Table of Contents

• : Introduction
• • : The Chinese Language; Romanisation; General Introduction to Sounds and Tones; Working Through the Book
• 1: Making Friends (i)
• 2: Making Friends (ii)
• 3: Making Friends (iii)
• 4: At the Lis' (i)
• 5: At the Lis' (ii)
• 6: In the House
• 7: My Family
• 8: My Home
• 9: Hotels
• 10: Weather, Dates and Seasons
• 11: In the Restaurant
• 12: Grammar Review
• 13: An Introduction to Chinese Characters
• 14: Shopping
• 15: Buying Tickets (i)
• 16: Buying Tickets (ii)
• 17: Directions and Transport
• 18: At the Post Office
• 19: At the Railway Station
• 20: Change Money?
• 21: Traveller's Notes
• 22: Farewell to All That!
• : Key to the Exercises
• : Chinese-English Vocabulary
• : English-Chinese Vocabulary
• : Character texts for Chapters 1-5 and 7-11
• : Index to Grammar and Cultural References

Promotional Information

The complete course for a fun and effective way to learn Mandarin Chinese. This best-selling course comprises a book and audio support which is easy to download to your MP3 player or iPod. The book (ISBN: 9780340958933) and the audio support (ISBN: 9780340958957) are also sold individually.

Promotional Information

The complete course for a fun and effective way to learn Mandarin Chinese. This best-selling course comprises a book and audio support which is easy to download to your MP3 player or iPod. The book (ISBN: 9780340958933) and the audio support (ISBN: 9780340958957) are also sold individually.

About the Author

Elizabeth Scurfield co-founded the Chinese Department at the University of Westminster and set up the first ever UK student exchange scheme with China in 1976. She has taught Chinese for nearly 40 years.

Reviews

"An excellent book . . . I can still remember most of what is said after a couple of weeks away from it" - The Kanji Hanzi blog