Beginner's Chinese - Book and double CD pack (Teach Yourself Languages S.) - Softcover

Scurfield, Elizabeth; Song, Lianyi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340870230 ISBN 13: 9780340870235

Publisher: Teach Yourself Books, 2003

Synopsis

* Are you new to language learning? * Do you want lots of practice and examples? * Do you want to improve your confidence to speak? Beginner's Chinese is written for the complete beginner who wants to move at a steady pace and have lots of opportunity to practise understanding and speaking Mandarin, and reading and writing the Chinese characters that are used throughout the People's Republic. The grammar is explained clearly and does not assume that you have studied a language before. You will learn everything you need to get the most out of a holiday or to go on to further study. Elizabeth Scurfield is a founder member of the Chinese Department at the University of Westminster. Song Lianyi is Lecturer in Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. The CDs that accompany the book have been specially recorded by native speakers and contain: * dialogues from the book * exercises in listening and speaking

About this title

Synopsis:

In one form or another, Chinese is the language the most spoken in the world. Although it has many spoken forms, they are all written in exactly the same way. This volume teaches Modern Standard Chinese which is understood by more Chinese speakers than any other form of the language. Designed for people who want to learn Chinese but who are daunted by the prospect of complicated grammar, classes and coursebooks, this course starts right from the beginning, explaining everything in simple English. There are hints throughout to make learning easy and you can learn at your own pace with plenty of practice of each new point. It is a friendly introduction to the language which should help you to understand and speak Chinese sufficiently well to function effectively in basic everyday situations, both social and business. The course also offers an insight into Chinese culture and offers the opportunity for you to find out something about the Chinese writing system if you want to. The book is divided into two main parts. Units one to ten introduce you to the basic structures and grammatical points you'll need in everyday situations.Units 12-21 deal with everyday situations such as booking

About the Author:

Elizabeth Scurfield graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Chinese from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. She has nearly 30 years' experience of teaching Chinese to beginners. She is Chair of the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Westminster in London. Song Lianyi grew up and was educated in Beijing. He has taught Chinese as a foreign language for more than 13 years. He is at present Lecturer in Chinese at SOAS. He completed his PhD in language teaching techniques at the Institute of Education, University of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Teach Yourself Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0340870230
• ISBN 13: 9780340870235
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3