Beginner's Chinese with 2 Audio CDs: Second Edition
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9780781812573
$32.00
$32.00
The #1 Chinese self-study course on the market has been updated and revised in this second edition!
This Hippocrene bestseller has been redesigned and updated, making learning to speak, read, and write Mandarin Chinese easier than ever. New features in this edition include the following:
This Hippocrene bestseller has been redesigned and updated, making learning to speak, read, and write Mandarin Chinese easier than ever. New features in this edition include the following:
- 10 practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and exercises
- New audio CDs featuring professional actors from Beijing
- Updated cultural and language notes
- An attractive, easy-to-read presentation of the Chinese characters
- Additional exercises for teaching stroke order and writing skills, plus an index providing traditional character equivalents
- New technology sections on how to read and write Chinese characters on a computer
Spoken by over 850 million people world-wide, Mandarin Chinese is the standard dialect for business and trade in China, one of the six official languages of the United Nations, and the world's most widely spoken language. Mandarin is also a useful study tool for students of the Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Tibetan languages, all of which have strong cultural roots in Chinese.
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This companion course to the bestselling Beginner’s Chinese with 2 Audio CDs is now revised and updated for today’s students. The continuation of the lessons from Beginner’s Chinese expands the user’s knowledge of the language through dialogues and new vocabulary that illustrate common grammatical patterns. To assist students with making a smooth transition, this book includes a glossary of the vocabulary that appeared in Beginner’s Chinese.
New features in this edition include:
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