Foundation Mandarin Chinese New Edition (Learn Mandarin Chinese with the Michel Thomas Method)

The original no-books, no-homework, no-memorizing course that gets you speaking and understanding basic Mandarin Chinese in weeks, not years. The revolutionary, stress-free Michel Thomas Method is in tune with the way the brain prefers to receive, store and retrieve information. It has helped over 5 million people learn a language.

Experience significant results in a remarkably short period of time thanks to the unique Michel Thomas Method, perfected over 50 years by celebrated linguist Michel Thomas. The method works in tune with how the brain prefers to receive, store and then retrieve information. You'll stick with it, because you'll love it.

Pick up Mandarin Chinese naturally and unforgettably, without strain

Learn from listening and speaking, without the pressure of writing or memorizing

Build up your Mandarin Chinese in manageable steps by thinking out answers for yourself

How does it work?

During this eight-hour live course, you will learn the language along with two students, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout. Within the first hour you will be able to construct simple sentences, learning a revolutionary method that will enable you to effortlessly recall tones at the right moment. By the end of the course, you will have the confidence to understand and speak basic Mandarin Chinese. You will learn at your own pace, pausing and repeating where necessary, and complete the course in about 20-30 hours.

Why is it so successful?

'What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget.' - Michel Thomas

Michel Thomas believed that the greatest barrier to any form of learning was stress: stress from worrying about remembering what you are being taught, stress from being afraid to make a mistake, stress from failing.

With the Michel Thomas Method, all the attention is focused on removing stress and tension from the learning environment. The teacher takes on full responsibility for your understanding, and therefore your remembering, of what is being taught. In fact, the Michel Thomas Method forbids you from trying to memorize. There's no writing, no books, no homework.

The Michel Thomas Method works by stripping away all inessential language and breaking down the most important language into its component parts. Crystal-clear building blocks are then presented, and only when they are absorbed and understood is the next piece of the puzzle introduced, enabling you to reconstruct the language for yourself - to form your own sentences, to say what you want, when you want.

What's in the Course?

FOUNDATION MANDARIN CHINESE comprises nine audio CDs. The booklet is available to download from

*Note that the course content is the same as the previous TOTAL MANDARIN CHINESE edition.

Learn anywhere

Michel Thomas Method audio courses let you learn whenever you want: at home, in your car, or on the move. The audio CDs are MP3-compatible.

What learners a

“Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed”

The nearest thing to painless learning - The Times

A unique and perfectly brilliant way of learning languages

The most extraordinary learning experience of my life

Works like a dream - Daily Telegraph

- The Guardian

Five minutes in and you already feel like you're winning - Time Out

Dr Harold Goodman, a physician and surgeon, was taught by Michel Thomas for nearly ten years. During this time Michel Thomas's goal was not to teach Dr Goodman a specific language (though he did instruct him in two of the languages he taught) but to train him to understand his method of teaching - which he then used to teach others, with great success. Dr Goodman teaches and practises in the US.

Michel Thomas (1914-2005) had an amazing life. Born in Poland, he spent his early years in Germany and then in France, where he studied psychology at the Sorbonne in Paris. When war broke out, he fought with the Resistance and suffered imprisonment in labour camps. At the end of the war he joined the US liberation army and later settled in the US where he established his world-famous language school. Languages, being his strength and passion became the focus of the next 50 years of his life that he spent developing a method that he hoped would change the way we teach and learn - so that everyone could succeed. He developed this method 'that works with the brain'. After creating several courses of his own, he passed on his method so that other teachers might use it too.

Experience significant results in a remarkably short period of time thanks to the unique Michel Thomas Method, perfected over 50 years by celebrated linguist Michel Thomas. The method works in tune with how the brain prefers to receive, store and then retrieve information. You'll stick with it, because you'll love it. Pick up Mandarin Chinese naturally and unforgettably, without strain Learn from listening and speaking, without the pressure of writing or memorizing Build up your Mandarin Chinese in manageable steps by thinking out answers for yourself How does it work? During this eight-hour live course, you will learn the language along with two students, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout. Within the first hour you will be able to construct simple sentences, learning a revolutionary method that will enable you to effortlessly recall tones at the right moment. By the end of the course, you will have the confidence to understand and speak basic Mandarin Chinese. You will learn at your own pace, pausing and repeating where necessary, and complete the course in about 20-30 hours. Why is it so successful? 'What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget.' - Michel Thomas Michel Thomas believed that the greatest barrier to any form of learning was stress: stress from worrying about remembering what you are being taught, stress from being afraid to make a mistake, stress from failing.With the Michel Thomas Method, all the attention is focused on removing stress and tension from the learning environment. The teacher takes on full responsibility for your understanding, and therefore your remembering, of what is being taught. In fact, the Michel Thomas Method forbids you from trying to memorize. There's no writing, no books, no homework.The Michel Thomas Method works by stripping away all inessential language and breaking down the most important language into its component parts. Crystal-clear building blocks are then presented, and only when they are absorbed and understood is the next piece of the puzzle introduced, enabling you to reconstruct the language for yourself - to form your own sentences, to say what you want, when you want. What's in the Course? FOUNDATION MANDARIN CHINESE comprises nine audio CDs. The booklet is available to download from *Note that the course content is the same as the previous TOTAL MANDARIN CHINESE edition. Learn anywhere Michel Thomas Method audio courses let you learn whenever you want: at home, in your car, or on the move. The audio CDs are MP3-compatible. What learners a

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