Colloquial Chinese: The Complete Course for Beginners

The book "Colloquial Chinese: The Complete Course for Beginners" is a comprehensive and up-to-date resource for learning modern Mandarin Chinese. It is carefully designed by a leading academic in Chinese language teaching and course design, and it reflects the language and cultural changes in China, such as online shopping and WeChat payment. The course offers a clear, practical, and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language. It equips learners with the essential knowledge and skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Chinese in a broad range of situations. The book includes a full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries, English translations of dialogues, and transcripts of listening practice exercises. It also features realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations, helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in China, and an overview of the Chinese language. Audio material to accompany the course is available for free download in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 438 pages
Publication date: 26 January 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Complete Course for Beginners in Colloquial Chinese has been meticulously crafted by a foremost expert in Chinese language teaching and course design. This new edition has been revised to incorporate the linguistic and cultural developments in China, such as online shopping and WeChat payment, while also offering a more comprehensive and sequential approach to enhancing the learning of modern Mandarin Chinese. Combining a clear, practical, and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential knowledge and skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Chinese in a wide range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Chinese is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries, and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back, as well as transcripts of listening practice exercises.

Key features include:

A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.

Jargon-free, succinct, and clearly structured explanations of grammar.

Step-by-step introduction of Chinese characters.

An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises.

A combination of listening, reading, and speaking activities with the support of transcripts at the back of the book.

Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations.

Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features.

Weight: 558g
Dimension: 139 x 215 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138388291
Edition number: 3 New edition