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Chinese for beginners, mastering conversational Chinese, Yi Ren, Xiayuan Liang

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Chinese for beginners

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Yi Ren, Xiayuan Liang

Mastering conversational Chinese

mastering conversational Chinese

Full of extra hints and tips drawn from the authors' many years of experience teaching Chinese in adult evening classes, Chinese for Beginners focuses on realistic situations you'll encounter when you meet people in China. New words are explained in terms of how you'll actually use them to communicate with new friends. The disc lets you listen and repeat and remember the sentences with ease

Unit 1 (Initials) -- Unit 2 (Finals) -- Unit 3 (Tones): Greetings -- Introducing -- Getting together -- How to apologize -- Saying thanks -- Weather -- Numbers -- Time and date -- Making a phone call -- In a restaurant -- Tea house -- Where to go -- Sightseeing -- At the bank -- Shopping -- Transportation -- Appendix I. (on disc) Mandarin Chinese Pinyin -- Appendix 2. Three Chinese folk songs (on disc)