use the mic with ur frds.

You can use skype to speak with chinese together to improve it. That's almost one of the best ways. Good Luck:-)

chat with somebody. so the person should possessed knowledge about English special spoken English that two of you could understand each other better.Jeff, you have learned some vocabularies of Chinese from your experience in China,so you should go ahead to extend your study in all of ways you can do!!!!!like me!you know.

do you have a "pin yin" book?

http://www.pinyinpractice.com/tones.htm Have fun!