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All-In-One Chinese Mastery Pack
- 12 Chinese courses
- 229 hours of audio
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The DLI Chinese Elementary Reader is an excellent resource for anyone looking to begin their journey with Mandarin Chinese. Developed by the Defense Language Institute, this course focuses on fundamental reading comprehension, essential vocabulary, and basic grammar suitable for absolute beginners. Through carefully structured lessons and authentic reading material, learners gradually build a strong foundation in reading and understanding modern Standard Chinese.
Whether you are studying Chinese for personal interest, travel, or future advanced study, this course provides comprehensive material to kickstart your learning at no cost. Take advantage of this totally free language resource to develop your skills, expand your vocabulary, and gain confidence in reading Chinese—all from the comfort of your home.
Course Materials
PDFs
- A Contrastive Study of English and Mandarin Chinese (11.8 MB)
- Book 1 (17.9 MB)
- Book 2 (13.4 MB)
- Chinese Characters Vol 1 (2.0 MB)
- Chinese Dialogues (12.2 MB)
- Chinese Homework Exercises (895 KB)
- Contemprary PRC Readings (7.5 MB)
- Dictionary Exercises (1.0 MB)
- Jianhuazi zongbiao jianzi (3.6 MB)
- Mod 01-05 review materials (5.4 MB)
- Mod 01 (9.5 MB)
- Mod 02 (8.2 MB)
- Mod 03 (16.2 MB)
- Mod 04 (23.1 MB)
- Mod 05 (25.5 MB)
- Mod 06 (3.9 MB)
- Mod 07 (4.5 MB)
- Mod 08 (4.8 MB)
- Mod 09 (4.9 MB)
- Modern General Readings I (6.1 MB)
- Modern Military readings I (4.7 MB)
- Modern Military readings II (9.9 MB)
- Mods 01-05 Glossary (1.8 MB)
- Optional Module part 02 (4.1 MB)
- Optional Module part 03 (6.0 MB)
- Optional Modules (28.9 MB)
- Order of Battle Question Guide (3.0 MB)
- Phase III (7.4 MB)
- reader Less 01-34 (13.0 MB)
- reader Less 35-48 (12.1 MB)
- Reading and Writing lessons 01-18 (6.1 MB)
- Reading and Writing lessons 19-30 (9.0 MB)
- Resource Modules (2.6 MB)
- Speak chinese (8.6 MB)
- Speak chinese supplementary materials (4.1 MB)
- Speak Chinese Translation and selections for memorization (2.7 MB)
- Student Text Mods 01 and 02 (10.1 MB)
- Student Text Mods 03 and 04 (10.0 MB)
- Student Text Mods 05 and 06 (14.9 MB)
- Student Text Mods 07 and Workbook (14.0 MB)
- Student Text Mods 08 (11.0 MB)
- Student Workbook Mod 07 Society (14.2 MB)
- Student Workbook Mods 01 and 02 (7.3 MB)
- Student Workbook Mods 03 and 04 (6.6 MB)
- Student Workbook Mods 05 and 06 (8.9 MB)
- Table of Chinese Characters (805 KB)
- Vol 01 (10.6 MB)
- Vol 01 Chinese Characters (17.5 MB)
- Vol 02 (12.7 MB)
- Vol 02 Elementary Chines (20.3 MB)
Audio Files
Additional Audio
- Story01 (234 KB)
- Story02 (343 KB)
- Story03 (366 KB)
- Story04 (389 KB)
- Story05 (388 KB)
- Story06 (337 KB)
- Story07 (312 KB)
- Story08 (339 KB)
- Story09 (375 KB)
- Story10 (454 KB)
- Story11 (670 KB)
- Story12 (387 KB)
- Story13 (428 KB)
- Story14 (380 KB)
- Story15 (440 KB)
- Story16 (471 KB)
- Story17 (503 KB)
- Story18 (414 KB)
- Story19 (318 KB)
- Story20 (439 KB)