Behind the Wheel Chinese (Mandarin), Level 1: Learn to Speak Mandarin Chinese Quickly and Easily! (8 One Hour CDs) [Audio CD]

Mark Frobose (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2004

At last a Mandarin CD course which requires no reading and which teaches you to actually speak Mandarin Chinese in a minimum of time and effort. Designed by the experts at Language Dynamics, 'Behind The Wheel Chinese For Your Car' takes the learner from basic to intermediate level Mandarin without the guesswork and pain usually associated with language learning. An expert English speaking instructor talks you through these tapes in English while 2 trained professional native Mandarin speakers teach you Chinese the way it is really spoken! Behind The Wheel Chinese For Your Car is the ideal way to learn Mandarin Chinese while you drive because there is no confusion, no reading, no looking up meanings, and no guessing. It's all on the CDs. Use your commute time to effectively learn Chinese with this delightful course whose method will have you speaking your first words in Mandarin within minutes of receiving your course, and enjoying it. The product has superb clarity of voices and exudes a spontaneity which makes learning Chinese fun. You'll be thrilled with the fast and easy to learn design of the course, beginning with the immediate gratification you feel when you conclude your first one half hour session with the CDs speaking sentences in Mandarin that Chinese speakers understand 10 minutes later on the street. You'll be amazed at the 'natural' way you just seem to pick up Chinese without having to learn grammar or reviewing. No need to go back. It's all 'built in' the course. Just imagine the thrill of being able to express what you really feel in Mandarin in 100 different ways because you know own a Chinese linguistic blueprint, a template that you can manipulate over and over again in different and personal ways while increasing your fluency in Mandarin. What' s more, you will also learn to speak in the past, present and future along with idioms all in the same course.

Editorial Reviews

Review

I learned more from Behind the Wheel Chinese for $69.00 than from two courses from Pimsleur for $400.00. -- Fred Ginocchio / Engineer

Language Dynamics courses are a 'Great Value' compared to Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone. -- Men's Health Magazine, September 2003

This course is so simple that I was speaking basic sentences in Chinese within a half hour. -- Tina Booth / Teacher

About the Author

Mark Frobose is nationally published foreign language author, teacher, and speaker with over sixty foreign language titles currently in print. Mark is fluent in Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese and is the founder of Language Dynamics Inc. Mark, who is a popular foreign language expert, has recently appeared on Fox 5's 'Good Day New York' and on 'LA Insight' and countless other radio and TV programs. He has lived and studied throughout Latin America and Europe and holds numerous degrees and certificates from foreign and American universities. Mark has studied and/or taught languages at the Universidad Ibero-Americana in Mexico City, Universidad Cat--lica in Quito, Ecuador, L'Universite de Grenoble, France, Illinois State University, University of Illinois, and the University of New Mexico. Mark has received numerous awards and was rated as an excellent instructor by his students at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Mark, who holds an MA from the University of Illinois where he was rated as an excellent instructor by his students, later went on to found Language Dynamics Inc. which now produces the nation's best in rapid, easy to learn foreign language courses and books. Mark has been invited to speak at a number of foreign language teacher conferences as a keynote speaker and has successfully written over 60 foreign language learning titles which are currently sold nationwide and abroad.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Language Dynamics Inc. (October 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893564452
• ISBN-13: 978-1893564459
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,360,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptionally Excellent, May 31, 2005

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Ferguson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Behind the Wheel Chinese (Mandarin), Level 1: Learn to Speak Mandarin Chinese Quickly and Easily! (8 One Hour CDs) (Audio CD)

I have purchased and successfully used Behind the Wheel Chinese/Mandarin.
It blows me away that a person buying a car course in Chinese would complain about having a written text, Pinyin version or otherwise. Any true scholar of Chinese will tell you that learning to speak the language correctly is the key. Written Chinese is a whole new ball of wax and can actually detract from the learning experience for speaking purposes at least. Imagine trying to read Chinese while driving. Give me a break. For that reason, Behind the Wheel Chinese is simple, straightforward, easy to understand, easy to use.
The course has two excellent native Mandarin speakers, a male and a female and an American instructor without an accent who explains everything.
Both voices repeat twice so that you can duplicate the difficult and challenging sounds of Mandarin which uses different 'tones' to convey meaning.
You learn all of this stuff in the comfort of your own car without having to look up or read anything. If you really want to learn to speak Mandarin, I recommend you go out and buy this course immediately. After you have learned to speak Mandarin at a conversational level from the course like I have, then go out and learn to write it if you will.
Not me. I'm thrilled enough just to be able to speak and understand Mandarin at a normal conversational level.

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great course, February 13, 2005

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ed209 (Maryland, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Behind the Wheel Chinese (Mandarin), Level 1: Learn to Speak Mandarin Chinese Quickly and Easily! (8 One Hour CDs) (Audio CD)

This is exactly what you think it is. An audio CD course for learning Chinese while driving. This course builds your listening skills as well, because the the English phrase spoken by the English speaker is repeated at least twice by the Mandarin speaker, in Mandarin. So not only do you get to learn vocabulary, your listening and speaking skills get exercised as well.

If you are serious about learning Mandarin, you won't be disappointed by this audio book.

32 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast and Easy to Learn, February 12, 2005

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Maven "Maven" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Behind the Wheel Chinese (Mandarin), Level 1: Learn to Speak Mandarin Chinese Quickly and Easily! (8 One Hour CDs) (Audio CD)

I bought Behind the Wheel Chinese two weeks ago and am delighted with the results I am getting.
Mandarin can be diifficult because of the accent and the tones. This course makes learning to speak Mandarin easy because the two native speakers (one male and one female) go to great lengths to prounouce everthing slowly first and then at a regular pace.
I LOVE the sentence building techniques. I learned how to say 'I want to eat' within the first half hour session. The tone of the words convey meaning, and I am well on my way to speaking this language.
The folks at our local Chinese restaurant can't believe what I can say to them in Chinese in such a short time and frankly, I can't either.
This course is a 'must buy' if you want a fast and very easy way to learn a very difficult language and enjoy the process.