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I\u00a0“discovered” the videos of\u00a0Mike Laoshi, at the time\u00a0Mike Hainzinger, in\u00a02012, a few months after I began writing here on SDC. I spoke well of him on various occasions and a few months ago, John Murray Learning,\u00a0the English publishing house that has published the course, has asked me if I was willing to review\u00a0“Chinese with Mike”. I said yes.<\/p>\n
So they sent me a copy of the DVDs and textbook that goes along with the video course. If you want I send it to you… just joking, if you’re interested the course is available on\u00a0Amazon.com, you’ll find it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you watch the above trailer\u00a0(it only lasts 30 seconds) you’ll see that\u00a0Mike Laoshi is an unconventional teacher to say the least. In fact it was just that which struck me about his lessons: he manages to explain Chinese grammar<\/a> without boring you. Since I believe boredom is the greatest danger\u00a0when one takes on learning Chinese<\/a>, this is not a minor detail. Below you’ll find one of the few lessons available on the\u00a0Youtube\u00a0channel Chinese<\/a> with Mike:<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\nWhy is\u00a0“Chinese with Mike” not just another video course?<\/h2>\n