Beginner's Chinese with 2 Audio CDs, Second Edition (Hippocrene Beginner's Series)
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ISBN: 0781812577 / Publisher: Hippocrene Books, October 2010
Presents introductory lessons for learning Mandarin Chinese, with vocabulary, sentence patterns, dialogues, instructions for reading and writing Chinese characters, and two audio discs for pronunciation.
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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:10 practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and exercisesNew audio CDs featuring professional actors from BeijingUpdated cultural and language notesAn attractive, easy-to-read presentation of the Chinese charactersAdditional exercises for teaching stroke order and writing skills, plus an index providing traditional character equivalentsNew technology sections on how to read and write Chinese characters on a computerSpoken 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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