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Complete Mandarin Chinese Book/CD Pack: Teach Yourself [Audiobook] [Perfect Paperback]

Elisabeth Scurfield
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Book Description

26 Mar 2010 0340958944 978-0340958940 6
Is this the right course for you?

Are you looking for a complete course in Mandarin Chinese which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete Mandarin Chinese will guarantee success!

Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course and online.

The course is structured in thematic units and the emphasis is placed on communication, so that you effortlessly progress from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations, to using the phone and talking about work.

By the end of this course, you will be at Level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages: Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.

Complete Mandarin Chinese includes:

Chapter 1: Making friends (i)
Chapter 2: Making friends (ii)
Chapter 3: Making friends (iii)
Chapter 4: Two days later
Chapter 5: AT the Lis' (i)
Chapter 6: At the Lis' (ii)
Chapter 7: In the house
Chapter 8: At the Lis' (iii)
Chapter 9: Eating out
Chapter 10: Teething troubles
Chapter 11: Weather, dates and seasons
Chapter 12: In the restaurant
Chapter 13: Grammar review
Chapter 14: An introduction to Chinese characters
Chapter 15: Shopping
Chapter 16: Buying tickets (i)
Chapter 17: Buying tickets (ii)
Chapter 18: Directions and transport
Chapter 19: At the Bird's Nest National Stadium
Chapter 20: At the coffee shop
Chapter 21: Traveller's notes
Chapter 22: Farewell to all that!


Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features:

Not got much time?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

Author insights

Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.

Grammar tips
Easy-to-follow building blocks to give you a clear understanding.


Useful vocabulary
Easy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking.

Dialogues
Read and listen to everyday dialogues to help you speak and understand fast.

Pronunciation

Don't sound like a tourist! Perfect your pronunciation before you go.

Test yourself

Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

Extend your knowledge

Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of the culture and history of China.

Try this
Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

The course is available as a book (9780340958933), as a pack comprising the book and double CD (9780340958940) and as a double CD (9780340958957).


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Product details

  • Perfect Paperback
  • Publisher: Teach Yourself; 6 edition (26 Mar 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0340958944
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340958940
  • Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 5.5 x 23.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 95,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Review

"An excellent book . . . I can still remember most of what is said after a couple of weeks away from it"

(The Kanji Hanzi blog )

About the Author

Elizabeth Scurfield co-founded the Chinese Department at the University of Westminster and set up the first ever UK student exchange scheme with China in 1976. She has taught Chinese for nearly 40 years.

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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The course is generally very good but best to warn prospective learners of Mandarin that the foundations of pronunciation and tonal system are not really covered.

The few pages found in 'Introduction' are all that are available to give the student a grounding in what is going to the bewildering encounter with the tone system of Chinese and a selection of consonants never heard in any European language. The latter have about a centimeter of text and a single track on the CD, the two unfortunately not matching. One supposes that the idea is that the student will pick up the tones and sounds during the course of the dialogues however I am very much aware that things such as this learned incorrectly through lack of proper tuition in the beginning are massively more difficult to correct at a later stage. It is difficult not to feel that the book has been slightly "dumbed down" as this kind of preliminary study is hard work and not particularly interesting.

For those who would in fact like to get this firm foundation, the FSI Chinese course online covers pronunciation and tones in depth and proves an invaluable resource to accompany the initial chapters of this book.

Apart from the negative comments above, the book is well thought out with an excellent progression of dialogues and good explanations of the use of specific words and the social contexts in which they are used.
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I found this course to be very useful while living in China. It supplemented what I was learning elsewhere nicely, and provided a healthy input of grammar exercises and vocabulary. However, I wouldn't recommend this course as your only source of learning, and I wouldn't recommend it if you're not actually in China. Sometimes grammar concepts are introduced without explanation, and I agree with the other reviewer that tones are insufficiently covered (I found the opening chapter on them unnecessarily confusing). Some bizarre vocabulary thrown at you early on ('Is your TV digital?').

For me, combining this with the Pimsleur course (which focusses on speaking and listening) did the trick.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic...but a little advanced 29 April 2013
By Craig
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I've recently bought this guide and I'm extremely impressed with it. Prior to my purchase I've attended weekly Chinese evening classes and before that I used another, more basic, self-study guide. I would say that Complete Mandarin Chinese is an excellent guide, especially for improving pronunciation and grammar, but I think it's rather advanced -- possibly not suitable for someone new to learning Chinese. There are other more suitable guides out there for the absolute beginner. Go buy one of those, spend a couple of months reading/listening to that guide, then come back and buy this one. Highly recommended.
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1.0 out of 5 stars complete chinese
This book is not for the beginner, Level 2 at least.The First chapter requires rewriting too many faults, difficult to follow .
Published 2 months ago by dennis north
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good
In all honesty I have not yet finished the pack due to other comitments but the sections I have managed to read and practise have been very good, helpful and informative. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Katie White
5.0 out of 5 stars Complete mandarin book/cd pack
For a gift for my son. Says it's superb and soon delivered after ordering. Thanks.
Now he just has to get down to the hard work of learning Chinese!
Published 4 months ago by D. Dews
2.0 out of 5 stars This would not be my choice for a beginnner.
I bought this as Teach Yourself have a good reputation as I used the BBC Chinese and wanted to upgrade my knowledge. Read more
Published 11 months ago by C. Jones
2.0 out of 5 stars Not great!
I bought this product because I was prepared to pay a little more for a COMPLETE home learning package.

For me this product doesn't deliver. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. K. Harris
5.0 out of 5 stars I'd love to see "Perfect Your Mandarin Chinese" to complete the...
I couldn't say more wonderful things about this book. It's well organized and teaches practical Mandarin I can use in real life. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent beginners course
I recommend and love this course. OK it got me kicked out of Chinese classes (in Hong Kong )for being disruptive and introducing new words into the class, but for me that shows... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2010 by U505
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