Mandarin

Bess Press. 96 pages. Illustrations. The book features 200-400 illustrated introductory vocabulary words, a pronunciation guide, and glossaries. The categories which include family, home, school, the body, clothing, food, opposites, numbers, nature, and time, accurately portray the Chinese culture as well as teach basic vocabulary. An audio CD recorded by a native speaker is included. Recommended for ages 4-8, but adults will also find it...

Hippocrene Books. 175 pages. This introduction to Mandarin Chinese is designed for those with little or no prior experience in the language. The 10 lessons use dialogues to teach the basics of grammar, vocabulary, and the written language. Exercises reinforce the material covered in the dialogues, and each lesson ends with a "Cultural Insights" section that offers a deeper view into the Chinese people and...

Hippocrene Books. 837 pages. Size 4"x6". Paperback. Includes nearly 10,000 entries. Shows Chinese Mandarin Romanization and pronunciation, along with Chinese characters. Designed for English speakers studying Chinese, this dictionary contains also commonly used phrases and expressions. Each entry consists of the appropriate Chinese characters followed by Pinyin, Chinese phonetic translation, to facilitate pronunciation, and special definitions and examples to convey to the user its proper...

FSI (Foreign Service Institute). Includes 9 audio CD discs ( = 8? hours). The focus of this course is on understanding in practical situations, and teaches Mandarin Chinese, the official dialect of the People's Republic of China. The material is organized into modules that deal with concrete situations or language topics; you select the modules that you want to study in the order that you...

FSI (Foreign Service Institute). Includes 22 audio cassette tapes ( = 21? hours), plus a textbook and a student workbook. This is a continuation of the FSI Standard Course, as described above.

Audio CD Language Course. Includes two audio CD discs (approximately 100 minutes) and a verbatim phrase book. You can learn and speak anytime, anywhere...in your car...while exercising...whenever! Easy to use. First the English phrase is spoken on the tape; then the target language phrase is spoken twice for maximum learning; followed by a pause for student response. Includes basic conversational phrases such as: greetings, personal...

Lonely Planet Publications.

Vocabulary Builder is designed to meet the requirements of children aged 5-12 years old (and it's also great fun for adults!). It combines pictures, text and sound to make an interactive vocabulary building system which parents and teachers can use to help on basic language teaching. Children can use this disc to learn words, play vocabulary games and record their own words and sentences. Although...

Hippocrene Books. 240 pages. Functioning as both a traditional dictionary and a study guide, this list of the 500 most used words (characters) of Mandarin Chinese offers the English-speaking student of Chinese an essential source of vocabulary and a detailed reference to the world's most widely-spoken language. Presented in order of frequency, each entry includes the Chinese character with pinyin transcription (Romanization), meaning, explanations of...

Includes 30 instruction units of 30 minutes each on 16 audio CD discs. Review by customer: "This was a very solid method of learning that focuses heavily on speaking and conversation. Learning characters at the same time as the speaking language can be very intimidating and most professors would agree that there should be a substantial amount of lag between the spoken and written Chinese....

Includes 30 instruction units of 30 minutes each on 16 audio CD discs.

Includes 30 instruction units of 30 minutes each on 16 audio CD discs.

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...

Audio Forum. Includes 6 audio CD discs ( = 5 hours), and a 314-page textbook. This second-year conversation course, teaches Chinese the way it is currently being used in China. This program of lively and colloquial dialogs is suitable for anyone who has completed the first-year study of Chinese. It can follow Speak Mandarin or any other comparable first-year course in Mandarin. Pinyin and Yale...

We recommend Talk Now! for any language beginner who wants an entertaining self-study instruction course to learn basic phrases, colors, numbers, food, shopping, time, countries, etc. Talk Now! is designed for people who want to learn and speak a language quickly! It's fun, fast, and makes learning easy. If you don't have time to become fluent, but need the basics in a hurry, then Talk...

Audio Pack and Book. McGraw-Hill Books. 336 pages. Size 5"x7?". Includes two 60-minute audio cassette tapes. This complete course is based on the very latest instruction and learning methods and is designed to be both enjoyable and user-friendly. Prepared by experts in the language, this course begins with the basics and gradually elevates the student to a level of smooth and confident communication. Includes up-to-date...

Audio CD Pack and Book. McGraw-Hill Books. 368 pages. Size 5"x7?". Includes two 60-minute audio CD discs. This complete course is based on the very latest instruction and learning methods and is designed to be both enjoyable and user-friendly. Prepared by experts in the language, this course begins with the basics and gradually elevates the student to a level of smooth and confident communication. Includes...

World Talk is the perfect follow-up to Talk Now! As well as having new activities, there is also dictation, worksheets and a brand new recording section. Topics covered include: the calendar, sentence building, asking directions, the weather and numbers. The interactive TV Quiz is a definite hit, where the resident champion may turn out to be more intelligent than he looks. You can also compete...