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Title: Pimsleur Language Program: Chinese Mandarin I by Pimsleur, Pimsleur Language Programs ISBN: 0-671-04584-9 Publisher: Pimsleur Intl Inc Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 16 List Price(USD): $295.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (49 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wo hue shuo Puntanghua (I can speak Mandarin)
Comment: I wanted to learn a little bit of Mandarin in preparation for a business trip to Beijing. I've listened to several language tapes from different companies. Pimsleur is by *far* the easiest to use and work with of the tapes I've sampled. They don't use a book, working on the premise that you will learn by listening and repeating. They use a tremendous amount of reinforcement, at regular intervals. Just as a word or phrase is starting to fade, the narrator refreshes your memory. Personally, I would like to have a vocabulary list of the different lessons in printed form, but I understand that their approach is oriented toward spoken language. I am still afraid that my first attempt to say "Good Morning" will be interpreted as an insult to the sexual habits of my host's grandmother, but at least it will be clear that I am making an effort.
"Wo shi Mayguaren, kashi wo hue shuo idiar Puntanghua. Wo hue shuo da bu hao." (I am an American, but I can speak a little Mandarin. I do not speak it well.)
I highly recommend this series. I wish I'd had it back in school. It would have made "Language Lab" far more enjoyable and productive.
Your Humble Jester,
Philip the Foole
Rating: 5
Summary: Pimsleur Chinese (Mandarin) I
Comment: I am currently using the set of 30 tapes, and I find it to be an excellent learning tool. The tapes are well planned with plenty of time for repetition. Each tape builds slightly on the preceding tape, so that the learner is not overwhelmed. There is no text that accompanies the tapes, which was difficult to get used to at first. I'm finding that not trying to learn written Chinese at the same time is generally a good idea. As a non-alphabetic language, there's virtually no direct phonetic link between the written character and the spoken word anyway, and the Romanized Chinese isn't necessary to follow the tapes. My Chinese tutor is very pleased with my accent, which comes from listening to the tapes for about an hour a day while driving. The proof will be in the pudding -- the next trip to China -- but I am already looking forward to starting Part II.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excelent
Comment: This course works very well! Although you don't learn very much vocabulary, what you do learn you learn well.I realy wish the comprehensive version was less expensive though. The program leaves you with an excelent accent (or so I've been told)
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Title: Chinese (Mandarin) II by Pimsleur ISBN: 0743506618 Publisher: Pimsleur Intl Inc Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $345.00 |
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Title: Chinese (Mandarin) III (Compr.) [CD] by Pimsleur Language Programs ISBN: 0743525469 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $345.00 |
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Title: Reading and Writing Chinese: A Guide to the Chinese Writing System by William McNaughton, Li Ying ISBN: 0804832064 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: What Character Is That?: An Easy-Access Dictionary of 5,000 Chinese Characters by Go Ping-Gam ISBN: 0962311359 Publisher: Simplex Publications Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Chinese (Mandarin) by Pimsleur ISBN: 0743529138 Publisher: Pimsleur Intl Inc Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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