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Chinese (Mandarin), Conversational
Learn to Speak and Understand Mandarin Chinese with Pimsleur Language Programs
This Edition: CD
Lessons: 16
ISBN: 9780743550499
Your Price: $49.95
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Includes 16 lessons on 8 CDs
This course teaches Mandarin, also known as Standard Chinese. Mandarin is the official spoken language in Mainland China and Taiwan. It is also widely spoken in Singapore and Malaysia, and it is one of the five official languages of the UN. Mandarin is used in Chinese schools, colleges, universities, and in the media. Learn Mandarin Chinese today with Pimsleur.
Chinese (Mandarin), Conversational
- Sixteen 30-minute lessons of spoken Mandarin Chinese language instruction. These sixteen lessons are the same as the first sixteen lesson of Pimsleur's 30-Unit Comprehensive Program.
- Each lesson includes an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures and includes practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons.
- Essential grammar and vocabulary. Topics include: greetings, numbers, meals, shopping, telling time, scheduling activities, and asking and giving directions.
- No mindless repetition! Converse with native speakers in natural (and useful!) conversations.
- Easy, fast, fun and effective language acquisition.
- Completely Audio - anytime, anywhere. No computer necessary! Unlike expensive software programs which tie learners to a computer, Pimsleur courses are available in CD or mp3 format to meet your needs.
- Receive an instant credit of $150 to trade up from the Conversational to the full Level 1 Comprehensive CD course.
Pimsleur® equals success. Just one 30-minute lesson a day gets you speaking and understanding like no other program.
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- Easy to use (4)
- Fun (4)
- It works (3)
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Pros
- Easy to use
- Fun
- It Works
- Perfects Accent
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Just for fun
- Self-improvement
- Travel
Comments about Chinese (Mandarin), Conversational:
This program provided the words and phrases a traveler would need most in navigating the country. I know that the method is based on the way learning works. In other words, 1/2 hour at a time maximizes the time spent, reviewing new words occurs at the correct intervals to maximize learning. This is the 10th Pimsleur program I have purchased for myself. I continue to buy Pimsleur language learning materials because they are so intelligently engineered.
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I would have liked to know the word for "toilet." That is an absolutely critical word to know when traveling in a foreign country. I can think of nothing else that I would consider mandatory in the first 16 lessons that was omitted from this program.
Pros
- Easy to use
- Fun
- It Works
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about Chinese (Mandarin), Conversational:
I'm a French teacher and I love learning foreign languages. This mandarin track is easy to use, comprehensible and I have learned a lot.
Thank you again for this easy and understandable way of learning a foreign language.
Pros
- Easy to use
- Fun
- It Works
- Old School Tried And True
- Perfects Accent
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Best Uses
- Clears Your Head
- Expands Your Mind
- Just for fun
- Make Friends
- Self-improvement
- Travel
Comments about Chinese (Mandarin), Conversational:
I bought this program about a month ago and I couldn't be happier. I'm spending about two weeks on each lesson instead of the suggested "one new lesson each day". I practice the lesson every night before I go to sleep, and first thing in the morning (the lessons are 1/2 hour). I just follow along, so easy to do. Now, I'm speaking simple Mandarin to people from China & Taiwan and they can't believe how perfect my tone is - the look on their faces!!! So, if you spend one hour each day, you'll be speaking fast. It's so easy, skip a TV show at night and wake up 1/2 hour earlier in the morning. This is not a fancy program, this is a program that works. And it gets funner every day!
Pros
- Easy to use
- Fun
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Just for fun
Comments about Chinese (Mandarin), Conversational:
I listen to the CD's while driving from one city to another. I like that I get to repeat the words after I hear the sound and can connet it to a specific situation. At times I have difficulty hearing the sound correctly but I am not sure whether it's the product or just my hearing. So far, I am enjoying it.
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Merchant response: "Toilet" is introduced in Unit 21 of the Comprehensive Level One.