Listening to Chinese Audiobooks is a great way to learn Chinese. We’ve discussed this learning strategy earlier: an audiobook together with the corresponding transcript is one of the best ways of improving your proficiency in a foreign language. This is the list of audiobooks in Chinese that we were able to find so far. Most …
Chinese for Beginners is an introductory book for busy learners starting out with Chinese. I previously enjoyed using Korean for Beginners by the same publisher (reviewed here). What follows is our review of Chinese for Beginners. What We Liked About Chinese For Beginners Easy-to-follow structure The book is split into 16 chapters with a couple of dialogues …
As far as I’m concerned, Assimil is one of the best kept secrets in language learning. They offer materials for a number of Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian and Thai. I was first introduced to Assimil by Professor Arguelles, who claims to have extensively used their courses to achieve a grounding in a multitude of languages. …
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1. Chinese Breeze This is a great choice for those starting out reading Chinese. The Chinese Breeze Graded Reader Series was recommended by one of our users in response to our best Chinese books post and I have to say that I am really impressed with it so far. It is published by the Peking …
Continuing the book collecting obsession into my Chinese studies, I have amassed around 20 books and courses in Chinese over the past 3 years. Of the ones I’ve purchased, borrowed, or been recommended by friends studying in China and Taiwan, here are what I can say are quality and useful to others. Modern Mandarin Chinese …
