Chinese Mandarin: Start Speaking Today! (Language 30) [Audio Cassette]

Language 30 (Author)

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Educational Services Corp; Book and Cassette edition (April 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0910542651
• ISBN-13: 978-0910542654
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,185,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > Books on Cassette > Languages > Chinese

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars for tourists or business travlers, not students, May 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Chinese Mandarin: Start Speaking Today! (Language 30) (Audio Cassette)

If you just want to learn some phrases so you can communicate a few things while in china, then these tapes can help. But if you are seriously studying chinese then don't bother. The majority of the phrases that this teaches aren't even used. You will end up memorizing phrases that don't make sense and have little meaning.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great way to study in the car, September 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Chinese Mandarin: Start Speaking Today! (Language 30) (Audio Cassette)

I like these tapes because you can learn common phrases fast. The tapes contain hundreds of phrases. And both the english and the chinese phrases are spoken, so you can also use these tapes to study in the car. A pamphlet that lists all of the phrases on the tapes is also included. But if you want to learn grammer and you like to study by listening to dialogs, then try Barron's Learn Chinese The Fast and Fun Way.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product for patterning!, March 10, 2011

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Candace Ellett "Gramma Honey" (MO, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chinese Mandarin: Start Speaking Today! (Language 30) (Audio Cassette)

I have used this product for learning basics for both Dutch and Mandarin Chinese. I love it! At first it was tough but it creates the patterns in the brain you need to be able to speak with correct word orders. It also gives you word and sentence inflections.

It is important to use other programs, books etc to acquire vocabulary but this program is a great tool to get started.

Play the audio while biking,driving, walking etc! Listen and repeat it over and over! It is so very important to not expect immediate results! It really works!