Synopses & Reviews
Business in Bejing? Teach yourself Chinese!With Teach Yourself it's possible for virtually anyone to learn and experience the languages of the world, from Afrikaans to Zulu; Ancient Greek to Modern Persian; Beginner's Latin to Biblical Hebrew. Follow any of the Teach Yourself Language Courses Audiopackages at your own pace or use them as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are professionally designed for self-guided study, making them one of the most enjoyable and easy to use language courses you can find. Audiopackages include an instructional paperback book and two companion 60-minute audio CDs.
Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including:
- Step-by-step guide to pronunciation and grammar
- Regular and irregular verb tables
- Plenty of practice exercises and answers
- Practical vocabulary and a bilingual glossary
- Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout
- An exploration of the culture
- And much more
Synopsis
Here is a complete course in the Chinese language, with graded units of dialogues, culture notes, grammar, and exercises that make it easy to study and then practice what's been learned. Audiocassettes feature dialogue recorded by native speakers.
About the Author
Elizabeth Scurfield is a member of the Chinese Department at the University of Westminster, London.
Song Lianyi teaches Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.