Mandarin Chinese Learning Through Conversation, Volume One: Lessons 1-20 [With MP3 CD]

This book, with enclosed audio MP3, presents the first of a two-part intensive course that introduces Mandarin Chinese to beginning students. Forty lessons, each followed by review exercises, start by teaching greetings and expressions for getting acquainted, then go on to teach fundamentals of Chinese grammar and approximately 800 words and expressions commonly used in everyday life and activities. The authors emphasize conversational proficiency, integrating verbal communication skill with instruction in the fundamentals of grammar. The audio MP3 complements the text and trains students to pronounce words and phrases correctly and to understand what they hear. Students who complete both parts of this course will attain the ability to speak and understand 301 basic conversational sentences that serve a wide array of communication needs. Volume 2 is available separately.

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Mandarin Chinese • Learning Through Conversation
Volume One

TodayÂ’s most popular Chinese textbook worldwide
In two volumes

Twenty lessons with review exercises in every lesson

Approximately 400 words and expressions used in everyday life and activities

Instruction integrates conversational skills with proficiency in grammar

Teaches 301 basic sentences in Mandarin Chinese that serve a wide array of conversational needs

Enclosed MP3 CD teaches correct pronunciation and listening comprehension—three hours equals three audio CDs

Chinese characters, Pinyin, and English