Embark on a comprehensive journey to master elementary Mandarin Chinese in this 2.5-hour course designed for HSK Level 1 proficiency. Gain practical language skills through 20 video lectures covering approximately 300 new words, 120 grammar points, and essential sentence patterns. Learn to greet others, introduce yourself and others, discuss nationalities and hometowns, exchange phone numbers, express dates and times, make simple suggestions and requests, read numbers up to 999, conduct basic phone conversations, and inquire about prices. Practice with online and downloadable audio dialogues, accompanying scripts, and 300 self-assessment questions to reinforce your learning. By the end of the course, confidently engage in simple, everyday Chinese conversations and lay a solid foundation for further language study.