I only have advices.First,pinyin is very important,you should learn it well.Another is that you should remember some Chinese words and sentences daily.keep that habits for a long time,then you will be very excellent in Chinese. As for school,I don't know which school you can access,which matters a lot.May be you can tell us your choices,then we can make some advices for you. As for chinese friend,I can be one of yours,however,I am quite busy you know,but we can still keep in touch with each other if you want to.

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hi melody do you want to come to China or want to learn it online? If you want to come to China which city you will go ? In China we have some learning school we aslo have some school online.Pls tell me your choice and then I can give you some advice.

Hi , nice to meet you . you can add my skype,we learning each other. my skype id is "kinyou_liuyunlong".

I can teach you chinese.