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Complete Mandarin Chinese includes:
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.
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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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Perfect Paperback
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.
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 couldn't say more wonderful things about this book. It's well organized and teaches practical Mandarin I can use in real life. Simply put, I was so glad I had studied with this book when travelling in China and Taiwan.
My only wish for the publisher is that they make "Perfect Your Mandarin Chinese" to top off the five-level series. If I'm not mistaken, currently, the "Perfect Your ..." series is only available for Spanish (European), French and Italian. Teach Yourself should be the first bold one to publish an advanced-level course in Mandarin (which, by the way, is not always easy to come by since most courses teaching Mandarin seem to be for beginning and intermediate students) to meet the ever-rising demand in Mandarin Chinese in the Anglophone world. That would be my only request for the publisher. Thank you.
My only wish for the publisher is that they make "Perfect Your Mandarin Chinese" to top off the five-level series. If I'm not mistaken, currently, the "Perfect Your ..." series is only available for Spanish (European), French and Italian. Teach Yourself should be the first bold one to publish an advanced-level course in Mandarin (which, by the way, is not always easy to come by since most courses teaching Mandarin seem to be for beginning and intermediate students) to meet the ever-rising demand in Mandarin Chinese in the Anglophone world. That would be my only request for the publisher. Thank you.
10 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Perfect Paperback
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 the disruptive power of language. I used it to go down the markets and practice with the mainlanders(this was pre 1997 handover) on their market stalls. They all used to complement me on my pronunciation (better than theirs they said as they were all native Cantonese speakers), so it really works effectively with the tapes, and it made learning the language such fun. The only problem (and it has nothing to do with Ms Scurfield's superb course), is that I used this so much as my vade mecum the book was falling apart and I was literally taping the pages back into the spine and had to buy at least 3 copies of the book - Teach Youself books do not stand up to daily wear.
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