Chinese (Mandarin) [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Pimsleur (Author), Simon (Author), Schuster Audio (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2001 | Series: Pimsleur Quick and Simple

THE BESTSELLING SERIES Understand and speak Chinese Mandarin starting with these eight quick and simple audio lessons!

You're not just learning "phrases" with the Pimsleur® Method, you are acquiring essential, conversational Chinese Mandarin!

Dr. Paul Pimsleur's original and unique method enables you to acquire Chinese Mandarin as effortlessly as children absorb their native language. You will succeed because the Pimsleur program makes sure that you learn vocabulary and grammar correctly and easily in conversational settings without mindless repetition. Pimsleur is the only language program that includes exclusive, copyrighted memory training that ensures you always will remember what you have learned.

When you finish these lessons you'll be so delighted with your fast-growing language skills, you'll want to continue with the full 30-lesson Pimsleur® Program. And to make it easier, we've included in this package a trade-up coupon that gives you a $50.00 savings when you purchase the Level I Chinese Mandarin Comprehensive Program.

Learn at your own pace, comfortably and conveniently.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Pimsleur; Abridged edition (February 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743507711
• ISBN-13: 978-0743507714
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 4.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,335,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #29 in Books > Books on Cassette > Languages > Chinese

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction to Pimsleur, May 30, 2002

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Luke Martin (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chinese (Mandarin) (Audio Cassette)

Anyone who thinks he can learn a language in four tapes is of course a fool. The real purpose for these introductory tapes is determining whether the Pimsleur method is going to work for you -- before dropping a couple hundred dollars on the Comprehensive volumes. Certainly, over the course of the four tapes you'll get some basic vocabulary, the ability to construct a few simple sentences, and good practice on pronunciation.

I give these tapes five stars because 1) I had fun going through them, 2) I love the fact and the challenge that the course is purely audio, 3) I got to jump start my mainly book-learned and non-conversational Chinese, 4) and they confirmed that the Pimsler method works for me.

If you already know that you like the Pimsleur method, then go ahead and get the Comprehensive I set -- which contains these four tapes.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for travelers short on time, April 6, 2001

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Stacie (Kentucky) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chinese (Mandarin) (Audio Cassette)

This would be great for someone just going on a short trip to china; a few key phrases that should get you around fairly well. However, I'm going to be an exchange student in China in the next year and really wished I would have splurged and bought the comprehensive series (the extended Pimsleur program), and I think I just might regardless.

The Pimsleur tapes are the best that I've come across (and I've tried nearly 10 others), the vocabulary-as they claimed-was given to you over again at just the right intervals so as to store them for the long-term. I would recommend the Pimsleur method for anyone going abroad with only a little time to learn the language.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent way to become acquainted with a Language, December 10, 2002

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Mr. William Handley (Melbourne, Vic. Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chinese (Mandarin) (Audio Cassette)

This is not a language course but it is an easy and pleasant way to become acquainted with the language. It is easy but it is slow. If you don't want to work too hard and you want to see if you would like to continue at a higher level I would recommend it. You don't get any written material but just listen to the recording. It is easy but thorough. It gives you enough to get started. I wanted a little Chinese as I will be working in China and Singapore next year and it has given me a start. If I decide I want to learn the language seriously I will probably buy a different program.

This program has done exactly what I wanted.