I am new here and I have been focusing most of all on the "Speaking Challenge". I love that it is a self-paced course with extremely helpful personalized and detailed feedback from Natasja on my pronunciations . This is the kind of valuable feedback that my Mandarin-speaking friends will (politely) never correct me on, that I also cannot get from self-studying apps and group courses. My confidence and motivation have increased so much in just the short time that I've been doing these classes.

I have been learning Mandarin using video and podcasts for many years. However I have found that I ran into a brick wall, with a lack of focus and direction. I looked for a guided course and found TrustyMandarin. I have really enjoyed learning and improved greatly durin gthe past month. Natasja has organised the course very well. The videos are instructive and can be played multiple times. Her feedback is particularly helpful and targeted towards areas of development that she has identified.

I have been a member of this community for 8 months now. When I joined, Mandarin Chinese was totally new to me; my main goal was to be able to converse in mandarin. The resources available, the support from our teacher and the emphasis on speaking early on have been of tremendous help. Joining the first speaking session felt rather daunting at the time but I was pleasantly surprised. I feel I am making steady progress towards my goal, but there is more work to be done.

I’ve only been in Natasja’s community for 27 days, and I’ve already noticed a huge improvement! Before joining, I mostly studied on my own and didn’t have many opportunities to practice speaking. Her daily audio challenges and quick, encouraging feedback have helped me stay consistent. I’ve gone from speaking in short 3-word sentences to building full sentences, and even my native Chinese-speaking friends have commented on how much I’ve improved!

Natasja is very helpful and signing up here allows me to get feedback as well as I dont feel alone learning Mandarin.