Speak Mandarin, Audio CD Language Course.

Audio Forum. Includes 7 audio CD discs ( = 5? hours), and a 165-page textbook. Mandarin, the official language of China, is spoken by approximately 800 million people. This classic course presents the basic structure patterns of colloquial Mandarin, using a vocabulary that would be heard in everyday Chinese conversations. Since the Yale Romanization is used throughout the text, you are not required to learn Chinese characters. Instead, attention is concentrated on new sounds, words, and language patterns. This is the same way Chinese children are taught the language__speaking first, and then writing later. The Speak Mandarin course is presented in 20 lessons, each containing a dialog, vocabulary, sentence patterns, notes, and a translation of the introductory dialog. This is our most thorough beginner's learn and speak instruction course.