Speaking Chinese in China

By Ying Hsu, J. Carter Brown, J. Marvin Brown

Book Overview

The twenty lessons in this book provide lively and colloquial dialogues iintroducing first- or second-year students to Chinese suitable in China. The lessons demonstrate sentences used in everyday situations and familiarize the student with the simplified characters and pinyin transcription now used. There are drills of new patterns, mini-dialogues to encourage spontaneous speaking, explanatory notes on the proper use of structure and vocabulary, and cultural notes that add illuminating and useful details of social custom.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300030320
• ISBN13: 9780300030327
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Format

This text is an excellent second year book. It concentrates on using sentences is a variety of situations. However, it is not a stand alone work. The publication was apparently meant to supplement first year learning materials. And in that effort is suceeds admirably. The format includes a main dialog, substitutions, mini dialogs and cultural notes. And the course is designed with enough repetition to make retention easy. Although the book covers twenty chapters and six cassettes, I still found myself wanting more. In fact I have found that most Chinese language courses are not all-inclusive. They require supplemental material. And this course is no exception. But unlike other texts, it does not pretend to be the only course you will ever need. In any case, this makes a fine addition to any Chinese language learning library.