Chinese Demystified: A Self Teaching Guide

Author: Claudia Ross

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Price : $23.00 AUD
ISBN : 9780071477253
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint : McGraw-Hill Contemporary
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Weight (g) : 0.769
Publication date : 01 November 2010
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Author : Claudia Ross
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Dewey classification : 495.182421
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Learning Chinese is a no-brainer with Demystified Chinese Demystified walks you step by step through the fundamentals and moves on to more advanced topics. Each chapter concludes with a self-test that allows you to track your progress, and a comprehensive final exam at the end of the book gives instant feedback on new language skills. The book includes characters in simplified and traditional formats along with pinyin phonetic translation for easy pronunciation.

Author description

Claudia Ross, Ph.D., is a professor of Chinese at Holy Cross University. She is the author of Schaum's Outline of Chinese Grammar.

Ch 1: Pronunciation (basics, pronuncation) Ch 2: People and Things (greetings, "who is", and "what is") Ch 3: Asking Questions (describing people/nationalities) Ch 4: Making Plans (talking on the phone) Ch 5: Happy Birthday (numbers, dates) Ch 6: Sick and Tired (Future tense, accusative case) Ch 7: In a Restaurant (food and drink) Ch 8: Going Shopping (telling time, colors, possession) Ch 9: Traveling by Train (imperatives, using "should have") Ch 10: Trip to the Beach (weather, superlatives) Ch 11: Rich and Poor (possessives, the Euro) Ch 12: Car Trouble (prepositions) Ch 13: Time for Fun (past tense, contractions) Ch 14: Home Life (rooms, reflexives) Ch 14: Staying Informed (inanimate pronouns)