Learn beginner Mandarin with flashcards made from your own notes

Why start with your own beginner Mandarin material

Early Mandarin means learning characters, pinyin, tones and basic words all at once, and a generic deck rarely matches the lesson you are in. Making beginner Mandarin flashcards from the handouts, slides and textbook pages you already have keeps the cards tied to what your class is teaching this week.

• Start with one lesson's worth of words instead of a whole textbook.
• Learn tones from day one, since the same syllable with a different tone can mean something else.
• Practice reading characters and pinyin together, not one before the other.
• Say each word aloud before you flip the card to check your answer.