T'ung & Pollard's Colloquial Chinese [Book]

✍ Scribed by P.C. T'ung, D.E. Pollard

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 329
• Series: Colloquial
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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T’ung and Pollard’s Colloquial Chinese course is the ideal introductory course for all dedicated learners of Mandarin Chinese.

Written by experienced teachers, the course provides a rigorous introduction to the pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar of Mandarin Chinese.

By the end of this rewarding course learners will be able to communicate confidently in a wide variety of situations. The solid foundation provided is also ideal for those who wish to advance their language skills to higher levels.

Divided into 17 lessons, each lesson contains conversations based on common daily situations, vocabularies, grammar notes and exercises to help learn and practice basic skills.

Key features include:
• clear grammar explanations
• lots of exercises for regular practice
• Pinyin Romanization used throughout
• Chinese-English glossary for quick reference.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
• C C o ll l qu u i nn e ud d i
INTRODUCTION
THE SOUNDS OF MANDARIN CHINESE
LESSON ONE
LESSON TWO
LESSON THREE
LESSON
LESSON FIVE
LESSON SIX
LESSON SEVEN
... ...
LESSON
LESSON TEN
LESSON ELEVEN
LESSON FOURTEEN
LESSON FIFTEEN
LESSON SIXTEEN
LESSON SEVENTEEN
ABBREVIATIONS

✦ Subjects

Chinese language