your time and enjoy the videos!  :D

 

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@roddy, @ChTTay - Thanks for the heads up. We would love to expand into Chinese platforms, but as you may know, most of them require a Chinese mobile number (which we don't have access to). I'll see what I can do though!  :wink:

 

@Chris Two Times - Free with no catch! We're using crowd-funding so that those who feel that they would like to support the project may do so. So, sit back and enjoy.  :D  (Well, I see you're in Beijing so perhaps you can't yet until I figure out a solution to the comment above.)

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I'm happy to report that Lenguin is now on Youku!

 

Here is the link to the course playlist:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM1MjgwNzA2NA==.html?f=26128429

 

The link to our channel:

http://i.youku.com/u/UMzIzNjU0MTQ2OA==

 

(Youku does allow registration without a Chinese mobile number, but the functionality is limited so please excuse the look of our channel.)

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Learn Mandarin Chinese - Where do you work? (Lesson 35)

 

Learn phrases to discuss work, while also learning another use for "zai" and sentence-final "ba".
YouTube: http://youtu.be/tVpwy4DQ0Rg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lenguinpenguin/videos/696957417071399/
Dailymotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x394vqg
Youku: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM1NjEyNjQ4MA==.html

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Learn Mandarin Chinese - Where do you work? + (Lesson 36)

Using Chinese characters, practice discussing work, in addition to making use of "zai" and sentence-final "ba".

YouTube: http://youtu.be/bJb_PwH6NHo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lenguinpenguin/videos/698024650298009/
Dailymotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39a93s
Youku: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM1NzY2NjI2NA==.html

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Learn Mandarin Chinese - Do you have? How many? (Lesson 37)
While talking about members of your family you'll learn how to use the words for "have" and "how many". We'll also be using plural pronouns.

YouTube: http://youtu.be/DD0graFWgaQ
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lenguinpenguin/videos/699083120192162/
Dailymotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39r2y8
Youku: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM2MDU3MTI1Ng==.html

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Learn Mandarin Chinese - Do you have? How many? + (Lesson 38)
Using Chinese characters, practice talking about members of your family using the words for "have" and "how many" as well as the plural pronouns.

YouTube: http://youtu.be/_EpZanKg1QY
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lenguinpenguin/videos/699206470179827/
Dailymotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x39ssv1
Youku: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM2MDgwMDIxNg==.html

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Learn Mandarin Chinese - Useful Adverbs - Still, Just, All (Lesson 39)
Continue discussing family while incorporating some new useful adverbs: still, just, all. We'll also learn a way of saying "and".

YouTube: http://youtu.be/9r8pXpRUVMY
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lenguinpenguin/videos/699813360119138/
Dailymotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3a0yo8
Youku: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM2MjUxNzI0OA==.html

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I watched one but found it kind of weird that they "dub" the presenter whenever he speaks Chinese. So it will be his voice until he says 在 and then it will be the recorded Chinese speakers voice they used in the audio.

The audio they used in the clip I watched wasn't great quality so I'm not sure where they found it or if they recorded it themselves.

It might have been better if the host was Chinese or they just let him speak Chinese using his own voice (assuming he can speak it / is good enough).

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@ChTTay - Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I definitely agree with you on both points there.

 

As mentioned above, the audio is from the FSI courses. It has been restored as much as possible, but we would love to one day re-record it with better quality.

 

As far as the dubbing, as I (the presenter) am not a native speaker, that was something we decided to do to prevent new learners from picking up quirks in non-native speech. I agree it would be nice to have native-speaking presenters for each language that we do, but being a free resource some comprises must be made. In the meantime, we'll see how we can modify the presentation to make the dubbing situation less "weird". :wink: 

 

Thanks again for the support and feedback!

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I have to agree with chTTay, audio quality is poor and it is weird with the dubbing thing, Not too keen on the talking penguins, but that's not important really.

 

I am sure it will appeal to someone, useful for when you have some time and can watch videos, maybe on a train, or waiting for something.

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