Hi Matt,

Glad you liked us.

With premium account you get writing and speaking exercises where you can write us essays or send us audios of yourself speaking mandarin. We will have teachers look at them and give you feedback, either in written form or audios. You get to practice your reading or listening as well. I think that's very helpful.

Having a Chinese girlfriend/boyfriend is one of the fastest way to learn to speak Mandarin. Lots of motivations and you learn to say romantic and angry sentences real quick. A language partner for free.