Mastering Chinese - Softcover

Xiang, Catherine Hua

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071766421 ISBN 13: 9780071766425

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2011

Synopsis

What you need to master Chinese--all in one box!

Whether on your own or as supplement to your class, Mastering Chinese will get you where you want to be with your Chinese language skills. You will learn at your own pace in small chunks, with review practice after every fourth unit. Written in a friendly, non-intimidating style, this program introduces essential grammar and focuses on correct pronunciation using pinyin. Many exercises are enhanced by audio clips on the accompanying audio CDs; just look for the earphone icon and listen to the appropriate track. These audio bites are helpful to your understanding how Chinese is pronounced.

You will also get exposure to Chinese script with the pinyin in parallel throughout--so that you will increasingly become familiar with the script.With its authoritative yet accessible guidance,Mastering Chinese is your essential tool to enhancing your skills and building your confidence in conversing in the language.

Inside you'll find:

• Essential Chinese vocabulary for everyday conversations
• An introduction to writing Chinese script--the basic strokes
• Extensive sidebars on Chinese culture

About this title

Review

I've been using this book for about 4 months now, and I must say it is definitely a good book to have especially for beginners like myself! I found it very easy to comprehend, with English translations available for new phrases. Mastering Chinese not only covers reading and writing exercises, but also listening and speaking in the right tones - the CD comes in particularly handy here. The book is very well-structured, covering thoroughly the vital topics such as numbers, introducing oneself, transportations, date/time etc - basically it covers everything you need to know to survive on the streets of China! Its easy-to-grasp approach to the language makes it highly attractive, while its reasonably compact size makes it fit as a travel guide. Would definitely recommend it.' - Kelly Chung, Amazon

'The book guides you throughout, with English, Pinyin and Chinese characters, and youre given tasks to work through using the CD's. It is a great learning source for complete beginners, and even for those who may have known Mandarin before, but are now pretty rusty at it. It sucessfully teaches you to learn to speak well and recognize and write the characters. I can say that using this book, I have gotten A+ in my exams so far! :D Great book! - Nustun, Amazon

'I found this book considerably more useful than a standard dictionary, and in comparison to other Mandarin teaching books it is indispensible. ' - Matthew Green, Amazon

'This book is very suitable for adult learners, either for self-study or used in a classroom. The price of this book including CDs is very competitive too. A good book for meeting the increasing demands on learning Chinese in the UK. A big thank you to Catherine Hua Xiang for your dedication and hard work. Only a minor suggestion, perhaps the author can place a radical index at the back of the book, explaining the meanings of the common radicals to the learners, making the learning of characters a bit easier.' -Linlin Fang, University of Newcastle, UK

Book Description

A modern, engaging, highly illustrated course in Mandarin Chinese teaching conversational skills, good pronunciation and the beginnings of reading and writing the Chinese script

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0071766421
• ISBN 13: 9780071766425
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 366