Beginning Chinese

Name: Beginning Chinese
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SKU: 9780300020588
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By John DeFrancis

Series: Yale Language Series

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Beginning Chinese by John DeFrancis is a comprehensive introduction to spoken Chinese, tailored for secondary school and college students. This revised edition uses pinyin romanization exclusively and features dialogues, pronunciation drills, sentence-building exercises, and games such as crossword puzzles to facilitate learning. With a vocabulary of 600 items, substitution drills, a combined glossary-index, supplementary vocabulary for each lesson, and a detailed study guide, it offers a structured approach to mastering basic Chinese without the use of characters.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Ideal for beginners in spoken Chinese at secondary and tertiary education levels seeking a structured and engaging foundation in the language, particularly those who prefer learning through pinyin romanization without characters.

Description

A complete revision of the first volume in the Yale Linguistic Series, this new version, in pinyin romanization, and aimed at secondary school and college levels, is an introduction to spoken Chinese. It includes dialogues, pronunciation drills, sentence-building exercises, examples of characters, substitution drills, and miscellaneous exercises in the form of games like crossword puzzles.

There is a combined glossary-index, supplementary vocabulary for each lesson, notes, and a detailed suggested study guide. The features of this introductory text for learning the Chinese language include:

Pinyin romanization
Vocabulary of 600 items
Pronunciation drills, dialogues, sentence-building exercises, pattern drills, substitution tables, games and other learning aids, memorization exercises, and a combined glossary-index

No characters are used.

Published for Seton Hall University