墨士廉 (Maximilian Maeder) and his younger brother, Karli, have been learning Chinese online with iChineseLearning for over 10 years. Maximilian Maeder won the bronze medal in the Men’s Formula Kite (Sailing) event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Watch Maximilian’s inspiring journey of learning Chinese.
“我叫墨士廉，我15岁，从新加坡来。我每天早上8点起来跟我的老师上课。上课的时候我们会读中文，我们会写字，她会教我新的字，然后我写功课。我为什么喜欢上课，因为老师很有耐心，她很会帮我，她很明白我。我感觉很开心。”
“我学中文已经9年了，跟iChineseLearning学5年，一直学到现在。每天我觉得我的中文在进步，在这个学校学中文我很开心。给我上课的老师们都很好，她们很有耐心，上课很有趣，帮助我很多。我认为这是一个很好的方法学一门语言，因为上课很方便，学起来也不那么难，所以我觉得每个人都可以在这里学好中文。你也来iChineseLearning学中文吧！”
“现在经过两年学习，我刚刚以297分通过了HSK3级的考试，满分是300分，我的成绩真的非常好，我很高兴!我要谢谢我的老师Linda, 她是一个很耐心，很认真的老师，因为有她的帮助，我才能拿到这么好的成绩！我有很好的机会说中文，提高很快。我希望我能有更好的中文水平，所以我会继续学习。”
“I’ve been learning Mandarin for 9 years in total, and 5 of those years happened in iChineseLearning. Every day, I feel that my Chinese is improving and I’m very happy to be here learning. The reasons why I like it so much are because everything is so flexible with all the classes being online, so it can fit to any schedule.”
“I really recommend you iChineseLearning because the best thing is you can manage your time. Plus second, you have good choices of teachers, who really prepare well for the classes and who give you good aims and goals, what you have to do, and prepare you and lead you well to this difficult language as Chinese.”
“I have been learning Chinese for 3 months with iChineseLearning. Now I can understand people outside. I can speak with them and communication with them became more easily for me. I recommend you iChineeseLearning because they gave you a good teacher. It’ll be native speakers and can correct your pronunciation.”
“我从网上知道ichineselearning, 并且注册了一节免费的试听课。上完试听课后，我决定立刻加入他们。我对学到的东西和上课的感受非常满意。ichineselearning团队非常专业和配合。我的老师Linda非常棒。她上课非常有条理，并且能适应我的上课节奏。”
“This year, I started off learning Chinese, as Chinese is the world’s most widely spoken language. So I came across iChineseLearning online. I approached them and I am very quite happy about their interactive teaching. They have very customized lessons. The teachers are very professional. They are very interactive. So if anyone is interested in learning Chinese. I surely recommend them to approach iChineseLearning.”
“我叫雷蕊，我今年16岁，我是俄罗斯人。我是中学的学生。我很喜欢玩儿游戏，学外语和跳舞。因为我很想去中国，所以我学汉语。我跟ICL学汉语9个月了。我学了节日，颜色，衣服，奥运会和很多别的汉字，我也可以造句子，我觉得我学了很多。我的老师很幽默和搞笑。我们的课很有意思，我很喜欢我们的课!”
“你们好！我的名字是保罗，我住在巴西，我的工作是公务员。我想说我很高兴与ichineselearning上课，特别与Sheryl，我的老师，她对我很有耐心，教我很多学习技巧。我觉得我在越来越好，大概很快我会说得更流利，提高到更好的级别，因为他们有很好的教师和学习方法。我推荐所有想学汉语的人来这个学校。你们会喜欢！再见！”
“Hello! I want to share my opinion about iChineseLearning company. It has professional teachers. All of them are native speakers. I think it’s very important. My teacher understands me very good. She helps me speak Chinese very fast. She answers all my questions. It really helps! So, don’t be afraid of Chinese. Just learn it. Now I want to say a couple of words in Chinese. 如果你们要很快听懂中文，你们需要老师，没有老师，没有结果。谢谢！再见！”
“我叫刘亮，我25岁，我住在墨西哥，蒙特雷城市。2008年我在河南洛阳学汉语10个月。在墨西哥（我）一点儿也没有学汉语，很多东西我忘了，所以我想开始汉语课。我的公司在上海有一个办公室， 我的目的是进步我的口语，然后在中国做买卖。”
“你好，我叫Adir,我学习中文会话。我今年24岁，我是意大利人，我是大学的学生，我学习中文两个月了。Shadow是我的老师，我觉得她教我教得很好。虽然学习很难，但是我很享受学习的过程。我想说汉语是因为，大学以后，我希望去中国观光，我已经学习汉语两个月了，现在我可以说一点儿汉语，所以要是我说中文的话，我可以说一下。现在我知道很多字的意思，和怎么去问问题，但是我知道，还有很多我需要学习的东西，我有信心把中文学好！”
“I am going to take HSK 3 exam next year and months ago I started searching HSK preparation resources until I found HSKCourse. I did a one year subscription but later upgraded to a lifetime because I plan to take level 4 – 5 and 6 if possible in the next few years. I think this platform will provide additional help besides my tutoring classes.”
“HSKCourse is such a comprehensive resource for Mandarin learning and HSK prep. My favorite part is the HSK video course. It’s very well structured, comes with writing practice, and the host has such a clear Mandarin pronunciation — it’s genuinely pleasant to listen to. The content is updated regularly too, so it’s easy to keep following along.”
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“I’ve been studying Chinese for almost two years. I’m currently in HSKCourse’s tutoring program and also have a lifetime membership, which I use as a learning resource after class. I have to say, I’m very impressed with the site’s structure. It allows me to learn basic words and grammar and then practice them in dialogues and reading passages.”
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“I originally signed up just for the tests, but was pleasantly surprised to find that the site has since added course lessons and vocabulary lists. Learning a language is all about learning words, and the vocabulary lists have been invaluable. Each word comes with an example sentence and reappears throughout the lessons.”
“HSKCourse is one of the best resources out there for anyone preparing for the HSK exam on a budget. The content is thoughtfully designed and does a wonderful job of gently easing beginner-level students into Mandarin.”
“HSKCourse has created such valuable, well-organized content for HSK exam preparation. I’ve been using it for over two years now, and I’ve been extremely pleased with my progress. Everything is thoughtfully tracked and supported.”
“I have been using HSKCourse to study grammar for quite a while, and it has been really helpful! I am so pleased to have found this self-learning platform and know it will be a big help for my upcoming HSK 4 exam. I also joined their 1-on-1 class, where I can practice speaking with my tutor, Linda. She helps me a lot!”
“So far, this has been such a good investment. HSKCourse is honestly my favorite resource for learning Chinese in a complete, well-rounded way. The range of topics is huge, and they’re genuinely useful and fun to study. Each HSK lesson comes with a series of videos that cover vocabulary, one or two grammar points, text explanations, and exercises. I can also take a quiz afterward to see how well I really understood the topic.”
