Pinyin pronunciation systems
The beginning of the course is conducted entirely in English. CLO uses a progressive immersion technique that is unlike any other course out there. CLO is an online course in Mandarin Chinese for absolute beginners to intermediate students. Simply hover your mouse over a character you can see the translation, along with the Pinyin pronunciation. Perapera-kun is a tool for the Firefox browser that provides popup translations of Rocket Chinese review web-pages. Mandarin students have all sorts of browser add-ons, electronic dictionaries, character recognition devices, and other learning aids to choose from. The nice thing about learning languages in the digital age is the many electronic study tools available.
