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Elementary Mandarin Chinese, the complete language course for beginning learners, Cornelius C. Kubler, Ph.D

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Elementary Mandarin Chinese

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Cornelius C. Kubler, Ph.D

the complete language course for beginning learners

The 24 lessons in this book are meant to be used in 3 hours per week of class instruction over one academic year. Students will need another 2-3 hours of outside practice and review for every hour of class time, using the materials in the Elementary Mandarin Chinese Workbook

Orientation to the study of Chinese -- Common classroom expressions -- Greetings -- Meeting people -- Asking about name and nationality -- Introductions -- "How many students in your class?" -- Buying things -- Numbers, dates, and time (I) -- Numbers, dates, and time (II) -- Review of lessons 1-12 -- Conversation with a six-year-old -- Chat at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial -- Biographical information -- More biographical information -- "How do I get to the Beijing Hotel?" -- Calling for a taxi to the airport -- Lost in Beijing -- By bus and street car to the Summer Palace -- A weather forecast -- Talking about the weather in your hometown -- Review of lessons 14-23 -- Chinese-English vocabulary

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Mandarin Chinese