Name: First Chinese Reader for Beginners: Bilingual for Speakers of English
Price: 15.99 USD
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Author: Chan, Marina
ISBN: 9781493632169

portada First Chinese Reader for Beginners: Bilingual for Speakers of English

Type

Physical Book

Author

Marina Chan

Publisher

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Pages

182

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

25.4 x 20.3 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.37 kg.

ISBN13

9781493632169

Synopsis "First Chinese Reader for Beginners: Bilingual for Speakers of English"

The book consists of Elementary and Pre-intermediate courses with parallel Chinese-English texts. The author maintains learners' motivation with funny stories about real life situations such as meeting people, studying, job searches, working etc. The ALARM method (Approved Learning Automatic Remembering Method) utilize natural human ability to remember words used in texts repeatedly and systematically. The author had to compose each sentence using only words explained in previous chapters. The second and the following chapters of the Elementary course have only about 30 new words each. Phonetic transcription Pinyin transcribes the sounds of Mandarin using the western (Roman) alphabet. Audio tracks are available inclusive on www.lppbooks.com/Chinese