Colloquial Chinese: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)

This revised and extended edition of the best-selling Colloquial Chinese is the ideal introduction to modern Mandarin Chinese.Dialogues and vocabulary sections have been updated to include characters in addition to pinyin romanization. Along with an introduction to the art of writing Chinese characters, this revised edition also provides full English translations of all dialogues.

Children's Books

Qian, Kan

Education & Reference

Routledge

These CDs are recorded by native Chinese speakers and can be used on their own or to accompany the book, helping you with pronunciation and listening skills.

Colloquial Chinese: A Complete Language Course (Book & Cassettes)

Kan, Qian

Colloquial Chinese CD-ROM is an exciting and easy-to-use multimedia language course. Routledge's acclaimed Colloquial Series provides accessible and authoritative courses in languages as they are used today. This CD-ROM dramatically expands on material from the Colloquial Series, incorporating all the benefits of multimedia learning to ensure you get the most out of this highly enjoyable language course. Ideal for beginners, this course will also appeal to those with a basic knowledge of the language, or who are seeking a refresher course. A range of everyday travel, business and leisure situations are covered in fourteen lessons. The content of the lessons has been written by an experienced teacher of Chinese, and the program created by an experienced multimedia designer. By the end of the course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Chinese. You will also find this program simple and fun to use with even a very basic knowledge of Windows TM. Each interactive lesson includes: * unique focus on characters - new words are dialogues are in pinyin and characters * dialogues from native speakers which you control at the touch of a button. No more rewinding tapes - just point and click! * a variety of interactive exercises - many with sound - complete with scoring and answers when you need them * authoritative reference material such as grammar and pronunciation * easy access to transcripts of new words and dialogues * a vocabulary list in both pinyin and characters for quick look-up, and the characters can be easily copied to a word processing programme * ability to record and playback your own voice to test your pronunciation With Colloquial Chinese CD-ROM you can enjoy learning at your own pace - at home, when travelling or at work - wherever you have access to your multimedia computer.

Colloquial Chinese CD-ROM: A Multimedia Language Course (Colloquial Series)

Colloquial Chinese is easy to use and completely up-to-date, with no prior knowledge of the language required. These CDs are recorded by native Chinese speakers and will play on any audio system. The material can be used on its own or to accompany the book, helping you with pronunciation and listening skills.

Colloquial Chinese is easy to use and completely up-to-date, with no prior knowledge of the language required. These CDs are recorded by native Chinese speakers and will play on any audio system. The material can be used on its own or to accompany the book, helping you with pronunciation and listening skills.

Developing Writing Skills in Chinese

Developing Writing Skills in Chinese has been devised for post-intermediate students who need to write Chinese in the course of their life, work or study. Suitable for classroom or self-study use, each unit contains a selection of model texts, followed by clear notes in English on the format, style, grammar or special phrases demonstrated. A variety of exercises allow students to practise these writing techniques themselves. Functionally based, with each unit focussing on a particular form of writing, from New Year's cards to business correspondence, key features include: * glossaries for each chapter, giving Chinese characters, pinyin and English translation * answer key * flexible structure * variety of model texts. Written by experienced teachers and thoroughly trialled with non-native learners of Chinese, Developing Writing Skills in Chinese will help students to write coherently, clearly and appropriately in a variety of contexts.

Yuan, Boping

Literature & Fiction

This is designed for those who already have some knowledge of Chinese. It is ideal for refreshing and extending your grasp of Chinese grammar and vocabulary, either in preparation for travel or work. Key features include: revision material to help the consolidation of basics; Chinese texts presented in simplified characters and pinyin romanization; lessons based on practical everyday topics and supplemented by useful cultural notes; lots of spoken and written exercises in each lesson for practice and consolidation; a grammar summary, detailed answer key and Chinese-English glossary; supplementary learning resources at www.routledge.com/colloquials/chinese

Colloquial Chinese 2: The Next Step in Language Learning (Colloquial Series)

Reference

Etiquette

These two 60-miniute CDs, recorded by native speakers of Chinese, are an invaluable component of the Colloquial Chinese course. While reinforcing material from the book, the CDs also contain a variety of additional exercises, including role-playing, and a useful guide to pronunciation. Course components: The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack.  Paperback: 978-0-415-43415-7 (please note this does not include the audio) CDs: 978-0-415-43416-4 eBook: 978-0-203-88362-4 (available to purchase separately from http://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx. Please note this does not include the audio) MP3s: 978-0-415-55159-5 (available to purchase separately from http://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx Pack: 978-0-415-43417-1 (paperback and CDs) Another FREE 60 minutes of audio can be listened to online at http://www.routledge.com/books/Colloquial-Chinese-isbn9780415434157

This revised and extended edition of the best-selling Colloquial Chinese is the ideal introduction to modern Mandarin Chinese.Dialogues and vocabulary sections have been updated to include characters in addition to pinyin romanization. Along with an introduction to the art of writing Chinese characters, this revised edition also provides full English translations of all dialogues.  Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on CD/MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquials Pack.

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Colloquial Chinese: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)

Colloquial Chinese: A Complete Language Course (Book & Cassettes)

Colloquial Chinese CD-ROM: A Multimedia Language Course (Colloquial Series)

Colloquial Chinese: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)

Colloquial Chinese: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)

Developing Writing Skills in Chinese

Developing Writing Skills in Chinese

Colloquial Chinese 2: The Next Step in Language Learning (Colloquial Series)

Colloquial Chinese: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)

Colloquial Chinese: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)