What you need to master Chinese--all in one box! Whether on your own or as supplement to your class, Mastering Chinese will get you where you want to be with your Chinese language skills. You will learn at your own pace in small chunks, with review practice after every fourth unit. Written in a friendly, non-intimidating style, this program introduces essential grammar and focuses on correct pronunciation using pinyin. Many exercises are enhanced by audio clips on the accompanying audio CDs; just look for the earphone icon and listen to the appropriate track. These audio bites are helpful to your understanding how Chinese is pronounced. You will also get exposure to Chinese script with the pinyin in parallel throughout--so that you will increasingly become familiar with the script. With its authoritative yet accessible guidance, Mastering Chinese is your essential tool to enhancing your skills and building your confidence in conversing in the language. Inside you'll find:
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<li>Essential Chinese vocabulary for everyday conversations </li>
<li>An introduction to writing Chinese script--the basic strokes </li>
<li>Extensive sidebars on Chinese culture</li>
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Mastering Chinese with Two Audio CDs

Xiang, Catherine Hua

McGraw=Hill

This lively course teaches Mandarin Chinese to a broad range of learners in a modern, structured and engaging way. Mastering Chinese is available as a complete pack – paperback book with two CDs (ISBN 9781352001365). The CDs can be purchased separately (ISBN 9780230200548), or you can just purchase the paperback book alone (ISBN 9780230200135). Please check you have the correct ISBN. The focus is on acquiring basic conversational skills, and the text has a friendly, non-formal style, building up gently and with a wealth of lively, imaginative exercises. The text places some emphasis on correct pronunciation, as this is so important in Mandarin. It introduces right from the start the fascinating Chinese script and includes essential grammar, along with interesting cultural insights. Pinyin, the standard system of spelling using the Roman alphabet to transliterate Chinese, is also included to help build confidence. This is all you would expect from a modern Chinese language course but can't find!

Mastering Chinese: The complete course for beginners (Macmillan Master Series (Languages), 7)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Bloomsbury Academic

China Ready!: Chinese for Hospitality and Tourism

Wang, Xuan Lorna

Routledge

China Ready! prepares students and independent learners to work in the hospitality and tourism industry for high-value tourism business coming from China to English-speaking countries. The book focuses on listening and speaking skills – essential skills for learners. 
This book’s features include the following: 
• Important cultural and social awareness factors for interacting with clients from China 
• Vocabulary 
• Real-life scenarios 
• Situational role playing and interactive listening 
• Experiential exercises to encourage learning outside the classroom 
The book is aimed at students who have attained the Common European Framework Reference (CEFR) A2 level and will bring them up to the CEFR B2/C1 level or 汉语水平 考试 (HSK) 4/5.

China Ready!

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