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>ChINESE PODCaSTS， EN maSSE Popup Chinese is a great resource for learning Chinese with over 1，000 podcasts available， and it’s all free to boot. This little piece of magic features glowing testimonies on the website （popupchinese.com） of happy customers the world over， and they have a reason to be so upbeat. Popup comes alongside a translator （which is far better than the usual Google Translate option everyone is so keen to jump on） and an online dictionary. The podcasts themselves are fun and informative， running the gamut of format and style， not to mention learning levels. Popup has tens of thousands of listeners and is the highest-rated Chinese-teaching podcast in the iTunes podcast directory. Also， if you’re looking to branch out your learning， Popup features a Cantonese language course. – maTThEW duBOiS
>INFINITy aND bEyOND
Learning Chinese is hard enough as an adult， but trying to learn as a kid can be frustrating for student and parent alike. Enter Disney. Designers at the American media powerhouse have created an app truly for beginners featuring—of course—the usual Disney cast of characters. It’s called Learn Chinese： Toy Story 3–Disney Language Learning， and， as the title suggests， it’s about learning Chinese while exploring the world of Toy Story 3. The accompaniment from Buzz and Woody make for an interesting lesson. The app claims to allow the user to master more than 100 words and uses a progressive approach by starting in English and adding in more Chinese and pinyin as the levels progress. Ideally， it’s great for children seven and older and is a great way to make story time more educational. The idea behind this language learning method is called Diglot Weave， which involves putting foreign language into the learns’ storyline. However， one of the most impressive features is the ability to record a voice over the narrator to compare pronunciation. The app comes with a translator and hosts high quality content， a great way for the little ones （or anyone for that matter） to stay interested. – m.d.
>CRIENgLISh.COm’S ChINESE STuDIO
This series of audio Chinese lessons come with a transcript to follow along as you listen. The free lessons are updated weekly and have a library of almost 300. The lessons are based on real life situations in familiar contexts and offer many useful phrases that provide contextual insight as well as tidbits of cultural information. Two native Chinese speakers， with highly-competent English， narrate the texts. You can easily spend hours browsing and listening to a variety of episodes on an ever-growing number of situations. While the content can be a bit dry with the occasional mistake； the lessons are very informative and easy to follow. CRIENGLISH.com’s Chinese Studio is a great way to supplement any current Mandarin classes and is of great help to students who want to hear native speakers talking in an easy-to-understand accent. – m.d.
>INFINITy aND bEyOND
Learning Chinese is hard enough as an adult， but trying to learn as a kid can be frustrating for student and parent alike. Enter Disney. Designers at the American media powerhouse have created an app truly for beginners featuring—of course—the usual Disney cast of characters. It’s called Learn Chinese： Toy Story 3–Disney Language Learning， and， as the title suggests， it’s about learning Chinese while exploring the world of Toy Story 3. The accompaniment from Buzz and Woody make for an interesting lesson. The app claims to allow the user to master more than 100 words and uses a progressive approach by starting in English and adding in more Chinese and pinyin as the levels progress. Ideally， it’s great for children seven and older and is a great way to make story time more educational. The idea behind this language learning method is called Diglot Weave， which involves putting foreign language into the learns’ storyline. However， one of the most impressive features is the ability to record a voice over the narrator to compare pronunciation. The app comes with a translator and hosts high quality content， a great way for the little ones （or anyone for that matter） to stay interested. – m.d.
>CRIENgLISh.COm’S ChINESE STuDIO
This series of audio Chinese lessons come with a transcript to follow along as you listen. The free lessons are updated weekly and have a library of almost 300. The lessons are based on real life situations in familiar contexts and offer many useful phrases that provide contextual insight as well as tidbits of cultural information. Two native Chinese speakers， with highly-competent English， narrate the texts. You can easily spend hours browsing and listening to a variety of episodes on an ever-growing number of situations. While the content can be a bit dry with the occasional mistake； the lessons are very informative and easy to follow. CRIENGLISH.com’s Chinese Studio is a great way to supplement any current Mandarin classes and is of great help to students who want to hear native speakers talking in an easy-to-understand accent. – m.d.