This revised and extended edition of the best-selling COLLOQUIAL CHINESE is the ideal introduction to the language.

Specially written by an experienced teacher and native speaker for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to modern spoken Mandarin Chinese. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes COLLOQUIAL CHINESE your best choice in personal language learning?

• dialogues and vocabulary sections given in characters and pinyin romanization
•  introduction to the art of writing Chinese characters
•  full English translations of all dialogues
•  Chinese-English and English-Chinese glossaries

   

By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Chinese in a broad range of everyday situations.

The pack comes with 120 minutes of audio, recorded by native Chinese speakers and supplied both on cassette and audio CD, for your convenience. The recordings complement the book and will help you perfect your pronunciation, listening and speaking skills.

Kan Qian teaches in Oriental Studies at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of the COLLOQUIAL CHINESE CD-ROM.