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Learn Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course: Mandarin Chinese Made Easy with Your Personal Language Coach Audible Audiobook – Original recording

Paul Noble (Author, Narrator), Kai-Ti Noble (Author), HarperCollins Publishers Limited (Publisher)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
#1 Best Seller in Children's Chinese Language Books
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No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure.

Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been proven to succeed every time.

Unlike more traditional language learning courses, Paul Noble’s unique method has no grammar tests, no memory drills and no chance of failure. Whatever your experience with languages, whether you’re an absolute beginner or someone with basic knowledge who wants to improve their ability, this is the course to get you speaking Mandarin Chinese quickly, easily and effortlessly. Just listen, interact and learn wherever you are.

In this audiobook, Paul will introduce you to the basics of Mandarin Chinese and guide you through over 15 hours of everyday scenarios that will build your confidence. You will learn a huge range of vocabulary in no time at all and be able to quickly make your new knowledge work for you in a variety of situations like asking for directions, eating out and talking about yourself. Two native-speaking Mandarin experts (male and female) will help you to perfect your pronunciation as you progress through the course.

Language learning has finally become fun, enjoyable and accessible. A downloadable booklet is also included to use as a reference and revision tool. This download contains the entire course – Parts 1, 2 and 3. To continue your language learning journey once you’ve completed this course, download Next Steps in Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble for Intermediate Learners – Complete Course.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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  1. Listening Length
    15 hours and 1 minute
  2. Author
    Paul Noble, see all
  3. Narrator
    Paul Noble
  4. Audible release date
    October 4, 2018
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    HarperCollins Publishers Limited
  7. ASIN
    B07CYT2JDB
  8. Version
    Original recording
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 15 hours and 1 minute
Author Paul Noble, Kai-Ti Noble
Narrator Paul Noble
Audible.com Release Date October 04, 2018
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Program Type Audiobook
Version Original recording
Language English
ASIN B07CYT2JDB
Best Sellers Rank #5,441 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#1 in Chinese Language Learning
#1 in Children's Chinese Language Books

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John P
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Brilliant
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2019
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I am half-way through the book and can't wait to finish. The pace and repetition is perfect and I have no problem retaining the material. At the beginning of the book, he said don't try to remember everything and just go with the flow. I was skeptical at first but it turned out to be perfect advice. I listen and speak along in my car to and from each day and pick it back up each session without missing a beat.

Highly recommended!
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"mac1990"
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Review
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2019
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I am not sure how well I would do with this if I was learning Chinese without any background, but it is excellent for review. The topics for vocabulary and grammar are very practical. I appreciate the two native speakers. One is very clear and the other is more natural -- excellent paring.
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T. Fitzpatrick
4.0 out of 5 stars Narrator/Writer is very knowledgable, but the word NOW is overbearing.
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2022
I love the flow of the book, the perfect amount of vocab introduced through every chapter, and I followed every chapter. Talking about what I want, then going to the more cultural 'what i would like', then moving into ordering and food, that was really smooth dialogue and useful. That is, until about chapter 23 - when there was a certain word repeated over time. This is only my hangup, and may not be the same for you. The narrator uses the word "now" to connect thoughts. The inflection is to insinuate a new theory or concept, but it isn't always the case. Almost every thought is connected with the word, and it became a big snag for me. To this point, i was so hyper-focused on the overuse, i lost all attention to the material. Although I will run the mp3 through a program and edit them all out, it seems like a snag that had me looking for other options.
Besides my own personal hangup - and the need to edit out the overuse of the word "now" - this was good literature.
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JDB
5.0 out of 5 stars Best I have found
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2019
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I have bought many CD to learn Chinese. This one is really good. I bought a 2nd set to give to a friend who was struggling to learn Chinese.
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rey
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Audiobook Course for Language Learning
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2023
This audiobook course is 15 hours long, and packed with information given in a way that flows smoothly, teaches brilliantly, and is over before you know it. A must buy for anyone looking to learn Chinese Mandarin.
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Artshek
5.0 out of 5 stars Why did I not find this before
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2023
I have been trying to learn Mandarin many times before, & have stopped multiple times. This is what I needed to get me to really up my level and start me on the right course to give me confidence to start speaking and understanding basic conversational Mandarin in practical life situations.

Thank you for designing this course, I will keep using and I highly recommend as a starter kit!
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Terence Cole
5.0 out of 5 stars A great learning method for Mandarin Chinese
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2018
I absolutely love learning languages and trying out new language learning products! My Spanish is quite good, my French is survival, my Korean is upper beginner, and I'm now on a journey with Mandarin Chinese. Paul Noble's Method is like a current generation version of the Michel Thomas Method, but with a more modern feel and several quality of life improvements for language learners. I purchased it yesterday, and have learned with it for about an hour so far. My initial impressions are quite good! Paul obviously put a lot of thought into the course, because he made a few choices that are VERY good. For instance, he has two native Mandarin speakers working with him. A female speaker and a male speaker. This is very impressive because almost no language learning products use both male and female speakers in the same product. In many languages males and females speak differently, so being able to hear the difference is incredibly useful. Also, the female speaker speaks the sentence in a slower fashion, and the male speaker then will speak the same sentence at normal speed. This way you can hear the words broken down, as well as at full speed. I am using this course in conjunction with other methods, and it has already helped me figure out how I can use vocabulary that I've learned from other materials. Paul's way of logically explaining how to use Chinese is fantastic. I'm super impressed so far and look forward to finishing the course!

I pre-ordered this course directly course through Audible. I reviewed it on Audible this morning, and I am also reviewing it here, because I want to make sure people know how good the course is.
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Michael Van Jeune
5.0 out of 5 stars AAA+++
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2022
Anything by Paul Noble is great!
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Felixcat
5.0 out of 5 stars Using the Paul Noble method = Chinese made simple!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2018
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Having been a fan of Paul Noble's cd courses since his first French course, I was curious on how he was going to tackle the tricky, tonal Mandarin language, but I was pleasantly surprised. Although I'm only up to CD 5 out of 12, his unique method allowed me to consolidate, review and absorb the 'tricky' structures with his "non-grammatical" approach he takes with teaching his European language courses. However, if your expecting to be fluent in Mandarin Chinese by the end of the course, you will be disappointed, the vocabulary used is very limited. However, Paul Noble concentrates on the basic structures rather than presenting long lists of vocabulary. If you are not put off by the continuous repetition of Paul saying "Say, how do you say I want to order Ma Poor tofu?" or "I'm going to Shanghai." Or "How do you say I want to eat fried noodles?" Then believe me it gets better by CD 3 where you begin to tackle two of the four tones... 1 The "doctor's tone" the pitch you make when saying AAAaaaaaah! and the "person upstairs tone" saying yeH? and whO? By CD 5 things really begin to speed up, but be aware of frequent repetition on stuff you learned on CD's 1 and 2, like "How do you say... I would like?" and "How do you say I want to eat fried rice?" I'm actually beginning to enjoy this and from the number of critical reviews on the "Michel Thomas Method" Mandarin course I think Paul Noble's new course is great!
By the way, in January, Paul Noble will be introducing a new second stage Mandarin course.

Enjoy!
Felix.
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Clank
3.0 out of 5 stars Great course but only 1 way learning
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2019
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This course is excellent for giving you the fundamentals of the Chinese language from English to Chinese.
However, where it falls down is that it is purely one way learning, in that Paul Noble always asks "How would you say such and such in Chinese". There is never any "Listen to this conversation and translate into English"

For me this makes the learning experience difficult because listening to Chinese for instance on the radio the course hasn't given me experience of direct translation
Saying that he is a brilliant tutor so I would advise anyone to purchase the book, but I think there are better resources out there .
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rene woollard
2.0 out of 5 stars Monotonous.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2020
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Not worth the full price. The guys voice is monotonous and he says “now...” what feels like a million times throughout. His methods of swapping out tones 1-4 with “the exasperated teacher tone” and other convoluted names Is ridiculous.

I wouldn’t recommend unless you are an absolute beginner and have no other resources at your disposal.
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