Outstanding set of integrated pedagogical tool for lerning Mandarin Chinese.
This integrated set of pedagogical tools, including inumerable videos, audio pronunciation instructions, Traverse flashcards, a many thousand-strong user community and now a helpful web app, might be the best single resource for learning Mandarin Chinese. The material is high quality, and frequently updated. Customer support is laudable: responsive, helpful, and cheerful. It is organized wisely, insisting that one learns the basics first: hanzi writing, pinyin writing, and correct pronunciation before proceeding with more complicated aspects of Mandarin. The instructors are quite experienced, and provide numerous tips that are likely missing from other Mandarin learning program. For me the time and $ I invested have been resources well-spent.