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Quality
For me combining this with the pimsleur course which focusses on speaking and listening did the trick
I would highly recommend to anyone begining to learn mandarin and with the help of this pack i hope that i shall soon be able t... Read More
The few pages found in introduction are all that are available to give the student a grounding in what is going to the bewilder... Read More
Sometimes grammar concepts are introduced without explanation and i agree with the other reviewer that tones are insufficiently... Read More
Competitiveness
Talking about beijing olympics pollution and government initiatives before you learn to buy a ticket or a bar of soap is strange
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- This product had a total of 67 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 31 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The few pages found in introduction are all that are available to give the student a grounding in what is going to the bewildering encounter with the tone system of chinese and a selection of consonants never heard in any european language
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The latter have about a centimeter of text and a single track on the cd the two unfortunately not matching
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
One supposes that the idea is that the student will pick up the tones and sounds during the course of the dialogues however i am very much aware that things such as this learned incorrectly through lack of proper tuition in the beginning are massively more difficult to correct at a later stage
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I purchased this because i have recently become engaged to a beautiful woman from shenzen and we are currently communicating via the translator app on her iphone
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However i wouldnt recommend this course as your only source of learning and i wouldnt recommend it if youre not actually in china
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Sometimes grammar concepts are introduced without explanation and i agree with the other reviewer that tones are insufficiently covered i found the opening chapter on them unnecessarily confusing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But it is better if youve got basic knowledge of chinese
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If not it can be hard to follow
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