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Basic Mandarin Chinese: Speaking & Listening (Audio & Video Recordings Included)

**Unleash your Mandarin fluency with this comprehensive beginner's course designed to have you speaking confidently and accurately in no time!**

A Tailored Approach to Mandarin Mastery

The "Basic Mandarin Chinese" series offers a complete introductory Chinese language course specifically tailored for native English speakers. This book focuses exclusively on spoken Mandarin, empowering you to develop conversational fluency quickly and effectively.

This unique format allows you to learn at your own pace, focusing on the spoken language while optionally complementing your studies with the written form using its companion volume, "Basic Mandarin Chinese: Reading & Writing".

Immersive Learning Experience

This book seamlessly integrates audio and video recordings to enhance your learning experience and bring the language to life.

**Key Features:**

* **Crystal-clear pronunciation, grammar, and cultural explanations:** Dive deep into the nuances of Mandarin, building a strong foundation for effortless communication.

* **Real-life scenarios:** Engage in exercises and activities based on everyday situations in China, preparing you for authentic conversations.

* **Hours of immersive video content:** Travel virtually through China and beyond with captivating videos featuring native speakers from diverse regions.

* **Six hours of audio recordings:** Master pronunciation and fluency with native-speaker audio for all dialogues and exercises.

* **Interactive software:** Engage with the recordings, reinforcing your learning and making practice more enjoyable.

The Perfect Complement to Your Language Journey

This textbook is designed to work in conjunction with its companion workbook, "Basic Mandarin Chinese: Speaking & Listening Practice Book," which provides a wealth of drills and exercises to dramatically enhance your spoken proficiency.

This updated edition of "Basic Spoken Chinese" equips you with the tools and resources necessary to embark on a rewarding journey of Mandarin language acquisition.

Accessing Your Mandarin Learning Resources

All media content is conveniently accessible on the Tuttle Publishing website, allowing you to study anytime, anywhere.

**Prepare to unlock the world of Mandarin with "Basic Mandarin Chinese: Speaking & Listening"!**

<p>Basic Mandarin Chinese - Reading &amp; Writing</p>

<p>A complete beginning-level course for written Chinese designed to teach you to read and write Chinese quickly and efficiently!</p>

<p>The Basic Chinese series offers a complete introductory course superior to any other language product for Chinese. These books teach spoken and written Chinese separately, allowing you to focus on the area most important to you, and to learn the spoken and written forms of Chinese at different speeds depending on your available time and interest.</p>

<p>The free audio recordings included with this book reinforce the content and make the learning process easy. Whether you're learning Chinese for work, travel or other reasons—the Basic Chinese approach of having two separate but integrated "tracks" helps you to learn the language more efficiently and more successfully.</p>

<p>Key features of this Chinese textbook and discs include:</p>

<p>Learn to read and write the 288 highest-frequency characters and over 700 words</p>

<p>Designed to have you reading and writing simple, connected Chinese sentences quickly</p>

<p>Both simplified and traditional characters are taught; you may choose to learn either or both</p>

<p>Features a variety of fonts and styles—typeset and handwritten—preparing you to use Chinese characters in different contexts, from reading signs to texting on your phone</p>

<p>The free audio files included with this book provide over 6 hours of audio recordings by various native speakers, including recordings of all the reading selections, new characters, and vocabulary.</p>

<p>This textbook is designed to be used in conjunction with the Basic Chinese—Reading &amp; Writing Practice Book which provides a range of drills and exercises designed to enhance your proficiency in reading and writing Chinese quickly. This book is a new edition of Basic Written Chinese.</p>

<p>All media content is accessible on the Tuttle Publishing website.</p>