- Audio CD
- Publisher: Pimsleur; 8 Lessons edition (Feb 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671790331
- ISBN-13: 978-0671790332
- Product Dimensions: 14.5 x 12.6 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #80 in Books > Nonfiction > Education > Language Instruction > Books on Cassette
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Quick & Simple Mandarin Chinese includes the first 8 lessons from the Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese I, 30-Unit program. 4 hours. Effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
great for the price,
By Erica Ford (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chinese (Mandarin), Q&S: Learn to Speak and Understand Mandarin Chinese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Audio CD)
This program offers a lot of value for how much it costs. It is the best audio Chinese program you can buy in its price category. Pimsleur did a good job on this one. I particularly appreciated how they explained how to pronounce the pinyin equivalent of "ren." They said that this was pronounced not with a R but a cross between an R and Y. As you know, Mandarin is a language that does not always map 1 to 1 over to English. This great explanation on how to pronounce a difficult word for Westerners learning Chinese typifies the thorough research Pimsleur did to create this program.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fun start to a challenging language,
By Rob B. "Rob" (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chinese (Mandarin), Q&S: Learn to Speak and Understand Mandarin Chinese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Audio CD)
I'm over half way through the program now and can happily say that I'm not discouraged! I had heard from others who do speak Mandarin that learning outside of an immersive Chinese environment is not possible. I'm no longer convinced that this is true. Mind you, I haven't tried conversing with Chinese co-workers yet (I'm waiting to learn more), but I'm certain that this day will come. I'll be signing on for the 30-tape epic when I'm done with this mini-course.Oh, get a good book with pinyin in it as a companion. The Basic Chinese (I think -- tall & red) book seems great. I used Lonely Planet & I'm not impressed -- a lot of the terms differ from what Pimsleur is teaching.
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4.4 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews) 34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
if you really care, just get the instant conversation,
By Smuend - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chinese (Mandarin), Q&S: Learn to Speak and Understand Mandarin Chinese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Audio CD)
the first four cds of instant conversation are the exact same as the quick and simple cds.dont waste your money buying both if you really want to learn chinese 27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fun start to a challenging language,
By Rob B. "Rob" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chinese (Mandarin), Q&S: Learn to Speak and Understand Mandarin Chinese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Audio CD)
I'm over half way through the program now and can happily say that I'm not discouraged! I had heard from others who do speak Mandarin that learning outside of an immersive Chinese environment is not possible. I'm no longer convinced that this is true. Mind you, I haven't tried conversing with Chinese co-workers yet (I'm waiting to learn more), but I'm certain that this day will come. I'll be signing on for the 30-tape epic when I'm done with this mini-course.Oh, get a good book with pinyin in it as a companion. The Basic Chinese (I think -- tall & red) book seems great. I used Lonely Planet & I'm not impressed -- a lot of the terms differ from what Pimsleur is teaching. 17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good for the price, but it has it's problems!,
By Paul Hann - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chinese (Mandarin), Q&S: Learn to Speak and Understand Mandarin Chinese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Audio CD)
I have had this Pimsleur product for some time now, and have tried to use in conjunction with assistance from my wife who is a native Mandarin speaker and teacher. It starts well, with lessons 1,2, and 3 teaching you useful greeting, and phrases, but when you get to lesson 4, it goes of at a tangent and starts to teach you how to ask directions to college rd, and longpeace street!This continues until lesson 5, by which time you are thoroughly bored stiff!Then in lesson 6 the pace rapidly speeds up, to a point where you are completely confused.Many of the phrases are only spoken once, and at normal conversational speed, this is far to fast to be able to comprehend, and to get the pronunciation right, which is very important in Chinese. Some of the phrases are repeated slowly starting at the end of the sentence, word by word, but this is not useful. It would be far better if the phrases were just spoken very slowly, and then again at normal speed. Personally I do not recommend this product, save your money and put it towards a course that will teach you useful phrases at a more sensible speed, so that you can learn to speak accurately in pronunciation and tone quality. When you live amongst Chinese people as I do, you realise very quickly how important tonal accuracy is! |
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