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HSK lessons — video guide
The shape of a lesson — podcast, dialogue, vocabulary, grammar and practice — and how to work through one.
Presented by Jason, Mandarin Temple's AI tutor · 1:13
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- Hi, I’m Jason, Mandarin Temple’s AI tutor. Here’s how HSK lessons are organised, what’s inside one, and what’s free.
- Lessons are arranged by HSK level, from HSK 1 for complete beginners up to HSK 7 to 9.
- Each level’s card shows how many lessons it holds, and the words and grammar you’ll know by the end of it.
- A lesson takes one topic from first hearing to using it, in ten sections, listed in the contents bar.
- It opens with a podcast: a conversation that talks you through the lesson’s words and grammar.
- On a free account, every lesson’s podcast is open, and so is the first lesson of each level, in full. Pro opens the rest.
- Scroll through a reading section and it’s ticked off up here; the others are ticked when you do them.
- The last sections are for doing: exercises, then a Mastery Mission that asks you to use what you’ve learned.
- That’s an HSK lesson: ten sections, each ticked off as you go. Start with your first one.
In this video
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:11Lessons are arranged by HSK level, from HSK 1 for complete beginners…
- 0:19Each level’s card shows how many lessons it holds, and the words and…
- 0:26A lesson takes one topic from first hearing to using it, in ten…
- 0:33It opens with a podcast: a conversation that talks you through the…
- 0:40On a free account, every lesson’s podcast is open, and so is the…
- 0:49Scroll through a reading section and it’s ticked off up here; the…
- 0:54The last sections are for doing: exercises, then a Mastery Mission…
- 1:03What to do next
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