Pinyin is the best way to learn Chinese. It's very similar with English. You can handle it easily! Hope it helps to you. :)

学习拼音吧！有声调的那种。还可以看电影啊,聊天啊。不过我觉得外国人能发对音的不多啊！ you can learn pinyin or watch chinese film.

There are four tones in Chinese.Firstly,you can follow the people who speak in Chinesne movies.Then you can imitate it.