Mandarin Chinese for Beginners: Mastering Conversational Chinese: Fully Romanized and Free Online Audio

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Chinese is a fascinating language that can seem impossibly difficult to learn at first but is relatively easy if you focus on the spoken language.

The revised edition contains new dialogues, cultural notes, IT, smartphone and social media vocabulary and new manga illustrations, as well as:

• Real-life dialogues and situations help you to converse with confidence
• Sentence pattern exercises and drills help to reinforce what you are learning
• Native-speaker audio recordings teach you to pronounce
• Chinese accurately Interesting notes, idioms, sayings, and poems introduce you to Chinese culture

Mandarin Chinese for Beginners contains lots of extra hints and tips drawn from the authors' many years of experience in teaching the language in adult evening classes. Answer Keys to the exercise questions are provided, and an Extend Your Vocabulary section in each chapter helps you to remember and understand more words that you'd think possible. Photos and insider tips about China's culture and its many unique places, add spice to the adventure!

Reviews

"A fantastic place to start offers a less intimidating barrier to Chinese than other textbooks."--Greg Bell, En Route To Fluency blog
"I really liked how the book is packed with cultural details. It's a nice touch that gives you some background knowledge about Chinese culture. Indeed, I was impressed to see Chinese poems from the Tang dynasty appearing at the end of most chapters!" --Perapera Language Tools blog
"well-written and helps you speak Chinese in no time." --FluentU.com

Author Bio

Yi Ren taught chemistry in Beijing after graduating from Tsinghua University. On moving to the U.S., she began to teach Chinese and has now had over 25 years of experience doing this. She teaches students at the high school and adult level and has published three Chinese language learning books. She lives with her family in Denver, colourado. Xiayuan Liang practiced medicine in China before coming to the US. She is currently a professor at the University of colourado School of Medicine. In her spare time, Xiayuan likes to read and discuss interesting topics with her friends;in Chinese, of course!