ToneDeck: Learn Chinese Tones

By Joshua Salway on AppTrack Ninja.

Pinyin, HSK Test & Mandarin

Most apps teach Mandarin tones once, in lesson one, then never again. That's why learners plateau. ToneDeck is built around the one skill the others skip: your ear for the four tones. Say mā with a falling pitch and you've called your mother a scolding. In Mandarin, tone is meaning, and the only way to get it is to train it. WHAT YOU GET • Tone ear-training - minimal-pair drills (mā / má / mǎ / mà) with pitch contours, plus a listen-and-guess quiz that scores your accuracy per tone. This is the muscle Duolingo never builds. • Pronunciation scoring - say a line and get scored on each syllable …

Categories: Education, Reference

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