After a Year of Taking my time Learning Mandarin, I can say I Finished Fluenz 1+2+3. At first i everyday learned 3 hourof Fluenz + pemsliur. I can say when i went to China on April 2012, It was an EXCELENT feeling, been able to speak and been understood. Then I took it slower still learning at least 2 hours + listening to Pemsliur podcast . I also registered in iTakis.com which is a Languaje partner exchange site, registered also in QQ chinese messanger site, have between skype, QQ and italkis.com over 200 Chinese friends, which I video chat everyday , to practice my speach as well as pinyin. At first was challenging even thou i have been studying and knew everything , my pronuntiation was VERY OFF...dont get discuouraged it GETS MUCH MUCH BETTER... Make friends with people that dont speak your languaje, study everyday, practice, and listen to the podcast... IT IS MY BEST ADVICE I CAN GIVE TO ANYONE. I WOULD DEFINETLY PICK AGAIN FLUENZ TO LEARN AN OTHER LANGUAJE. I tried other courses but FLUENZ is your Best Choice, Thank you Fluenz. I am a real person if you need more advices
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